So Friend made a great suggestion on another thread.

....to choose the wood combos for a new bow based off of the mass weight you prefer.

I am in the process of making this decision for a new Blacktail

I have one of Bolivian Rosewood and Myrtle and I was suprised at how physically light the bow is.

What wood combos would be a good choice to increase overall mass??

Thanks

Maccassor Ebony,kingwood,charcoal diamondwood.All heavy wood choices.

Cocobolo will also add weight to the riser. I have cocobolo in the riser of my blacktail and I love it.

Cocobolo....................68 lbs/cu.ft.
Ebony Macassar..........68 lbs/cu.ft.
Ipe...........................66-75 lbs/cu.ft.
Desert Ironwood.........66 lbs/cu.ft.
Ebony.......................63 lbs/cu.ft.
Dymondwood.............60-75 lbs/cu.ft.
Rosewood Honduras.....60 lbs/cu.ft.
Tulipwood..................60 lbs/cu.ft.

One of my prefered combos is Cocobolo/Ebony,lot of mass and great scenic effect.

Micarta will also help

I have an ebony and black and white ebony blacktail and I love the weight of that bow!

Please pics Robhood23!!

Both of my Blactails have the same riser woods. Cocobolo footed with shedua.

The combination of woods makes for a heavy riser which aids in aiming in a good crosswind. The wind doesn't push my recurves around.

I've got photos, but they're 750 pixels and that is a no-no on TG. I don't want to resize them to 640 pixels because with a large photo, the wood grain and color really stand out.

Iron wood 79#/ft3
Kingwood 74#/ft3

Also, you can get a phenolic type riser, accent, I beam to add wt.

I will get some pics tonight! They are long over due!

Norm has some "inferior" snakewood that a member here combined with cocobolo.  Looks great.  Plentycoupe-  How does the rosewood/myrtle bow shoot? Is it louder than you like or have some hand shock?  Or are you just looking for a little more mass for stability?  Cocobolo footed with cocobolo looks nice and would be pretty heavy.

Lignum Vitae is the densest wood in the world. They used it for marine bearings.
Not gorgeous, but man does it add weight if you need to slip it in. Big Jim says hes had some decent grained pieces, maybe he can add a pic.....

Yornoc, I disagree with the Not Georgeous part. Yeah, it ain't no snake wood or black and white ebony, but it  has it's own beauty as do most exotic woods.

I enjoy looking at it. One of the few woods that has a naturaly kind of green hue to it with a deep chatoyance.
Bigjim

Micarta

Lignum Vitae will surprise you. I have seen a glass recurve a guy built out of this wood. It turned a beautiful brownish golden hue. Not anything like it was in rare form. I don't know if this is the norm or he just lucked out.

The norm for a lot of the exotic woods is not always that flashy. You need to find the right piece to make things special.

Bubbinga is normally very plain, but the right piece is very stunning as it is with lignum vitae and most any other species.

If you want weight and don't care what it looks like, have them put a lot of glass inthe riser. Much stronger than phenolic and won't flex like phenolic.
bigjim

be very careful with Lignun Vitea!!!!   It is used for water submersed ball bearings for a reason...it is also arguably one of the OILest woods in the world. Glue line must be absolutely cleaned and degreaser...then only time will tell if that joint will hold off through possible migration of oil back in the wood cells..   Good luck......

I bought a piece of Verawood, Its really heavy similar to lignum,i was told its lignums cousin just not as oily.. Like BigJim said I started using lots of glass in my risers for weight.. I dont think its ugly but it does add extra cost to the build..i want to build a black bow with red accents for myself, riser will be almost all glass..