I'm trying to compare wts. of said woods.Currently, I'm shooting one of cocobolo. While I like heavier risers for stability in the hand, I have no experience w/ the others. For those of you that do, I "wood" love your input.
In the quantities that make up a bow, all are relatively the same weight, 61 to 70 lbs per cu. ft. Love the look of the macassar ebony, but it varies A LOT!!
Even more than the cocobolo or bacote.
I have both cocobola riser in 1 longbow and bacote in another longbow. Love them both.
Lots of great woods out there, however my preferance is to stay with the heavies no matter their beauty.
Example: Possibly one cocobola version may be quite stable and have little to no hand shock. The bocote version is still stable yet requires an attached quiver to calm it down. I don't practise nor hunt with an attached quiver so riser wt is important to me.
Dry Units
Snakewood 81 lbs/cu.ft. Central & S. America
Kingwood 75 lbs/cu.ft. Central & S. America
Blackwood African 75 lbs/cu.ft. Africa
Cocobolo 68 lbs/cu.ft. Central & S. America
Ebony Macassar 68 lbs/cu.ft. Eurasia & Pacific
Desert Ironwood 66 lbs/cu.ft. North America
Curupay 65 lbs/cu.ft. Central & S. America
Macawood 64 lbs/cu.ft. Central & S. America
Ebony 63 lbs/cu.ft. Africa
Ipe 62 lbs/cu.ft. Central & S. America
Dymondwood 60-75 lbs/cu.ft. phenolic impregnated laminated birch
Rosewood Central America 60 lbs/cu.ft. Central & S. America
Rosewood Honduras 60 lbs/cu.ft. Central & S. America
Tarara Colorado 60 lbs/cu.ft. Central & S. America
Tulipwood 60 lbs/cu.ft. Central & S. America
Cuta 59 lbs/cu.ft. Central & S. America
Goncalo Alves 58 lbs/cu.ft. Central & S. America
Mahogany Santos 58 lbs/cu.ft. Central & S. America
Wenge 57 lbs/cu.ft. Africa
Jatoba / Brazilian Cherry 56 lbs/cu.ft. Central & S. America
Osage Orange 56 lbs/cu.ft. North America
Purple Heart 55 lbs/cu.ft. Central & S. America
Ziricote 55 lbs/cu.ft. Central & S. America
Bubinga 55 lbs/cu.ft. Africa
Shedua 54 lbs/cu.ft. West & Central Africa
Morado 53 lbs/cu.ft. Central & S. America
Rosewood Indonesian 53 lbs/cu.ft. Eurasia & Pacific
Guatambu / Pau Marfim 50 lbs/cu.ft. Central & S. America
Jarrah 50 lbs/cu.ft. Eurasia & Pacific
Moraballi 49 lbs/cu.ft. Central & S. America
Iroko 49 lbs/cu.ft. Africa
Merbau 49 lbs/cu.ft. Eurasia & Pacific
Dry Units
Peroba Rosa 47 lbs/cu.ft. Central & S. America
Oak White 47 lbs/cu.ft North America
Pecan Hickory 47 lbs/cu.ft. North America
Zebrawood 46 lbs/cu.ft. Africa
Paduak African 45 lbs/cu.ft. Africa
Madrone 45 lbs/cu.ft. North America
Imbuya 44 lbs/cu.ft. Central & S. America
Sirari 44 lbs/cu.ft. Central & S. America
Maple Birds Eye 44 lbs/cu.ft North America
Maple Curly 44 lbs/cu.ft. North America
Maple Hard 44 lbs/cu.ft. North America
Maple Hard Country 44 lbs/cu.ft. North America
Maple Spalted 44 lbs/cu.ft. North America
Kamarere 43 lbs/cu.ft. Eurasia & Pacific
Pyinma 43 lbs/cu.ft. Eurasia & Pacific
Ash 43 lbs/cu.ft. North America
Birch 43 lbs/cu.ft. North America
Oak Red 43 lbs/cu.ft. North America
Cancharana 42 lbs/cu.ft. Central & S. America
Monkey Pod 42 lbs/cu.ft. Central & S. America
Sapele 42 lbs/cu.ft. Africa
Koa 41 lbs/cu.ft. Eurasia & Pacific
Andiroba 40 lbs/cu.ft. Central & S. America
Bloodwood 40 lbs/cu.ft. Central & S. America
Bocote 40 lbs/cu.ft. Central & S. America
Chakte Kok 40 lbs/cu.ft. Central & S. America
Mansonia 40 lbs/cu.ft. Africa
Blackwood Australian 40 lbs/cu.ft Eurasia & Pacific
Camphorwood 40 lbs/cu.ft. Eurasia & Pacific
Narra 40 lbs/cu.ft. Eurasia & Pacific
Rosewood Hong Kong 40 lbs/cu.ft. Eurasia & Pacific
Dry Units
Teak 40 lbs/cu.ft. Eurasia & Pacific
Walnut Black 40 lbs/cu.ft. North America
Myrtle 39 lbs/cu.ft. North America
Friejo 37 lbs/cu.ft. Central & S. America
Makore / African Cherry 37 lbs/cu.ft. Africa
Cherry 36 lbs/cu.ft. North America
ANIGRE 35 lbs/cu.ft. Africa
Rosewood Madagascar 35 lbs/cu.ft. Africa
Gum Red 35 lbs/cu.ft. North America
Limba 34 lbs/cu.ft. Africa
Maple Quilted 34 lbs/cu.ft. North America
Lacewood (Leopardwood) 33 lbs/cu.ft. Central & S. America
Cedar Aromatic 33 lbs/cu.ft. North America
Chinkapin 32 lbs/cu.ft. North America
Cypress 32 lbs/cu.ft. North America
Mahogany Genuine 31 lbs/cu.ft. Central & S. America
Mahogany African 31 lbs/cu.ft. Africa
Cedar Spanish 30 lbs/cu.ft. Central & S. America
Pine Ponderosa 30 lbs/cu.ft. North America
Poplar 30 lbs/cu.ft. North America
Jelutong 29 lbs/cu.ft. Eurasia & Pacific
Prima Vera 28 lbs/cu.ft. Central & S. America
Alder 28 lbs/cu.ft. North America
Basswood 28 lbs/cu.ft. North America
Willow 26 lbs/cu.ft. North America
Wow, Friend, that's some great data. I just cut and pasted it into a document so I could save it in my "cool stuff" file!
My favorite wood is Cocobolo and highly figured Macassar is my second favorite.
thanks for all the info, friend!!
Bowwild and Snow Leopard...The data has been collected over the past couple of years. Seems like wood wt comes up frequently on TG and some have found this data beneficial. I find myself referencing and updating the data quite often.
Glad this data may be useful to some of our TG brothers and sisters.
Look into a Black Widow with the phenolic in the riser, very dense feeling to me.
THANKS FOR SHARING....
One interesting update is that snakewood can be found in Florida.
Great information here!
Is there a good site to see samples of the better woods for a custom riser?
excellent info thanks :thumbsup: