Canary Wood ?

[Ravenclaw]

How does the color hold out over time? Is canary wood like osage where it darkens over time or does the color stays the same over time? I really like the yellow and orange tones in the wood.

[AkBillyBow]

I have not experienced any color fade with the Canary wood that I have used.  I have made many, many kids bows using Canary wood for the handles and Western Red Cedar for the limbs.  The colors of both woods have held up over time.  I have also been sawing off the same board of canary wood for about 10 years now.  No change on the full board either.

I can post some pics later if you would like to see some.

AkBillyBow

[mater]

Hey ravenclaw, Where are you at in nw ohio? Im just outside of findlay. Ive never met anyone on here from my area, messing with bows.

  Mark

[Ravenclaw]

I am from Ottawa. We need to shoot sometime. I am curently workin on my third design of a one piece recurve. This one will be a shooter! Thanks Todd for the info. I have given three bows away and sold another at cost. Its fun to see the look in a newbee's eyes when you give them a bow. They're college kids with plenty of debt so what the heck maybe someday they will pass it on to someone else in need.

[AkBillyBow]

Ravenclaw, I cannot find any of those pics on my work computer.  I fly home from work tomorrow night, so I'll look for them when I get home.

AkBillyBow

[Ravenclaw]

Thanks Todd.

[Stiks-n-Strings]

used some for afew turkey calls and it's just as yellow now as it was then.

[AkBillyBow]

Ravenclaw, here is a pic of 2 kids bows with Canary handles and Cedar limbs.  I am having trouble findings my older bow pics right now, so this one will have to do.  I do have 1 of these kids bows in my garage, so I will take a better photo of it later for you.

 

AkBillyBow

[Ravenclaw]

Thanks for the input and pics!

[AkBillyBow]

OK, here are a couple more pics I just took.  They did not turn out real well, but after looking at the bow again (and comparing the pics), I do see that the Canary wood has darkened a bit with age.  The new pics actually make it look darker than it appears in real life, but it has darkened some.

The first pics are when the 2 bows are brand new and freshly built, probably 10 years ago.  These pics are from today.  I think it aged nicely, kind of a "mature" darkening if you will.  It is nothing like the darkening of Osage, just for comparison.

The handles and handle overlays are Canary wood.  The limbs are Western Red Cedar.

Hope this helps.....AkBillyBow

 

 

[Ravenclaw]

Canary wood definatly doesn't age like osage. Thanks for the pics.