Hey all,
I would like to find a site that has pictures of the different kinds of woods that bows are made of. What prompted this thread is the post that has the pictures of a new Hill Cheetah. The Hill Cheetah is listed as being made of Juniper and bamboo lams. I don't know what juniper looks like, I'd like to know though. Unfortunately the Hill site doesn't have any pictures that can be of any refrence with respect to the wood choices.
If you look at the Hill site they list several different bows with their own unique wood combinations. They use bamboo, osage, juniper, Red elm, yew, and honey locust, but I can't find anywhere an actual picture of what these woods look like.
When all these different names of woods get tossed around it's easy to get a bit confused if you don't know what they look like. I have been to Mr. Dick Wightman's Hill Fans site and checked out his numerous pictures and got a taste of what's possible, but I'd like to know more.
So if you have a site or info you can send me that will help me learn what these different woods look like I would certainly appreciate it. Besides, I can't be the only one hanging around here that doesn't know the difference between a red elm and a yew bow.
Thanks for your help and time.
Nala
I have a few sample photos and descriptions on my site on a page called Bow woods.
www.peteward.com (http://www.peteward.com)
Pete
Here's some woods that are on Marriah's web site
http://www.marriahcustombows.com/woods.html
http://woodfinder.com/woods/woodindex.php
http://woodfinder.com/woods/woodindex.php
These guys are great to do business with and great website featuring pics of a large selection of exotic woods: West Penn Hardwoods (http://www.westpennhardwoods.com/shop/cart.php?target=category&category_id=15)
I have mentioned to the head honchos that a "bow wood encyclopedia" as a sticky might be real cool. We could see wood combos, what different limb woods look like, etc.
www.centaurarchery.com (http://www.centaurarchery.com)
woodshed hardwoods used to have a great website when they sold bow lams, and there is some company that pirated it and is still using it...
I'll post it if I can remember.
Mike
This site has a good selection of pics of different woods.
http://www.woodworkerssource.com/1_exotic_wood.html
Do a google search for exotic wood, many sites listed
web page (http://www.blacktailbows.com/)
http://www.fulldrawbows.com/new_page_5.htm
Here is one with the old list of Woodshed Hardwoods pictures and descriptions.
Mike