I've not seen many bows with spalted wood, but the ones I have seen are great! Anyone want to share some pics?
Oh boy this is gonna be good.
(http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt12/twotracks/P1010171.jpg)
This is an ASH riser and Below is a maple limb. I have a sycamore in the works right now.
(http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt12/twotracks/P1010177.jpg)
CTT
Very nice, Chuck!
Have a spalted maple dalton on the way. Beautiful veneers but no pics yet sorry! :bigsmyl:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Killdeer/TG%20Uploads/Archery%20Equipment/Bows/th_MorrisonArapaho2.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Killdeer/TG%20Uploads/Archery%20Equipment/Bows/MorrisonArapaho2.jpg)
Morrison Arapaho :)
Killdeer
Beauties for sure, Killdeer I thought you may post your Morrison nice with the black glass
Don't be sore, but you're absolutely wrong! :scared:
Here is the back, and the belly;
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Killdeer/TG%20Uploads/Archery%20Equipment/Bows/th_Img_0915.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Killdeer/TG%20Uploads/Archery%20Equipment/Bows/Img_0915.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Killdeer/TG%20Uploads/Archery%20Equipment/Bows/th_Img_0912.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Killdeer/TG%20Uploads/Archery%20Equipment/Bows/Img_0912.jpg)
Killdeer :D
Oooooh dats nice Kathy. That Morrison looks tired of your rack and my birfday is a coming on the 30th just in case you wasnt watching the calendar.
Nice bow Chuck.
Come on Killy, I just turned 46. I can't see those pictures. Stop teasing us.
Tucker (you pup!), those are thumbnails. Click on them and they get too big for the mods to handle... except by deleting them. They might get even bigger if you click on them again. Or they might just be bragging.
Killdeer
Sweet looking bow Chuck.
(http://i872.photobucket.com/albums/ab283/pavanldb/DSCN0065.jpg)
The other limb looks identical, book matched.
Another one of Chucks(two tracks) bow
(http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t76/dan-45/Hunting/9f71817a.jpg)
(http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t76/dan-45/Hunting/9ef26161.jpg)
Dan
For us newbies, what is a "spalted" wood?
QuoteOriginally posted by Tom1954:
For us newbies, what is a "spalted" wood?
Spalting is any form of wood coloration caused by fungi.
Learned something new, THANKS!
I learned what spalted wood is. And that picture of Killdeer's Morrison Arapaho is amazing.
yep nice bow for sure Killdeer :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
QuoteOriginally posted by Killdeer:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Killdeer/TG%20Uploads/Archery%20Equipment/Bows/th_MorrisonArapaho2.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Killdeer/TG%20Uploads/Archery%20Equipment/Bows/MorrisonArapaho2.jpg)
Morrison Arapaho :)
Killdeer
Killy,
I have always admired this bow as the most beautiful I have ever seen. It is my screen saver. Boy howdy is that a nice looking bow.
Matt
Sometime in the not so distant future this is going to turn into a Zipper SXT:
(http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q176/akinslow/Bows/DSC02278.jpg)
Still looks great killdeer nice bow
My friends limbs from his Stalker Recurve.
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t142/rysanpei/IMG_0021-1.jpg)
Really nice, I hope there's lots more coming. I've never had spalted woods in any bows, but love it for sure. Hmmmmm, my brain is starting to work.
SPALTED SYCAMORE,SPOILS THE MIND....WILD AND PRETTY...
(http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h186/CaptainDick/twobows7.jpg)
Spalted maple on left hand bow. Looked a bit different in the board. When glassed, it came out looking almost like bacote. Wood store called it "Ambrosia Maple"... tree killed by the Ambrosia beetle.
Ryan, your friend's stalker looks sharp!
I have a spalted sycamore PLX on order and am trying to figure out a good riser wood to go with it. I was thinking cocobolo, but think I might like a darker chocolate or ebony color.
Spalted sycamore will probably be on my next stalker ! :thumbsup:
Spalted maple riser and knife handle combo:
(http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g128/ad2877/001-2.jpg)
Love those spalted woods........
I don't own a bow made from them (yet).....but one day! I do have a few turkey calls though.....
(http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/ac44/hayslope1/Bows/Calls/DSC_0418.jpg)
Kathy....you already know my thoughts about your Morrison!
I'm assuming these are all fiberglass laminate bows? I can't see spalted wood holding up to that stress without it.
Anyone have any pics of spalted sycamore limbs???
To a long-time wood guy, to me spalting is not beautiful. As an independent inspector of wood products for much of my career, I have rejected wood products on numerous occasions because of this. It represents fungal attack, and by the time is shows up visually there has been a substantial strength loss, as much as 80% in some cases. I would reject a spalted bow lam as defective. It would be dangerous without the fiberglass.
Not a popular opinion, I'm sure.
I don't knock your opinion, Don... on the contrary, a good 'nay-sayer' often reveals a side to an issue that others aren't paying attention to.
I've got some spalted sycamore veneers going on a bow that should be done in July. They're purely for looks, and don't contribute at all to the structural resilience of the limbs. I like the natural way they camoflage the bow, and as a non-woodworker, I find the spalted look to be appealing.
Fortunately, as Archie says, the veneers are cosmetic, not structural, so spalted wood, like some other fragile veneers, only needs to look good, and to my eye it definitely does.
Allan
We had a whole board of spalted curly myrtle a few years ago. I wish I had pics. It was the prettiest veneers I have ever done.
Mike
You have had a LOT of pretty wood in your bows over the years Mike!
Allan
My Dryad Orion is spalted myrtle from you Mike.
I don't know if it"s the same board your speaking of.
I'll post some pics shortly.
My Dryad Orion Recurve
Spalted Myrtle in the riser and limbs.
(http://i709.photobucket.com/albums/ww98/rlbruski/IMG_1767.jpg)
(http://i709.photobucket.com/albums/ww98/rlbruski/IMG_1768.jpg)
(http://i709.photobucket.com/albums/ww98/rlbruski/IMG_1770.jpg)
spalted maple (http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k209/hogdancer/P1050418.jpg)
Hogdancer, that's a beautiful PCH. What's that riser made of???
Looks like zircote. Sweet!
yes it is Ziricote, 58 inches 52@28 Asbel grip, shoots great and very quiet.