I'm trying to compare wts. of said woods.Currently, I'm shooting one of cocobolo. While I like heavier risers for stability in the hand, I have no experience w/ the others. For those of you that do, I "wood" love your input.

In the quantities that make up a bow, all are relatively the same weight, 61 to 70 lbs per cu. ft.  Love the look of the macassar ebony, but it varies A LOT!!

Even more than the cocobolo or bacote.

I have both cocobola riser in 1 longbow and bacote in another longbow.  Love them both.

Lots of great woods out there, however my preferance is to stay with the heavies no matter their beauty.

Example: Possibly one cocobola version may be quite stable and have little to no hand shock. The bocote version is still stable yet requires an attached quiver to calm it down. I don't practise nor hunt with an attached quiver so riser wt is important to me.


      Dry   Units      
Snakewood      81   lbs/cu.ft.      Central & S. America
Kingwood      75   lbs/cu.ft.      Central & S. America
Blackwood African      75   lbs/cu.ft.      Africa
Cocobolo      68   lbs/cu.ft.      Central & S. America
Ebony Macassar      68   lbs/cu.ft.      Eurasia & Pacific
Desert Ironwood      66   lbs/cu.ft.      North America
Curupay      65   lbs/cu.ft.      Central & S. America
Macawood      64   lbs/cu.ft.      Central & S. America
Ebony      63   lbs/cu.ft.      Africa
Ipe      62   lbs/cu.ft.      Central & S. America
Dymondwood      60-75   lbs/cu.ft.      phenolic impregnated laminated birch
Rosewood Central America   60   lbs/cu.ft.      Central & S. America
Rosewood Honduras      60   lbs/cu.ft.      Central & S. America
Tarara Colorado      60   lbs/cu.ft.      Central & S. America
Tulipwood      60   lbs/cu.ft.      Central & S. America
Cuta      59   lbs/cu.ft.      Central & S. America
Goncalo Alves      58   lbs/cu.ft.       Central & S. America
Mahogany Santos      58   lbs/cu.ft.      Central & S. America
Wenge      57   lbs/cu.ft.      Africa
Jatoba / Brazilian Cherry      56   lbs/cu.ft.      Central & S. America
Osage Orange      56   lbs/cu.ft.      North America
Purple Heart      55   lbs/cu.ft.      Central & S. America
Ziricote      55   lbs/cu.ft.      Central & S. America
Bubinga      55   lbs/cu.ft.      Africa
Shedua      54   lbs/cu.ft.      West & Central Africa
Morado      53   lbs/cu.ft.      Central & S. America
Rosewood Indonesian      53   lbs/cu.ft.      Eurasia & Pacific
Guatambu / Pau Marfim      50   lbs/cu.ft.      Central & S. America
Jarrah      50   lbs/cu.ft.      Eurasia & Pacific
Moraballi      49   lbs/cu.ft.      Central & S. America
Iroko      49   lbs/cu.ft.      Africa
Merbau      49   lbs/cu.ft.      Eurasia & Pacific
      Dry   Units      
Peroba Rosa      47   lbs/cu.ft.      Central & S. America
Oak White       47   lbs/cu.ft      North America
Pecan Hickory      47   lbs/cu.ft.      North America
Zebrawood      46   lbs/cu.ft.      Africa
Paduak African      45   lbs/cu.ft.      Africa
Madrone      45   lbs/cu.ft.      North America
Imbuya      44   lbs/cu.ft.      Central & S. America
Sirari      44   lbs/cu.ft.      Central & S. America
Maple Birds Eye      44   lbs/cu.ft      North America
Maple Curly      44   lbs/cu.ft.      North America
Maple Hard      44   lbs/cu.ft.      North America
Maple Hard Country      44   lbs/cu.ft.      North America
Maple Spalted      44   lbs/cu.ft.      North America
Kamarere      43   lbs/cu.ft.      Eurasia & Pacific
Pyinma      43   lbs/cu.ft.      Eurasia & Pacific
Ash       43   lbs/cu.ft.      North America
Birch      43   lbs/cu.ft.      North America
Oak Red      43   lbs/cu.ft.      North America
Cancharana      42   lbs/cu.ft.      Central & S. America
Monkey Pod      42   lbs/cu.ft.      Central & S. America
Sapele      42   lbs/cu.ft.      Africa
Koa      41   lbs/cu.ft.      Eurasia & Pacific
Andiroba      40   lbs/cu.ft.      Central & S. America
Bloodwood      40   lbs/cu.ft.      Central & S. America
Bocote      40   lbs/cu.ft.      Central & S. America
Chakte Kok      40   lbs/cu.ft.      Central & S. America
Mansonia      40   lbs/cu.ft.      Africa
Blackwood Australian      40   lbs/cu.ft      Eurasia & Pacific
Camphorwood      40   lbs/cu.ft.      Eurasia & Pacific
Narra      40   lbs/cu.ft.      Eurasia & Pacific
Rosewood Hong Kong      40   lbs/cu.ft.      Eurasia & Pacific
      Dry   Units      
Teak      40   lbs/cu.ft.      Eurasia & Pacific
Walnut Black      40   lbs/cu.ft.      North America
Myrtle      39   lbs/cu.ft.      North America
Friejo      37   lbs/cu.ft.      Central & S. America
Makore / African Cherry      37   lbs/cu.ft.      Africa
Cherry      36   lbs/cu.ft.      North America
ANIGRE      35   lbs/cu.ft.      Africa
Rosewood Madagascar      35   lbs/cu.ft.      Africa
Gum Red      35   lbs/cu.ft.      North America
Limba      34   lbs/cu.ft.      Africa
Maple Quilted      34   lbs/cu.ft.      North America
Lacewood (Leopardwood)   33   lbs/cu.ft.      Central & S. America
Cedar Aromatic      33   lbs/cu.ft.      North America
Chinkapin      32   lbs/cu.ft.      North America
Cypress      32   lbs/cu.ft.      North America
Mahogany Genuine      31   lbs/cu.ft.      Central & S. America
Mahogany African      31   lbs/cu.ft.      Africa
Cedar Spanish      30   lbs/cu.ft.      Central & S. America
Pine Ponderosa      30   lbs/cu.ft.      North America
Poplar       30   lbs/cu.ft.      North America
Jelutong      29   lbs/cu.ft.      Eurasia & Pacific
Prima Vera      28   lbs/cu.ft.      Central & S. America
Alder      28   lbs/cu.ft.      North America
Basswood      28   lbs/cu.ft.      North America
Willow      26   lbs/cu.ft.      North America

Wow, Friend, that's some great data. I just cut and pasted it into a document so I could save it in my "cool stuff" file!

My favorite wood is Cocobolo and highly figured Macassar is my second favorite.

thanks for all the info, friend!!

Bowwild and Snow Leopard...The data has been collected over the past couple of years. Seems like wood wt comes up frequently on TG and some have found this data beneficial. I find myself referencing and updating the data quite often.

Glad this data may be useful to some of our TG brothers and sisters.

Look into a Black Widow with the phenolic in the riser, very dense feeling to me.

THANKS FOR SHARING....

One interesting update is that snakewood can be found in Florida.

Great information here!

Is there a good site to see samples of the better woods for a custom riser?

excellent info thanks