Black Limba

[Crooked Stic]

Anyone have experence wit this wood? Would it be good in a TD riser?

[wood carver 2]

I have used it in risers for one piece longbows. It seems to be fairly strong as woods go.
Dave.

[TattooDave]

I can't say I've ever used it for bows, but it makes a great looking turkey pot call. Just made one last week, and contemplated doing some laminating with other woods to get a riser.

Tattoo Dave

[Crooked Stic]

Found a guy on the big auction site that has a lot of it.

[Mike L.]

What’s the big auction site?  Is there a good one for lumber?


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[kennym]

Fleabay, and some of that looks pretty good, but shipping was a bit high I thought....

[Crooked Stic]

Yeah it is. Finding out now if shipping can be combined.

[Robertfishes]

I used it for a one piece 32#@ 28 recurve riser. It was light in weight but finished very nice. If I can find pictures I will post them later

[David Flanrey]

Hey Stic, I used BL in the top part of a riser that held the inserts for the limbs for my son-in-laws recurve.  It blew up in his face.  In my opinion the BL is too soft to hold the insert.  I won't use it again for that purpose.

With that said, I also used it in the belly side of the riser for my three piece longbow.  I have been shooting it for years with no problems.  I guess depends on where you use it.  Beautiful wood.

[Crooked Stic]

So it needs an I beam for TD.

[David Flanrey]

Yes, that would be safest.  I will take a pic of blown riser tonight and post it for you to see what happened.  I still have it.