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Author Topic: Woods that get better with age.  (Read 298 times)

Offline northener

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Woods that get better with age.
« on: January 23, 2013, 06:40:00 PM »
Curious what woods gain character and get a richer color with age, under today's finishes.

I have a Mrytle riser and I swear it's getting a deeper more caramel color with time.
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Offline KentuckyTJ

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Re: Woods that get better with age.
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2013, 06:52:00 PM »
Bocote and Osage
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Offline Eric Sprick

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Re: Woods that get better with age.
« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2013, 06:53:00 PM »
Osage has to be one, if not my favorite, wood. Very yellow at first but after a few years...beautiful honey!

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Re: Woods that get better with age.
« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2013, 06:55:00 PM »
Yew will darken over time and is very beautiful.

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Offline Hummer3T

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Re: Woods that get better with age.
« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2013, 06:57:00 PM »
curly maple
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Offline awbowman

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Re: Woods that get better with age.
« Reply #5 on: January 23, 2013, 07:05:00 PM »
Yep, my yew is darkening
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Offline Frenchymanny

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Re: Woods that get better with age.
« Reply #6 on: January 23, 2013, 07:05:00 PM »
Osage is the best aging wood in my opinion

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Re: Woods that get better with age.
« Reply #7 on: January 23, 2013, 07:55:00 PM »
Osage.....love that mellow honey color when it ages!
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Re: Woods that get better with age.
« Reply #8 on: January 23, 2013, 08:55:00 PM »
Cherry get real nice with age.

Here's a pic of two bows I made with cherry under clear glass.  The one on the left was made in 2009 and the one on the right was made in 2012.

 
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Offline Surewood Steve

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Re: Woods that get better with age.
« Reply #9 on: January 24, 2013, 12:49:00 AM »
Most woods darken with age except walnut, look at your hardwood floor, pull the throw back that has been there for years.  Keep your bow out of the sun, but then you are not shooting it.
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Offline chanumpa

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Re: Woods that get better with age.
« Reply #10 on: January 24, 2013, 02:39:00 AM »
Purpleheart,just keeps getting deeper and deeper like a good bottle of wine.
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Offline northener

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Re: Woods that get better with age.
« Reply #11 on: January 24, 2013, 06:20:00 AM »
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[QB] Cherry get real nice with age.

Here's a pic of two bows I made with cherry under clear glass.  The one on the left was made in 2009 and the one on the right was made in 2012.

 That is quite a change in just 3 yrs time. Nice.

I do realize all woods age with time depending on the amount of exposure to day light. For some reason I was thinking with todays finishes the natural aging, or color change would be slowed down quite a bit, maybe that's not the case.
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