Orange Wood for riser?

[Tim Finley]

Chakte viga is an orange colored wood and I have used it for risers . Any coco bolo will get darker and turn a more redish brown color within time . Its because of the oils in the woods . Curly nara is one of my favorite woods and have made myself several bows from it with accents of ebony. Under clear glass as veneers the glue turns it very dark and may show streaks  but makes a great handle..Tim

[Rick Perry]

chakte viga ........ thats it!!! ..... I use it for accent stripes and overlays ...... I have never used it for a full riser

[Rick Perry]

chakte viga ........ thats it!!! ..... I use it for accent stripes and overlays ...... I have never used it for a full riser

[legends1]

Try to finds some pictures of bows for you made of orange paduk.

[Ricker]

Originally 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.

Yes, Narra is the "national wood" of the Philippines. I chose this wood because my wife is from there.

[bowhunter@54]

That the greatree archery ridgefire takedown if im not mistaken The riser is laminated with different colored hardwoods to make for a very strong and beautiful handle.but been wrong before

[wood carver 2]

How about wood from an orange tree? It's hard and strong and somewhat orange in color.
Dave.

[Jason Kendall]

I have a couple pics of orange cocobola dymondwood on my site if you want to see the color. It's one of my favorite dymondwood colors.

[ChuckC]

Don't know if it is good or bad, but one moderately hard wood that is very orange is called Chakte viga (Ceasalpinia platyloba) .

ChuckC

[Gator1]

How about Osage diamond wood

Shouldn't darken with age

[Gator1]

Sorry Jason didn't see your post

     

[arrowlauncherdj]

Tigerwood especially if combined with a dark wood for contrast

Dave

[flinthead]

I made a riser out of Cocobolo Dymondwood and it worked out great. Absolutely bulletproof. Checkering was tuff on my tolls, but a fine wood to work with. Beauty of Dymondwood is it does not have the natural flaws of real wood. Roy

[Lewis Brookshire III]

Osage?

[Rick Perry]

osage doesnt keep its orange color ......... uv light will slowly turn it to a brown color

[nineworlds9]

Check out Canary wood.  Also, Mora aka Argentine osage may or may not darken with age, I'm not sure.

[hunthold]

If you want orange and a good riser material with good mass weight and won't darken/ fade, I would go with Fiji orangewood dymondwood.

[Dirtybird]

Lemonwood