Looks like a good 'un Dano. Yer right about osage staves. I've gotten to the point I'll part perfectly good staves and the splice the two "good" ends back together, and the two character ends. Mostly for the purpose of getting the two character ends. Straight selfbows are boring, lol.
Thanks for the kind words too, although I may have fallen from grace. Ain't had the patience required for proper tillering in quite a spell. But I'm excited about a lil project I'm working, from the glass side of the tracks. Much less hassle factor on the tillering, but they have their own challenges as well.