My most perfect stave, what to do?

[Fox]

Lots of good ideas here guys! Thanks! 

My issues with recurves aren’t in the bending in the curves, I’ve never had any issues with that. Tillering is where I go south with recurves I think. Both hickory recurves I’ve made take tons of set, and seem heavy in the hand and sluggish, not sure why 

I’m thinking I’ll go for a flat bow just so I don’t screw stuff up

[bownarra]

That will be because the tiller was wrong, assuming the wood is properly dry. Easy enough to avoid if you post pictures. I mentioned the stuff about bending because others had said that hickory is 'tricky' to bend.