I have a bow made from black locust that had the handle pop off. its 49@26 right now and i am wanting to up the poundage a bit. I have both hickory and bamboo backings that I can slap on and was wondering if they would be to strong for the belly of the locust and whick backing you would prefer? (http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/ss13/dvshunter/CIMG0081.jpg)
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I like hickory myself. Haven't used either combo though w/BL. But probably either backing will work. Trap the back really good for bamboo if you go that route. That's always a safe bet with the unknown.....Art
i have a bamboo backed maple/red oak trilam , and i absolutely love the boo. im sure hickory would look nice too.
i think art has a good idea for trapping the back , cause they say locust frets kind of easily.
-hov
Personally I would go with the boo.
Javier