60 year Osage cracking.

[earnestsix]

I've got really twisted staves out of this,  and have cracked it after dry heat bending. I guess I cooked the wood to long. I have several good bows made out of younger wood.  My question, is older tree wood more prone to cracks when heat straighting.

[scrub-buster]

Where did it crack and how where you trying to bend it?  Can you post a picture of the cracked area?

Where was it stored?  Just because a stave is seasoned for years it can still hold excess moisture from the RH that it is stored in. 

[earnestsix]

 cannot post pictures for some reason