Top 5 Riser woods ?

[T Folts]

In your opinion what are your top 5 riser woods you like to use based on strenght and looks.
So far I have only worked with bubinga and hard maple. I'm trying to figure out what I should get next.
Thanks
Terry

[T Folts]

One more question what wood do you the most?
T

[bjansen]

I probably have used actionwood the most, but my top 5 favorite are:

1. Cocobolo
2. Bocote
3. Bubinga
4. Ebony
5. Osage

[Canadabowyer]

I like Osage the best, its strong and fairly heavy and looks great. After that:
2. hard maple
3.Hickory
4.Zebra
5.Cocobolo. Its very heavy and beautiful but expensive and can be hard to finish. I usually combine two woods with a glass accent for strength.Osage/zebra looks really good together.Osage/hickory makes a nice looking riser that is about as heavy as you can get with domestic woods.  Bob

[Hermann From Bavaria]

here are my preferences:

1. shedua
2. palisander
3. zebrano
4. osage
5. blacknut

greets

[jess stuart]

I like in no particular order.
Cocobolo
Bocote
Bubinga
Shedua
Imbyia

I have never carried for the action woods to much, don't dislike just prefer the others.

[matt g meyers]

We shouldn't leave out the "radical" colors of padauk and purple heart for accent strips.

I've grown fond of zebra with padauk and hard rock maple accent strips.

[Dick in Seattle]

I've used a good bit of padauk (light bows) and a lot of zebra.   I'm about to start one I'm going to be real interested in, using a very dark Argentinian Mesquite.   Other than those, mostly I use walnut, nice looking, straight grained and easy to get.  I should note that I make only slim traditional longbows, so my risers don't take huge pieces.

[Jason Jelinek]

I've only used 4 so far but here's my ranking:

1. Cocobolo
2. Leopardwood (Australian lacewood)
3. Tigerwood (Goncalo Alves)
4. Maple

Like Dick, I only make straight limbed slim longbows.

[snag]

Macassar ebony--hard to find true Macassar, not the Asian ebony stuff.
Gaboon ebony--expensive but gives the riser good mass for absorbing vibration.
Kingwood--just love it's color and grain contrast.
Olive---the European olive, not the California stuff.
Myrtlewood--figured, tiger stripe, lots of character.
Do I have to stop here? There are just too many great woods.