Favorite bow woods (asthetic)

[poison arrow]

dark...ebony,. Medium...brazzilian rosewood, Light .....tejo from Northern Spain or curly maple.

[47pronghorn]

Bamboo for limbs, but that isn't really a wood  :D . Ebony and Bacote Rise, love that combo for some reason.

[BRONZ]

Cocobolo and Bocote

[Over&Under]

Zebrawood, cocobolo, tulipwood and juniper limbs

[Ben Maher]

yew , yew  and yew ...
followed only then by osage

[SveinD]

Oooohhhh, so many nice ones!!!

I think my over all fav's are juniper, olive ash, hickory, ziricote, ebony and of course bamboo! ^^
(I know boo is a grass, but i still think it counts)

Though I'd love to see a bow with some of these:

Gmelina (or batinj) Burl
 

Carpathian Elm Burl
 

Morrel Red Burl
 

That morrel is jaw dropping imo!
(Pics from  www.hobbithouseinc.com  - great woodpic site)

[Rob DiStefano]

any darkish and grainy hardwood.

Risers: Cocobolo,purpleheart, any burl. Limbs, bamboo or yew, with waterfall bubinga, quilted or fiddleback maple veneers.

[Jake Fr]

weng, blood wood, bocte, cocabola, anything with lots of grain

[BRITTMAN]

Bacote , Bamboo with nodes , Kingwood

[hayslope]

In order of preference: Curly Koa, very curly claro walnut (on lighter bows), Good "contrasty" Cocobolo, "contrasty" Maccassar (striped) Ebony......love nice yew on limbs

[Night Wing]

Cocobolo and shedua separated by two accented lines of white myrtle.

[Mike Burch]

So many good looking woods. In exotics, I like darker woods like ebony, zirote, and so on.

But, my absolute favorite, believe it or not, is grey action wood! I love the look of a hunting bow with grey action wood riser and that cross grain cut action wood limbs.

Mike

[Keefer]

Bocote
Maccassar
Zircote
White Ebony
Zebra
Cocopuffs
 :D

[Hunter 709]

I own a Cocobolo/Ebony riser recurve with red elm limbs, which I think is beautiful.



That said I have always been a sucker for fancy maple (Quilted, Tiger stripe or Birdseye) on the limbs and in the riser. I have seen some beautiful risers with natural fancy maple contrasted with darker pau fero, wenge or ebony that really caught my eye. If I was going order a new custom I think those would be my choices.

[tj69]

Cocobolo and Bocote

[cacciatore]

I like most dark exotic dark woods with some character and very figured.
Ebony:Macassar,Gabon,B&W.
Cocobolo
Moradillo
Indian Rosewood
Ziricote
Limbs:Zebrawood,Bocote,Tulipwood,Figured Maple,Juniper,Myrtle,waterfall Bubinga.

[snag]

I love the combo of snakewood and wenge...but then figured myrtlewood with wenge is good too...too many beautiful woods to just pick a couple.

[cacciatore]

Snag is damn right

[cacciatore]

Too many choicesand fancy design