Lingcod/snake Mountain Mahogany

[Dan Landis]

Keenan, Your bows are always awesome!!!!

[broketooth]

mr keenan, i haven't commented on this bow yet. its awesome. ive been a big fan of your work for some time now. i got to ask, is mt mahogany slang for juniper, cause thats what the core looks like to me. absolutely fabulouse backing. my freind and fellow tg member had some catfish skins and had wished he knew that i wanted to back a bow with some kind of skin. sir you have peaked my interest and im very intreaged. once again you have set a very high benchmark of acheivement and craftsmanship. ruddy

[seabass]

all i can say is WOW.i am going to build my first bows this year.your bows are truly an insiration.i hope i can make one half that nice.i am going down to the tenn classic for the first time this year to gain some knowlege.i hope it works out for me.thanks for the look,steve  

[toppredator]

Beautiful bow.  Hope you get to feeling better soon.

[Keenan]

Guys, thank you for such kind compliments, This bow is actually a gift back to a close friend.  Last spring, he heard I was going through some rough stuff, between my surgeries and family members as well. He built and sent me a beautiful bow to cheer me up. This is a thank you.     To Blacktail. I just let the cat out of the bag.  

[Keenan]

Brooke, Not a juniper. It's a true mahoagny hard wood. Creamy sapwood and dark brown heart wood.

Sea bass. Hope to see you down at the Classic.

Semo, you and any fellow bowyers are welcome any day

[Sixby]

I just had to come back for seconds. Just one beautiful bow. God Bless you, Steve

[Keenan]

Thanks Steve, here is some info that a friend found for Mountain mahogany.
Mt Mahoghany (cercocarpus ) is a small tree/ bush that grows at higher elevations out west. The largest ones I have seen are about 8 inches in dia. I have seen it in eastern oregon, and all the way down to SW utah. I've made tool handles , foreshafts, and a boomerang out of it. Incredibly hard- s.g. is about  .90 . hard to find a big enough piece for a bow- i searched a grove near glass butte for hours and came up with a piece about 45 inches long with knots all over. never seen it in WA.

[Diamondback59]

hey keenan again  it s really a neat bow  you know im movin up on the idaho/utah border  i been doin my homework  fixin to go find some  and greg  in maland  and i have been talkin   he says theres  a bunch of  it where im goin  well  my qustion is do you know  which speices  it  is ?  im finding  6 or 8 diffrent kind s   on the i d   books ,,  seems were more likley to have either the hairy  or curly varity up there  at 6 to 8000  ft but it will grow  down to 4000 ft might have some on the ranch should be easey to  id  with the curly bud s on one and whitsh flowers on the other  hope ur feelin better bro  im  leavin  this weekend to move up there  brock