Bruising on bamboo backer

[Echatham]

Should i be concerned with the integrity of the back or only cosmetic?  First picture is with rind scraped off and second pic is raw.

[tenbrook]

Looks fine to me!

[Prairie Drifter]

Looks like a water stain. Only cosmetic. I see it all the time building bamboo fly rods.

[Echatham]

no its not a stain... its where the rind was dinged up. you can feel a depression when you run your finger over it.

[JamesV]

As long as the fibers are not broken I would use it

[Roy from Pa]

The rind got peeled off, no biggie. Ifin yer skeered to use it, send it to the ole man in Pa..  

[Bowjunkie]

In the first picture, there is no rind. It has been removed below the node. I see what could be 2 bruised spots.

[Echatham]

Jeff yes i scraped the rind off there.. the bruised spots looked like the bottom picture before scraping.  Roy i aint skeered.  almost ready for a low brace.    

[Zradix]

Good luck Eric!