Anyone with experience backing a bow with linen? If so how did you finish it? I use it on a bow that failed during the tillering process but didn't get far enough alone to try putting a finish on the backing. The fail wasn't due at all to the backing. Appreciate any advice.  Thanks.

I put snake skin over mine

Thanks MM. Happy to see you were able to understand my post even with my bad grammar/typos. This time change always causes me problems.

I've done a few with linen, I just used Tru oil on them.  After the 3rd coat I sanded with fine paper and recoated several more times using steel wool between the last few coats.  You could apply a snake skin over linen, or do a custom stain job, then finish as normal.  Lots of options.

I do the same as Dan.

I use thin linen

Thanks everyone for the suggestions.  My linen backed bow will be ready to start tillering tomorrow and I expect in a few days to be ready to put a finish on it.