I got some 70# limbs for my widow for Christmas, but they are black on my Autumn Oak riser.  The contrast actually does look pretty cool but I was thinkin about throwing some skins on the limbs, but I dont know what kind of snake would look good on black limbs.  If anyone has any pictures of black limbs with skins I would love to see them.  Thanks!

Check this thread out.

http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=067583#000006

Many bowyers prefer to put snake skins on black glass or dark stained limbs. Darker limbs generally  shows the snakeskin patterns better.

Be carefull though.  I put black glass on the back of a t/d I made once just so I could put some copperhead skins on it.  They turned out so dark I had to get a taxidermist friend of mine to air brush them so you could tell I had skins on it.  They took on the appearance of a black snake and you couldn't see any pattern whatsoever.  But maybe copperheads have thinner skins than other snakes.

The rattle snake skins i got from 3-Rivers turned out real nice on the Super Kodiak which has black limbs.you could see the pattern and it came out with a slight greenish hue.Never tryed copperhead skins yet.