I am watching a how to video to make a long bow and plan on following it exact, he used raw hide for the backing and I don’t wanna use raw hide I was reading that hickory would work at 1/8th of an inch. I’m new to bow building and this long bow will be my first bow. I will be using maple or white ash for the bow itself since I’m new to this I don’t know if there are types of wood that you don’t put together are these combinations one of them? Sorry if this seems stupid I just really am not sure