Opinion on dymondwood/natural wood

[grimlad]

I am in the process of finalizing an order for a new riser and thought I would get some opinions. I decided to go with dymondwood, because I keep hearing how much stronger and more stable of a bow riser it makes compared to natural woods. The riser will be matched to curly zebrawood limbs and I needed some opinions on what dymondwood styles would look good with it. One big question was if charcoal sivertone could be matched to the zebra limbs (and maybe maple or bocote as well). How well does charcoal silvertone go with most wood combos?

    If anyone can add some pics of their combos, I would appreciate it. Thanks!

[Orion]

A number of my bows have dymondwood risers.  No doubt it's strong stuff.  On the other hand, I also have a lot of bows with all natural wood.  Never had a riser break, and have never seen a glass laminated bow riser with natural wood break, though I suppose it happens sometime.  From the bowyer's perspective, use of dymond wood is as much a matter of convenience, availability and price as anything else.  Also, because dymondwood is just stained and impregnated birch or maple, folks who use it can consider themselves environmentally green, not depleting the rainforests of South America of their exotic woods.  IMO, charcoal goes good good with a lot of woods, but zebra wood isn't one of them.  But we all have different tastes.  Good luck.