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Title: Rosewood
Post by: Liquid Amber on January 24, 2016, 09:05:00 AM

Trying to determine when Rosewood appeared in composite bow handles.  I believe you'all with catalog collections might can help pin it down some.  I have evidence it was used by 1959.  Any assistance would be appreciated.

Title: Re: Rosewood
Post by: damascusdave on January 24, 2016, 11:56:00 AM

Bear made an awful lot of Kodiaks in 1959 and all of them had quite a bit of Brazilian Rosewood in them...still I have a feeling there were other bow companies, Damon Howatt comes to mind, who used it before that

DDave

Title: Re: Rosewood
Post by: Liquid Amber on January 25, 2016, 08:35:00 AM

Thanks.

Title: Re: Rosewood
Post by: damascusdave on February 06, 2016, 12:20:00 AM

I just found a post by Larry Hatfield about the first bow he ever built...he built it for his wife in 1958 and the riser was Brazilian Rosewood

DDave

Title: Re: Rosewood
Post by: Babbling Bob on February 19, 2016, 04:58:00 PM

Bet you would see rosewood before modern recurves.

Title: Re: Rosewood
Post by: Wade Phillips on February 22, 2016, 10:41:00 PM

The center lamination of the 1958 Kodiak Special I-Beam riser was Brazilian Rosewood.

Title: Re: Rosewood
Post by: Lucas K on March 23, 2016, 01:21:00 PM

The is a great thread about this on another sight. Several authors there suggest that Harry Drake's bows had rosewood in 1954.

Title: Re: Rosewood
Post by: riser on April 29, 2016, 09:07:00 PM

The 1959 Bear Polar semi-recurve had rosewood in the middle third of the riser (and carried through the sight window).