Hey there,
Anybody now or have pictures of any riser woods that are orange in color?  I am looking at the Mexican Cocobolo and wondering if there is anything else out there.

Paduk (sp?) is very orange, but I think it has issues in risers if to big a piece is used

Ive had some very nice orange colored coco bolo on a few bows.Coco bolo diamondwood is orangish as well.

ummmm.... what about osage ORANGE?        

The problem with Osage is it gets dark with age, I have had some that was bright yellow than orange than a dark honey cir! Paduak is orange In some form but is oily I believe and as said may be tough to do a Riser In! Shawn

I personally love how osage gets darker as it ages, but its all in what YOU want i suppose.

Narra is orange in color.
Here is a link to my Narra riser.
http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=31;t=001183

Mora?

If that narra is the same wood I saw in the Philippines, it also darkens some with age. I really like the effect. Kind of a caramel color and some of it has really dark streaks. Beautiful wood.

Thanks for the information guys I am looking them all up right now.  I saw a piece of Panama Cocobolo on a website again today that looked beautiful, but again it will change.  I appreciate the help.

I had a longbow with a riser that was orange cocobolo with bamboo limbs under clear glass--really pretty.

A few years ago, mike Treadway had some bow he made out of what I believed he called Mexican cocobolo. They were the color of a new basketball,  I bought  a piece of wood and sent it to Dale Dye. My Dye riser did not turn out to be the same color as Mike's. I was trying to have a Halloween bow made.
    Tim in NC

QuoteOriginally posted by Bladepeek:
If that narra is the same wood I saw in the Philippines, it also darkens some with age. I really like the effect. Kind of a caramel color and some of it has really dark streaks. Beautiful wood.

Teak, may be?

What is the your best guess on this riser material.



   

QuoteOriginally posted by DayTripper:
 

QuoteOriginally posted by Bladepeek:
If that narra is the same wood I saw in the Philippines, it also darkens some with age. I really like the effect. Kind of a caramel color and some of it has really dark streaks. Beautiful wood.

Teak, may be? [/b]

No, this was not teak. Teak has large open pores like oak - at least all of it I've seen does. This narra wood was very hard with no visible pores. Narra may be like iron wood. Every region has what it calls ironwood and its all different.

They make an Orange Diamond wood, it's more of a blaze orange, but it looks pretty sharp, I seen it on a Sarrel's if I recall.

I'll check it out...Thanks

paleo .....paeleo.... or something like that ...... very nice orange color ....... is sold under several other names which I cant remember right now ...        ....... google it and see what you can find

paleo ......... or something like that ...... very nice orange color ....... is sold under several other names which I cant remember right now ...       ....... google it and see what you can find

paela is primarily called Chakta Viga or orangeheart.  It is a nice orange also, but not the quality of wood that the Panama cocobolo is.  LF