The reason I did'nt go with the phenolic, was I wanted the woods color to really come through. Ironwood does not have much figuring, but the tone is real nice to contrast with ash. So I wanted as much of that darker brown tone as possible to really make the white and ash stand out.
I figured if I'm going to order a bow fully to my specifics as far as size, draw length, weight and invest that much money..I'm going to customize it as much as possible to my taste.
I was worried for a while about what it would come out looking like, I had a hard time picturing it in my head. But when that bow arrived I was blown away, and very happy with the decisions I made. Both aestetically (sp??) and performance wise, I'm very happy.