help choosing bow woods

[beaunaro]

Hi gang...I've decided to have Kent Roberts build me a Timber Ghost recurve and have sent him a deposit.
I would like to go with some reddish woods and something to complement or contrast with that. Two reddish hued woods that I know about are Chechan and Snakewood.
South Cox has used the Snakewood in his Schleyor riser and it looks great.
I need help choosing a good looking wood combo.
Kent has some interesting looking actionwood. I like his desert camo color. It's kind of orange/tan looking.
 Would it look too funky if I had him sandwich a piece of desert camo actionwood between two pieces of Snakewood?
I'm pretty sure I will have him build the back of the bow from carbon with a foam core and so I need to pick a belly lam.
What would you choose for this? Olive Ash? Curly Maple? Sapele? Osage is too yellow and too much of a contrast don't you think?
What would look good with the Snakewood?
Would you skip the desert camo actionwood in the riser and use the same wood as the belly lam?
Even if you want to start from scratch and suggest something completely different that you like, please...any and all suggestions will be appreciated. I really can't decide.
If you have pics...even better.
Thank you very much for your time and input     .
Irv Eichorst
 www.truesouthadventures.com

[JamesKerr]

Koa!

[r-man]

I dont trust foam, it breaks down, I loved some of the gren stained wood bows I have seen, as for the osage it can be stained as well,  you money , get what you like,,... r-man

[Zradix]

cocobolo is some of the prettiest reddish colored wood in my opinion..
I think it looks great with darker woods like ebony..or the synthetic black riser material.

If you're going with carbon without a veneer over it I'd think the black/grey dymondwood would look really sharp with it.

[damascusdave]

Do not neglect bloodwood as an option and certainly yew and bubinga can be over in the reddish orange realm..I have a very nice Robertson Fatal Styk that is cocobolo and myrtle...nice contrast...sorry I just do not even try to post pictures on here any more...too frustrating

DDave

[Easykeeper]

Snakewood is beautiful if you can find good wood, it's very expensive, and I've been told it's tough to work with, and there is a lot of waste cutting away the junk wood or wood without the characteristic grain.  All that said, it's beautiful combined with ebony.    

Blacktail Snakebit, snakewood and ebony riser:

   

Cocobolo is another beautiful reddish wood and goes with lots of contrasting or complementing wood.

[northener]

All wood is a product of nature and can vary greatly in color and grain character, that said.

Risers
Cocobolo:  reddish wood with almost black streaks is my favorite

Bubinga: a little more on the reddish/orange color.

Bolivian rosewood: similar to bubinga in color but usually a tighter grain.

Limbs
Yew: yellow/tanish color, grain usually pretty straight. color deepens with age.

Bamboo: yellow/golden color, straight grain.

These are my favorites

[northener]

Cocobolo and yew

 

[northener]

Lonbows are left-right 1st bocote--- 2nd ebony riser bamboo limbs

Recurves  left-right  1st Bubinga riser-red elm limbs.   2nd Myrtle/bolivian rosewood riser and Myrtle limbs


 
   

[BrushWolf]

Red elm limbs                                   Lacewood and dark bocote not a very good pic but the lacewood is speckled kind of like snakewood.                        

[Sirius Black]

As shown above, Cocobolo and Yew are nice together. My recurve is of these woods plus a Quilted Sapele veneer, which is also red. Koa is more orange, but the prettiest wood I've seen.

[Easykeeper]

Originally posted by northener:
Cocobolo and yew

     

Beautiful!

[Shawn Leonard]

I am ordering a Blacktail and I am going with Cocobola and Bloodwood footings with myrtle veneers and coco limb footings. r-man, foam has been used a long time in tons of limbs and has proven to be stable,consistent and uniform. It does not break down whatsoever! Shawn

[beaunaro]

Thank you very much for the ideas and the photos, and for clarifying the integrity of foam cores.
I reaqlly appreciate you guys taking time to help give me some ideas.
Irv Eichorst
 www.truesouthadventures.com