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Getting closer to new bow order, and am really liking the idea of brown glass limbs over bamboo.

Whats a good riser wood for this "huntin" bow?

Some ideas:

Rosewood
Chcechen
Shedua
Bubinga

Any others?

Thanks...

Tigerwood/Goncolo Alves. Would be a "retro" bear look.

Shedua!

Phenolic,Bocote,Walnut,Osage,Wenge,or a combo?   :dunno:

Osage Orange ( Bois D' Arc ), Curly Maple, Aramanth (Purple Heart), Zebra.
 I have a Maddog bow in progress, Osage riser and Elm limbs with brown glass.

I just finished a longbow for my dad that had brown glass over bamboo.  The riser is macassar ebony and padouk, I think they look nice together.
-Jay
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locust

Brandon Stahl has one pictured in his Ultra Delight section that is really nice looking. I don't know what the wood in the riser is,but you could go over there and check it out.

Wenge/Myrtle or Wenge/Osage I am really liking Wenge cause the drak stuff is almost as dark as Ebony and you don't have to pay extra. Question, why brown glass instead of just staining the bamboo a nice brown color? Shawn

Mitch
Give us a hint watch ya orderin. Bet it's    going to be nice!
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Walnut/brown dymondwood.

Shawn

Clear glass is an up grade

I'm also thinking bocote and black glass

All I know it's gonna be a 58 inch one piece static tip from Wisconsin    :saywhat:    :saywhat:

I've had two bows with brown glass that I thought were very nice looking. One was a Holcomb '57 Kodiak with curly maple (or was it birds-eye?). The other was a 21st Century with a shedua riser. Actually, the shedua was very near the color of finely aged osage so I think that would be excellent as well. It would be a hard choice but if I was in your situation it would be one of those three.

Dark Cocobolo   :thumbsup:

Shedua   :thumbsup:  

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Having the same trouble. I think I'm going with brown back & belly (I have a bow with a white belly but that flags while hunting), bamboo and maple lams, and Osage riser.

I ordered zebrawood

I have a Maddog Prarie Predator with brown glass that has a green Actionwood riser.

i'm not a big fan of any kind of Actionwood, but the brown/green combo looks pretty good!

Wenge, ziricote or claro walnut would all look pretty fine.

How about good old curly maple...

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Zircote would look nice also.

Osage and anything dark as an accent. I like black or brown glass.

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How about Bolivian Rosewood and Purpleheart or East India Rosewood another of my favorites.  Brown glass is my favorite and I think it looks great with most anything.

Sorry picked wrong link.


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Shedua, sorry for the poor pic, I was gluing on a new handle.
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Still, A very striking bow is a Birdseye Maple/ Curly Maple Pronghorn
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QuoteOriginally posted by Shawn Leonard:
Wenge/Myrtle or Wenge/Osage I am really liking Wenge cause the drak stuff is almost as dark as Ebony and you don't have to pay extra. Question, why brown glass instead of just staining the bamboo a nice brown color? Shawn

I would think the Wenge/Osage would look great!

Thanks,

Josh

Now Mitch...you know you don't need another bow. Your going to make Bentpole...ol Tom jealous and force him to buy one....your a bad influence.

Brown limbs..a real light brown super actionwood to offset the darker limbs. Tiger wood and Wavy Zebrawood would look neat. A light maple riser or Shedua with a black phenolic flare.

So many options...so little time! Good luck Mitch.

Of those you mentioned shedua or chechen. Chechen would really look good with all the different colors it displays . If you can find shedua with some black figure running thru it that would be hard to beat !!.....Tim

I have an RER LXR with Ziricote riser, Curly Hawaiian Koa veneers on limb backs, brown glass on limb belly....very classy and classic looking bow.

I chose zebrowood because I thought it matched up with the colors of the bamboo and brown glass well.  


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just be aware if you use osage that it will darken to a deep chocolate color from sunlight exposure....so if you are looking for contrast...it will be lost after a couple years depending on how much time it gets UV light.

I have Osage Bows and they get a deep  color but never ever chocolate.  You could go with yellowheart and wenge if you were worried about Osage and it would give ya a bit more weight in the Riser too! Shawn

Zebra wood would be nice

Black Walnut/Red stripe

I think Brazilian Walnut, "Ipe" or Iron wood goes real well with brown glass...

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Oooooh, I like that one Kirk.

Brazilian Walnut or Iron Wood makes a very nice riser too. very dense hardwood with good mass weight to it.... I prefer this wood over a lot of exotics out there.   Kirk

QuoteOriginally posted by Brock:
just be aware if you use osage that it will darken to a deep chocolate color from sunlight exposure....so if you are looking for contrast...it will be lost after a couple years depending on how much time it gets UV light.

Like copper roofs...plan ahead  ;)  They'll be green after a while.

I like the darkness of aged osage...and the yellow of the new. Win/Win

Mitch, some good advice and choices have been given. I like the idea of Zebrawood.


I am trying to visualize a wood and brown glass overlays on the back of the riser and limb tips. I came up with 2 woods that I believe would be sweet.

Birdseye Maple (lightly stained)
Myrtlewood

I think some pretty Myrtlewood would look outstanding!!

QuoteOriginally posted by Shawn Leonard:
I have Osage Bows and they get a deep  color but never ever chocolate.  You could go with yellowheart and wenge if you were worried about Osage and it would give ya a bit more weight in the Riser too! Shawn

yours never get to a milk chocolate color...a deep mahogany brown color?  Mine do....  I got one that never goes outside...stays on wall across room out of sunlight and is already a chocolate milk color....
the bow on top is osage...
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I like walnut, shedua, bubinga and zebrawood with brown glass for the contrast...i think cocobola and rosewood are better with black glass depending if it is Brazilian or Indian as some can be more red and dark while others are light and more brown.

We just have different opinions on colors cause I would call your Bow a dark honey, dont look like milk chocolate to m e, but maybe that is just me!

LOL...yep...did not say that one was dark milk chocolate but it will continue to darken...

my point was that osage is going to darken and some dont realize that they are going to lose that bright yellow or mild tan color when they first see it....

I agree with you...the one I showed in pic is not dark...but well on the way.  :)

Great feedback by all thank you

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My son has a HH Tembo with brown glass over bamboo with extremely nice figured myrtle and it gets me drooling/

Gorden Glass is now making a different shade of brown that I'm excited to make a bow out of.  The old brown is really reddish brown.  Almost a dark burgany.  the new brown is lighter color and brown, brown.  I think it will be more fitting with a lot of different riser wood.  
The new Bear '59 ers have the new brown glass.  Chad

Hey Chad, Is it a different color than the limbs i posted above. that is Gordon's 2012 brown glass @ .040.  i just bought more and it's the same color....do they have two shades now?

I can't tell from the picture.  The new stuff has no red tint to it.  If yours has a red tint it is different.

Real brown glass would be great! Nothing like feathering in brown glass overlays that look burgundy when done  :D

Which color would you call the brown glass Bob Lee uses? I had a sportsman takedown, with brown glass, that I didn't notice a reddish cast on; but, maybe I didn't look close enough. It was much lighter than the brown glass, on the red wing hunter, I had at the same time.