Cabbage - I vote for with leather, although with a riser like that it's a close call.
Had over 10 pages of posts to catch up on. Y'all have been busy. Had to leave town for over a week for a loss in my wife's family. It's been crazy since I got back. I had to postpone my class with Dave Miller, so it looks like my recipient won't benefit from any knowledge he would have been able to pound into me. I still plan to make my bow with wood I harvested myself locally, but I'm starting to contemplate sending it to Kenny to be made into lams for me as time slips away. Wife has me working the garden currently and made me promise not to touch any bow projects until my daughter's dresser is done.
So whoever is working on my bow, take your time. If my recipient has to wait until sometime in June, so should I....