Red oak back or not

[spider64]

Iam building a red oak board bow and I think I should back it looking for advise.

[Nim-rod]

Back it.

[George Tsoukalas]

If you have to ask back it but I'd like to see a picture. Lots of board bow info on my site. Jawge
 http://georgeandjoni.home.comcast.net/~georgeandjoni/

[mmgrode]

Back it...hickory, rawhide, linen... lots of options.

[spider64]

Thanks guys for info.

[jtbluefeather871]

I'm experimenting with silk ties I got at Goodwill for backings. I did a bow build this past weekend with my family and used silk ties with TB3 on some and 60 min epoxy from loctite on others.  All worked well.  This week I'm going to build a few more and try for some higher # bows. Happy building.