Red Glass

[LongStick64]

Looking over my three Black Widows I can't help but notice the red glass running up the bow as part of the limb core. I'm curious as to what do you think they do that for, strength, stability or does just look good, because you hardly see anyone else do it.

Not complaining mind you, I happen to shoot all three better than anything else I own or have owned.

[The Whittler]

LongStick, you hit it right on with the strength and stability. There might be more to it,maybe you could give BW a call?

[Blackstick]

I was looking at one of my bows just yesterday, and wondering the same thing.

[Tajue17]

I know somew guys are having them made "without" red glass in the riser and the strip in the limbs now,, or even without white glass.

a fella has a MA where the Red was changed to white, so in a nutshell I think Widow risers are so strong anyway because of the lams you can remove or change anything.

[BigJim]

The glass in the limb core is uniweft or coretuff depending on color. It is used for torsional stability. Several guys use it but may not use the brighter colors. Often the black stripes are mistaken for carbon.

Bigjim

[flyfish1]

Big Jim is right.

[Apex Predator]

Many bowyers feel that glass in the core makes a limb unnecessarily heavy, which adds hand shock and reduces speed.  Some bowyers have found that it helps in their designs.