Leaving the bark on.

[Chris Grimbowyer]

Hey guys, I was wondering what species of bow woods are acceptable to leaving the bark on the back?

[SaMbO2]

Plum trees you can.

[Chris Grimbowyer]

Thank you.

[SEMO_HUNTER]

I've seen cherry backing that still has the bark on, but other than that I'm not real familiar with that style of bows.

[Pat B]

Very few barks should be left on a bows back. The cherry bark backings you see are usually added later. I have seen some plum bows and one hickory bow with the bark(inner bark only for the hickory) left on . Generally most barks are not strong enough in tension and will split under stress and the splits will travel down into the bow wood.

[blacktailchaser]

hazel is good if its a young sapling and the bark is thin..some bark will do good out to a certain draw then they start to crack..

[Osagetree]

Osage saplings with bark left on non-working portion of handle