What looks good with Walnut?

[Bladepeek]

I rather like walnut and fiddleback maple on my Lost Creek Judge.

[BigJim]

Walnut and osage is sweet, but so is walnut and bloodwood or walnut and purple heart. Walnut with maple is very nice but many don't want such a stark contrast.
Most anything would look good with it as long as there is enough contrast in either grain and/or color to noticelbly separate the two without great examination.

good luck, bigjim

[saltwatertom]

Big Jim would know!

     

[SERGIO VENNERI]

Birdseye!

[KentuckyTJ]

Cocobolo goes well with it also

[hardtimes]

My vote goes to Osage. I have put a lot of thought in to what woods would be in my next bow and I have come down to walnut and osage.

[Sixby]

If you go with walnut and tigerwood you will retain the orange color much better than with sage. I love the walnut and tigerwood combo and hae used it several times.

God bless, Steve

[Bladepeek]

Sixby, I have to agree with you. That's walnut and tigerwood on the lower bow.

[britt]

To many choices. Anybody have pics of bow with olive burl? Thank you.

[LittleBen]

Maple is in my opinion the perfect contrast to walnut. Fiddleback, curly, birdseye, tiger stripe, or just plain clear maple ... you're pick

[britt]

Well I made my mind up. I am going with walnut and osage riser. Cory (heartland bows) is building a 3 piece for me. Will post pics when down. Thanks for suggestions.

[DaveT1963]

One of the prettiest recurves I have seen was an old Rocky Mountain Recuve walnut with Purpleheart..... I wish I would have bought one back then.

[Mike Falkner]

I have a birdseye maple and black walnut and looks nice.

[Prairie Drifter]

Originally posted by DaveT1963:
One of the prettiest recurves I have seen was an old Rocky Mountain Recuve walnut with Purpleheart..... I wish I would have bought one back then.

The rocky's weren't walnut, the were rosewood. I still have 2 originals. One rosewood/maple, one rosewood/purpleheart.

[LoneWolf73]

Elk Antler Riser goes good!

[tarponnut]

Steve Turay from Northern Mist built me one of his Ottowa recurves.
Walnut dymondwood riser and white ash limbs.
What a looker!

[VictoryHunter]

Lonewolf that is an inredible looking bow!

[Gdpolk]

I'd probably go with one of the following

Light contrast:
figured maple or figured myrtle

Dark reddish contrast:
cocobolo or snakewood

Similar colors:
wenge or ebony (one of the darker varieties)

[Hummer3T]

Curly maple


 

 

 

[LimbLover]

I like walnut on walnut lol...but buffalo horn does.

Here is my black walnut Bama Elite.