I'm looking for some pictures of stained curly maple.  Particularly, stained toward the color of yew.  Thanks...Mike

I remember seeing some on the moab pics threads, try a search

Light green stained curly maple Stalker Static Tip Limbs.
 

Very nice

Sorry, didn't notice the yew reference. Guess I'll just go back to bed!  

I know its not Yew stained color but here is my grey stained curly maple Stalker ! I love stained curly maple !

Nathan,

That's a beautiful bow.    

No problem with the color stain.  I love looking at all curly maple.  Just trying to get an eye for something to match up with zircote.  Thought a yew color or olive ash color would work good...Mike

Nathan,

Beautiful bow!  My next bow will be grey like yours and now I've found the limb veneer that'll be ordered with it.  -Thanks for posting.

Here's some on a 59'er.

Staining veneers under glass is kind of a pain in the arse. it's very difficult to get a nice even stain job.

Staining a riser can be done too, but repairing any scratches, or getting it refinished requires sanding the whole thing down to bare wood in some cases. If a bowyer doesn't have additional charges for stain work, he should. IMO I do..... Kirk


This is a curly maple I beam with Macassar ebony.

Wow, Kirk I really like the look of this!

Hey Kirk, I love that bow!

Zipper does quite a bit of this.............

These have a bit of a Yew like cast to them:

Kirk,congrats!  

QuoteOriginally posted by Bowwild:
Wow, Kirk I really like the look of this!

I wouldn't go there if i was you Roy.      
i wasn't kidding about the extra work and extra charges for staining.

on the other hand.... i've been experimenting with tinting clear coats with some really cool results.

This isn't curly maple, and i'm not trying to high jack a thread, but look at the difference between the clear coating and the ones with an amber tinting.

I'll get a photo of the curly maple posted later today. it's SERIOUSLY cool looking.

 
 Clear coat  

 

 Clear coat  

 

 Amber Tinting  

 

 Amber Tinting

Wow Kirk, tell us more about that bow. It's a beauty

This thread is about stained curly maple and i had to share this other bocote riser to show you the difference. I apologize for getting side tracked

Now here are a few riser blocks with the curly maple with amber tinting.

That looks yew colored, just what mooseman was looking for