Ebony and Osage works for me.

Eric

To be honest. . .  I like black, cause I'm gonna paint it when I get it.
ChuckC

Wow ,some real nice combos..........

Dave need some pictures "para rosa" ?  I don't recall ever seeing it but that's not unusual for this old dude if it's been more than a couple of days...      

This is a combination that I built for a charity auction in Jackson Wy. It is spalted maple and koa and I thought it was one of the nicer combos I have seen. The koa was an extremely rare piece and very hard to find. I have not replaced it yet.
God bless you all, Steve

ebony riser with yew limbs........

I have a Hill "Half Breed" with yew limbs and walnut riser that I think looks good.

I also like that combination of ebony and osage posted above.  (Hmmm... I might have to get a Hill "Owl" one day.)

Another super fancy koa and spalted maple with the wildest koa limb veneers in the world.
God bless you all, Steve

Very nice Steve.... That is some Georgous KOA!!!

I've seen some very nice zebra wood combinations. I like yellow and canary wood is very nice as it doesn't darken like osage over time.

With veneers almost anything is possible and there have been some very unusual and stunning woods under clear glass.

Bubinga, cocobolo, ipe, padouk, East Indian and rio rosewood, sapelli, and tulipwood are just some of the woods that I have seen.

here's one you don't see every day.....

can you guess what this stuff is?

Striped Ebony?

My favorites change like the seasons.

One particular combo that has interested me for years is a macassar riser w/bocote flare and bocote limb veneers.

The Zircote riser with tiger Myrtle limbs has possibly been one of my all time favorites. Since I own one, I just had to find another favored combo.

Best of luck choosing.

Quotecan you guess what this stuff is?

Marble Wood...what did I win?
   

another vote for cocobolo and osage

Claro walnut is pretty nice.


PIC SIZE!

Coasre500 cam the closest... Black and white ebony is what they called this stuff.  Roy Mackey found it about a week ago and we are are going to build him a Sasquatch RC out of it.

That board weighs 14.5 pounds with a 14% MC level.
it's pretty dense material.

Check out these Black walnut riser blocks....

Cocobolo or Madagascar Ebony for the riser. Bubinga looks pretty good also. Tigerstripe myrtle looks great on limbs.

Kirk, Like my grandson says, O MY lanta That walnut is to die for,.

QuoteOriginally posted by cahaba:
Cocobolo or Madagascar Ebony for the riser. Bubinga looks pretty good also. Tigerstripe myrtle looks great on limbs.

There is a big difference between Madagascar ebony and Macassar ebony.

here is Madagascar.






here as Macassar Ebony.