Black Widow Pictures

[doeboy]

All,

Thanks for the pictures...it's a toss up between the kingwood and the ironwood. I like the darker color woods with a unique grain. It's always a hard choice when you can't see it in your hand before you spend a G. I will trust BW and love whatever I choose.

[Benny Nganabbarru]

E-mail Roger at Black Widow, and ask for close-up photographs of Kingwood and Ironwood - remember, Ironwood is only used in the V risers, and the limbs are bamboo stained dark brown to match. So, if you want that unique grain, go for an X model.

[Little John]

Here are a couple pics of my cocobola and yew PTFX. The yew got a nice amber color now. This was when it was new. The 2 colors match real well.

         

[MCNSC]

I gotta admit I never liked the look of yew too much. I have been thinking of ordering a PSAX though and knew Cocabola would be the riser wood but dang those look good with yew limbs. Thanks everyone for posting the pics.
Mike

[mooseman76]

Better check with the Widow bows about yew limbs.  I heard a rumor they were no longer gonna be using them, not from the horse's mouth though, so check it out.  

Doeboy, I owned a V model with Ironwood, and while very nice, it doesn't have much grain to it.  If you want a grainy look go with the Kingwood.  That said, I like em all!...Mike

[nontypical]

MORE..MORE..lets see more!!

[KentuckyTJ]

PSAIII

[Charlie Cole]

Anybody got some pics (close-up and strung) of a 54"-56" PSR in that Ironwood? I think that's my next bow.

[Deadbolt]

Originally posted by nontypical:
MORE..MORE..lets see more!!

can't wait to see your new one buddy!

[Scooter Trash]

 

PGA  Rosewood and Osage
XLA  Ebony
HF   1225
AO   Autumn Oak one piece
PLX  Osage takedown

Not pictured another HF  and a Crown Jewell

[BillW]

Here is my PSA3. I got the limbs with bamboo so Toby suggested they also put it in the riser instead of the white.... I like it. Click the thumb for a bigger picture.

Bill

[doeboy]

BillW,
is there an advantage to the bamboo? i have heard of many bows made with it but is it a performance based addition?

P.S. your widow is sweet! i havent seen one yet i dont like.

[mooseman76]

doeboy, the exotic models (except osage) have bamboo cores in them as well.  I don't chrono my bows, but they don't seem to be any faster with the bamboo.  I do feel, however, that they are smoother drawing bows with the bamboo.  Just my opinion...Mike

[BillW]

Like Mike said, I am not sure there is much measurable speed difference. It draws nicer in my opinion and may be a couple of FPS faster...

At Compton, I had done a side by side with a PSA3 with standard limbs and a PSAX. I liked the feel the PSAX had but I liked the Autumn Oak. I talked to Toby and he agreed to do my bow like this. Glad they did. Some critics say you cannot get a custom BW but I think I did. Those guys would say about anything though. IMHO they are a Custom bow each and every one!
Bill

[Scooter Trash]

I agree they are totally a custom bow.  You can have just about any wood around. the grip can be shaped any way you want. You can even order it to the exact poundage.  Some people may say that they are built by machines.  Those CNC machines only rough the bows out.  The Widow Workers are the ones that build and finish the bows.

[John3]

I should post mine as well. What great bows they make in Nixa, MO....
PGA and PSAIII

[highpoint forge]

Here's my PSAV Ironwood....just shot the 50# limbs today for the first time. Man it was 3 dozen awesome feeling shots for sure. To top that off a neighbor threw out their 3D buck decoy so I set it up and had me a ball.......free. 57# on top and 50# on the bottom.

 

 

[Dave Bulla]

Ya know, I've shot my buddies old 1960ish widow and always loved it.  For years though the standard Widow was either grey or brown laminated maple (hence the plywood bow coments) and while they shot great, I always thought those bows were heavy and kinda ugly but even worse, there was NOTHING unique about them.  You seen one Widow, you seen them all.  For sure I didn't dissagree with the guys who claimed you couldn't get a custom Widow.   Then when Widow came out with the Ironwood bow a couple years ago I was kinda taken with it's looks.  I'm just a sucker for a pretty piece of wood whether it's in a gunstock or a bow.... Of course, I certainly couldn't afford one of the ironwood bows but I liked the way they looked in the adds.  I was kinda thinking that maybe there was such a thing as a unique looking Widow...

Now, after seeing these pictures, I'm totally agog!  Them are some serious good looking bows and I can honestly say they truely look like a custom bow!  Only problem is, I bet I still can't afford one...  

[Benny Nganabbarru]

They are only relatively expensive... there are bows that cost more... you can tell yourself and your wife (I do) that a new bolt-action rifle (Sako, Tikka, Winchester) costs more... and if you were into boats or moto-cross, it'd cost heaps more!

[mooseman76]

The old argument that they are too expensive goes out the window as well.  If you look around at the high end bows, they are all pretty close in price.  Too expensive?  For some I'm sure, but then so are Silvertips, Blacktails, Morrisons, A&H, etc...