Hey everyone, I'm new to the site, already learned some things. I have a new elm stave drying in the basement. I decrowned it, never done that before, but the tree was only about four inches in diameter and I read you could do that with elm. I started drying it to about four inches of reflex. Its 2" wide, 1" thick, and 72" long. Any design ideas? I hope I didn't take of too much wood already. I was thinking parallel limbs tapering down at the last 4 or 5 inches
to about 5/8" or 1/2" and just build up the handle a little. Any ideas would be much appreciated.