I have two boys, 5 & 7.

They have been sharing a custom LB, 12# @ 20" that a friend made.

The 7 yr old is getting a pup longbow from Mad Dog Archery.

25" at 24#'s which should be about 17-18#'s at his draw.

He went for the Dymondwood - Twilight riser.  

That's the only iffy part as I'm not to familiar with Dymondwood.

Dymondwood® is made from 1/16 hardwood veneers that are vacuum impregnated with dye and phenolic resin. The veneers are layered and compressed under high pressure and heat to slightly over half the original thickness.

Anyone know about this?

Now for the couple month wait, should arrive when school lets out for the summer.

We are looking forward to some summer stumping!

I have two Morrison Shawnee risers made of Dymondwood.  Likely more stable, stress wise, than wood grown in one piece.  It is, essentially, plywood.  

It's strong, durable, consistent and fairly heavy.  Good riser wood.  Certainly not quite as pleasing to the eye as a riser made of a block (or two) of wood but it works great.

Some like it, aesthetically, and some don't.  I'd guess that it's "wood's answer to magnesium and aluminum and dark matter risers" although it's not likely as heavy as "dark matter".

Just my thoughts.
homebru

I've used some on my knife handles that is like camo wood. People seem to like it, although I agree the multi-colored stuff looks like plywood. I had a Lost Creek with cocobolo colored diamond wood that looked like real cocobolo only prettier. I think, unlike plywood where the grain runs in different directions, the diamondwood grain runs all in the same direction so it should be super-strong for a riser.

Thanks for the riser comments.

I may try and influence him towards his second choice of Osage & Purple Heart.

We'll see, I want this to be "his".

Congrats on getting the kids involved in such a great grass roots sport. Happy shooting.

Jack Kempf, the dean of our Canadian bowyers, told me last year that he prefers Dymondwood for riser material...that is a pretty strong recommendation

DDave

Thanks Dave, that's good to hear.

Got 3 Great Northern bows with dymondwood risers.  don't think you can get anything more stable than dymond wood from what I was told.

Sounds like my sons first choice of Dymondwood is a keeper.

Thanks for the comments.

My oldest daughter (10) shoots a Maddog pup with the cocobolo colored dymondwood.  With as rough as she is on that bow I'm glad we choose that!

Diamond wood is pretty good stuff, super strong!