black limba riser picture

[Robertfishes]

I finished this 58" recurve last night. Its for a friends wife. I used black limba for the riser, amberboo taper and parallel, black glass with 2 black glass riser overlays, red and black phenolic tips. 35# at 28". looking at this riser and black glass combo I now want to build one for myself at 47#s..  

[wood carver 2]

That's really nice! I'm just finishing a longbow with a black limba riser and it looks so different. Yours is dark, while mine looks somewhat like marble.
Beautiful wood with so many variations.
Dave.

[Mad Max]

awesome

more pictures

[Carpdaddy]

Love it!

[Mad Max]

More pictures please

[Robertfishes]

[Trux Turning]

Very nice Robert- that riser came out nice!

[Robertfishes]

thanks for the nice comments. I hope my friends wife likes it too. I used Krystal Dull spray finish from Big Jim and my new mini HVLP spray gun. The finish came out a little textured but looks good to me..I might have had too much air pressure on the new gun, there is a learning curve.. From what I have read Black Limba and White Limba come from the same tree..The heart wood is darker and is called Black Limba. I just glued up a D/R longbow today with a nice zebrawood riser and East Indian Rosewood..Im thinking it should look pretty good too.

[kennym]

That is really pretty riser wood!!

[Mad Max]

I f you could see it
More pictures of the riser

[Robertfishes]

Im having alot of trouble with my chromebook and internet connection this week..  

[Mad Max]

Dang        

[Crooked Stic]

Hmm I like it.

[ejhorstick]

nice lookin bow

[chackworth3]

Looks really good

[bigbob2]

very nice!