Thanks everyone for the kind comments. The stave came from Osage Outlaw, so he has to take some of the blame.
When I first started 10 years ago I wanted to splice siyas, do horn bellies, sinewed everything in sight, the wilder the better. Eventually all that settled down and I decided to go back to the simple designs and work on better tillering, better design, better execution.
I love chasing rings, finding the bow design in the wood, and the finish work of sanding and stitching handles. Tillering still hangs me up, though.