Curly Hawaiian Koa

[Troy D. Breeding]

Picked up a small piece of Curly Hawaiian Koa on my last buying trip. I normally don't buy wood this expensive, but just couldn't help myself. It was just so outstanding I couldn't pass it up.

I managed to get three sets of veneers out of the piece.

After posting the veneers on my site, I think I should have bought more. While uploading these pictures two of the three sets have already "SOLD".

The last set is on the "New Veneers" Page of my site.


#819 "SOLD"
 


#820
 


#821 "SOLD"
 

[Roy from Pa]

I guess they are ok..  

[Troy D. Breeding]

Hey Roy,

Wonder if Koa would work for belly wood????

I've seen folks using Ipe, Osage, Yew and a few others.

How about Bubinga, Myrtle, Shedua, or some of the other nice woods? Ever seen anybody use these?

[Troy D. Breeding]

All three sets have "SOLD"

[LittleBen]

I've used shedua in a 40# laminated bow. Have two more lams waiting for another one. It's just so pretty looking wood.

  http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=print_topic;f=125;t=011930  

I saw an English longbow on the web that used bubinga. I believe myrtle is relatively light. Koa also is not very heavy. Shedua is about 30% heavier than koa, and some ipe approaches twice the density of Koa.
Also saw an ELB that had a king wood belly ... I have a nice chunk of king wood that should yield 4 nice lams for bow bellies if I'm careful.

I asked the same question about exotic woods for bow bellies a while back, here's the thread.
 http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=125;t=009451;p=1

[Roy from Pa]

I don't know, Troy. Would have to research the specs of it..