Makore All Wood Bow?

[deadsilence]

We just recently moved and I am fortunate enough to have a hardwood shop right up the road that stocks all kinds of exotics.  I ran across a makore board today that had some super straight grain.  Has anyone had any luck making an all wood bow out of makore?

[passion for knowledge]

If you look on the wood database site

http://www.wood-database.com

it seems that makore has similar, but slightly weaker, properties to hickory.

[deadsilence]

That was the first place i checked.  I saw several people using it as a riser or a veneers.  Just wondering if anyone had tried it.  They guy at the shop said it sent him to the ER once while cutting it, due to allergies.

[passion for knowledge]

I know a guy works with all kinds of wood.

He daren't go to his own shop when they are working with ipe and a couple of the guys working there get days off depending on the wood they are working on, even with some high-end dust extraction in place.

Wood and allergies seems to be a bit of a crap shoot.

Go carefully.