Thanks, guys. Much appreciated.
Marc, I've had mixed results with padauk. Sometimes insane set and sometimes none. Chrysaling seems to happen with plain-sawn more than rift or quarter. Every time I've tempered reflex into it, it chrysaled. This bow was tempered straight, is quarter-sawn and has perfectly straight grain with big rings. The only draw back with quarter-sawn is the exposed pores which are huge and can fret quite easily.
Padauk is a slow learner but once educated, it never forgets. It does smell nice too. The color runs out of it forever though, and gets on everything. I took some more pics this morning to show how much color runs out after 3 fully 'cured' coats of teak & tung oil. That's what comes off after a quick rub over the entire length of the bow. The color stayed in the grain on the boo even after being 'washed' with solvent.
A fret that popped at a pore - not a big deal since it terminates fairly evenly and can be smoothed out (don't mind the fuzz from the rag). It looks much worse than it really is. I shot the bow all day yesterday without it lifting any further. I've had them much deeper than that and have never had to patch the stuff. Just padauk bein padauk.
The last one shows some figuring.
Not pretending to be an expert or anything. Just thought I'd share what I've been able to learn from trial and lots of error.
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