This wood is beautiful and is a great natural camo pattern. It sure would look awesome a limb veneers!! :D ;)
http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv249/KenSel_Hunt/Bow%20Woods/dalmationebony.jpg
Not too shabby... what is it?
Nice very nice.
black and white ebony.
Cool stuff.
Mike
Looks like spalting in the wood....what kind of wood is it???
Okay....thanks Mike!
Thats really cool stuff. would b one of the most unique bows out there
dalmation black and white ebony and I might just know someone who is getting a bow built from it as we type this :bigsmyl: ;)
that's pretty cool Kenny.
You're a lucky guy if he's working on yours now. I just put mine on order and have 10+ weeks to wait. Make sure you post pics so I'll have eye-candy to hold me over.
Looks like something from Big Jim's
I didn't think I would like it when you called it black and white ebony for some reason but after looking at the wood I got to say it looks great,can't wait to see the bow!!!
Im gonna regret saying this,But nice wood!
LOL.Tim, I believe those are the stave's Big Jim has. Those are going to make some beauty's. I remember seeing a pittsley predator made from Black and White Ebony, very nice bow indeed.
Rob..
Hunter's Niche (Ron Pittsley) Predator Bows offers black & white ebony in their custom recurve & longbow risers. They also used it in a special commemorative recurve that's just now out. Their ad for this bow is in latest issue of TBM.
Dan, don't worry brother I'll be posting lots of pics when Big Jim get's done with her. I have some special over/in lays being done on it also. I was gonna have cathedral grain/flat cut zebrawood but when I saw he had these dalmation boards I called him and changed. I tell ya waiting on this bow is like having a present under the Christmas tree in October and having to wait till Christmas day.
hey Tim, that's what she said! :biglaugh:
I have a Dwyer longbow with black & white ebony for the riser and love how it looks.
This black and white ebony is special. I have been trying to find more and it has been tough. They call this dalmation and I have been told that it only occurs in about 10% of the B&W ebony trees. Not confirmed info though. I do know that its scarce even here at big jims. I do have some beautiful stiped black and white too.
BigJim
I remember someone sent a piece of that to Bob Morrison to have a bow made (JC maybe?) and it was taking a long time for it to dry properly. Different looking wood for sure. I'd like to see a bow made from it before I made my final opinion of it...Mike
Mike, I'll be posting some pics of my bow when it's done.
BigJim, if you ever find any more of that stuff I'll have to get in what I'm sure will be a VERY LONG line for a take down.
Ken
I looked again & that new Predator recurve has black ebony. They do offer the black & white ebony on their website, as available.
Kenneth,
Mine will be a 2pc with Dalmation Lams, Ebony Riser with Bloodwood or Purpleheart accents and Gemsbok Overlays. Can't wait to get her in hand. I'll be anxiously awaiting your pics. Your Christmas gift analogy is perfect!
Dan
LOL Dan!!! I know I wish I could tear a little hole in the gift wrap and take a peek but that might just make the wait seem even longer. I chose Ziricote as my riser wood and spalted sycamore for the belly. I basically gave Jim a few wood choices and a general idea of what I wanted it to look like and told him to work his magic.
Just when you think you've seen every type of wood imaginable, along comes this. Stunning is what I'd call it!