Black locust can be your best friend, or your worst enemy when it comes to building a bow with it. Early on, and a lot my tillering fault the first black locust log I cut staves from either broke on the back , or ended up with belly frets. 2nd log I found laying along side the road with no center in it. It was dense as h111, and to heavy to carry to my truck, so I split it on the spot. I got 4 nice bows from that log. No frets, and no broken backs. Thought I had it all figured out. 3rd log was a bust too. Just like any other wood. Some logs are good for bow making ,and others not so much with in the same species.
