I see log end sealer from lee valley tools, glue or paint would work but I somehow thing the lee valley one penetrates better. The bark came off easily when I started working the stave but I’ve been told not to touch the back of the bow with that kind of wood.
I was lucky to take a course from John Strunk on bowbuilding, he’s an expert on wood bow building. In Alberta we have our Beverly own Bert Frelink of Quarter Moon longbows. I’d pick his brain and maybe hire him for a day of whittling, you’d be so much further ahead. Bert could teach you in a day what would take years to learn.
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