3Rivers Archery



The Trad Gang Digital Market












Contribute to Trad Gang and Access the Classifieds!

Become a Trad Gang Sponsor!

Traditional Archery for Bowhunters






LEFT HAND BOWS CLASSIFIEDS TRAD GANG CLASSIFIEDS ACCESS RIGHT HAND BOWS CLASSIFIEDS


« previous next »
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: Red Elm Bow pics!  (Read 457 times)

Offline gobblegrunter

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 552
Red Elm Bow pics!
« on: January 25, 2011, 04:41:00 PM »
Another thread on here has sparked my interest in Red Elm. I'm wondering, if used as veneers, what riser wood would go well with them? Can anyone share pics of their bows with red elm limbs?
Logged
"It's not about inches or antlers..."     ~Bill Langer

Offline Rick Butler

  • TGMM Member
  • Trad Bowhunter
  • ***
  • Posts: 1868
Re: Red Elm Bow pics!
« Reply #1 on: January 25, 2011, 04:44:00 PM »
No pictures but I've had a number of bows built with red elm limbs and cocobolo risers-very nice combo.
Logged
"I went to the woods because I wanted to live deliberately. To front only the essential facts of life and see if I could not learn what it had to teach and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived"- Thoreau
"TGMM Family of the Bow"

Offline Green

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 3003
Re: Red Elm Bow pics!
« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2011, 05:02:00 PM »
I'll post up some pics this evening....don't have 'em on the work 'puter.
Logged
ASL's, Selfbows, and Wood Arra's
Just because you are passionate about something, doesn't mean you don't suck at it.

Offline **DONOTDELETE**

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 10441
Re: Red Elm Bow pics!
« Reply #3 on: January 25, 2011, 05:07:00 PM »
dark color red elm = light color riser ( Osage )

light color red elm = dark color riser (Wenge)

This is My $.02
Logged

Offline Green

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 3003
Re: Red Elm Bow pics!
« Reply #4 on: January 25, 2011, 07:56:00 PM »
Here you go.......

 
 
 
 
Logged
ASL's, Selfbows, and Wood Arra's
Just because you are passionate about something, doesn't mean you don't suck at it.

Offline Coonbait

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 1070
Re: Red Elm Bow pics!
« Reply #5 on: January 25, 2011, 07:58:00 PM »
Beautiful wood! Nice looking bow!
GLENN
Logged

Offline HATCHCHASER

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 1215
Re: Red Elm Bow pics!
« Reply #6 on: January 25, 2011, 07:59:00 PM »
Cocobola was made for red elm.
Logged
It's not the arrival, it's the journey.

Offline Robertfishes

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 3490
Re: Red Elm Bow pics!
« Reply #7 on: January 25, 2011, 08:26:00 PM »
this is a red elm mahaska recurve I had a few years ago.  
Logged

Offline gobblegrunter

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 552
Re: Red Elm Bow pics!
« Reply #8 on: January 25, 2011, 10:11:00 PM »
Thanks everybody. Green, what is the riser? walnut? Very sharp.
Robertfishes, great looking red elm! what is the riser made of? Is the whole bow red elm?
Logged
"It's not about inches or antlers..."     ~Bill Langer

Offline Eric Sprick

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 956
Re: Red Elm Bow pics!
« Reply #9 on: January 25, 2011, 10:32:00 PM »
The Mohawk on the right has the Red Elm limbs with Cocobolo riser and accents.
Makes a good combo I think.

Eric.

 
Logged

Offline Green

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 3003
Re: Red Elm Bow pics!
« Reply #10 on: January 26, 2011, 05:22:00 AM »
Gobblegrunter....honestly can't remember.  This bow was built for me by Roger Hollenbeck about 15 years ago.  I want to say Cocobolo or Bocote.
Logged
ASL's, Selfbows, and Wood Arra's
Just because you are passionate about something, doesn't mean you don't suck at it.

Offline Apex Predator

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 3372
Re: Red Elm Bow pics!
« Reply #11 on: January 26, 2011, 05:46:00 AM »
Cocobolo and bocote in the riser, with red elm limb faces.  This elm had some pretty fish eyes in it.

 

 

 

 

 

 
Logged
I didn't claw my way to the top of the food chain to eat vegetables!

Offline Dick in Seattle

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 1673
Re: Red Elm Bow pics!
« Reply #12 on: January 26, 2011, 06:41:00 AM »
gobblegrunter...   my photobucket account is currently close to swamped with photos for the swap bow thread and I don't want to make it worse, but if you don't mind a link, here is a red elm with cherry riser longbow I did a couple of years back.  Not fancy, just a nice looking bow...  

 http://dickwightman.com/archeryactivity/bowbuilding/gallery/lookatme/lookatme.html
Logged
Dick in Seattle

"It ain't how well the bow you shoot shoots, it's how well you shoot the bow you shoot."

Offline WESTBROOK

  • TG HALL OF FAME
  • Trad Bowhunter
  • *****
  • Posts: 3385
Re: Red Elm Bow pics!
« Reply #13 on: January 26, 2011, 10:03:00 AM »
The nice thing about elm is it is a light wood and can be stained to go with about anything.

Eric

Robertson, elm w/ cocobola riser
 
Northern Mist, Elm w/ bidseye handle
 
Norther Mist, Elm w/ laurel Preatoe handle
 
Northern Mist, Elm w/Bubinga
 
Northern Mist, Elm w/ osage
 
Logged

Offline Blackstick

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 595
Re: Red Elm Bow pics!
« Reply #14 on: January 26, 2011, 01:27:00 PM »
Here's my Martin Dreamcatcher. I don't know the riser woods off hand, but the limbs are red elm.

 
Logged

Offline Robertfishes

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 3490
Re: Red Elm Bow pics!
« Reply #15 on: January 26, 2011, 04:44:00 PM »
Gobblegrunter, I sold the bow about 3 years ago, I think it had Shedua in the riser?
Logged

Offline gobblegrunter

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 552
Re: Red Elm Bow pics!
« Reply #16 on: January 26, 2011, 09:02:00 PM »
As always, thanks very much guys! Great looking bows!
Logged
"It's not about inches or antlers..."     ~Bill Langer
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »

Users currently browsing this topic:

0 Members and 2 Guests are viewing this topic.
 

Contact Us | Trad Gang.com © | User Agreement

Copyright 2003 thru 2024 ~ Trad Gang.com ©