Backing a bow with Rawhide (how to)

We'll take a look at how to back an osage orange selfbow with rawhide in a few easy steps. Applying backing to a longbow or recurve will help guard aginst splinters rising on the back of a questionable stave. This particular flatbow had a small crack running across the grain on the back. Without backing it never would have held together. Rawhide backing is available at www.twistedstave.com