Ive been tossing around the idea of gluing up some simple straight limbed longbows in a design similar to a hill but without the glass. My main question is how does hickory backing compare to what i normally see here which is bamboo. What i have as far as a plan is something along the lines of hickory backing, core lam with built in power lam and osage belly with a 14" stiff riser so all will look like a hill. I prefer for the limbs to be narrow and deep but am not sure if this style will work with the materials im considering or if im barkin up the completely wrong tree