This are both Bolivian Rosewood boards, gonna use them next year.. longbow veneer was called Santos Rosewood when I bought it      

I'd use curley walnut but I do that alot.  Love the looks and the performance and I think that would set the kingwood off.

I made this one earlier this year using Curley walnut in the limbs, Indiana Black Walnut is very nice!  

David, that is beautiful YEW.

Mine have a little of the birds eyes in them, and have a lot of wavy grain giving them a ton of character. Nothin purdier than character YEW.

Rick

Call Mike at rosewood archery.  Myrtle burl or olive ash would look good .

These are both kingwood risers with an ebony saddle. One has black glass and the other myrtle veneers. I think they are both great looking bows!
 

 

 

 

QuoteOriginally posted by SaltyDawg:
David, that is beautiful YEW.

Mine have a little of the birds eyes in them, and have a lot of wavy grain giving them a ton of character. Nothin purdier than character YEW.

Rick

Thanks Rick, I sold it in a weak moment to the head deer biologist for Iowa, I told him that if he parted with it that I had first dibs and I remind him periodically by email. The ziricote in the riser is just crazy but you have to get it out into real light to see it well.

How about curly/waterfall maple with a light stain?

Never tried staining anything for limb material. That opens up a whole new can of worms.....

Troy

Went to the local mill this morning and I think I found what I want to use. Ground these lams so I could really see what they were going to look like.

The fellow at the mill called it Flaming Ambrosia Maple. Sure looks sweet to me.

I left them thick so I can fell the worm holes with epoxy before grinding to veneers or if they will work to parallel and taper thickness.

Did I do good or what???

 

Here they are with the piece of Kingwood...

 

oh yeah! That looks sweet!

Great choice Troy. I have ambrosia maple in my Longwalker riser. Looks like a mermaid to me. That will make a great combo with the kingwood.

Owlbait,

I remember seeing that bow. Sharp as a tack.

The thing I'm wondering is if it's solid enough to use as lams instead of veneers.

Troy

I wish I could help. Is that where you stabilize it first? If that can be done on working veneers. They use spalted woods. Seems similar. Hope it works, that would look great!

Nice thread, I like to see the wood!  I have made several with kingwood risers and yew veneers.  It is one of my favorites.  I always call them my tropical bows.  For some reason the purple in the kingwood and the orange in the yew reminds me of something that would grow in the tropics.  Weird, I know, but I like it for some reason.  It seems like it would be two colors that don't go together, but it does.  Chad