KY-Jeff,
My riser is cocobolo with an accent(1/8" thick) of micarta, which is hardly visible, then a thick piece of ebony and overlays of alternating cocobola and ebony in the medium low grip. Really a neat combo and at first seemed very inanimate but has become extremely figured and sureal with little time(6-8 months). As Dan said it would. Should be a real eyepopper by time my son owns it! It's amazing to me how these woods oxidize and beautify with age.
Ok, without going into a bunch of detail I have a brief announcement to make. Lets say, for reasons of inadequate strength I was recently over-bowed. This was not the bowyers fault! I've been shooting 55# limbs all summer and fall and I wanted a shorter hunting bow and thought I could step up to 57#'s. Ordered one didn't like it and ended up trading the bow off on this site for a loss. Not that Dan had too, but out of the blue he called and said he just redesigned his recurve limbs and to trace my riser ends onto a business cards and send them to Ronan, MT. Dan receives the cards and calls me back. "Juniper, Myrtle or Yew lams Keith?" Ahh...Ahh...Ahhh...Yew darkens nicely with age right? I've read it's also a great limb core material correct? Ok! Let's go with it. OMG! They are awesome! Quite contrasting to the riser, but transitioned in beautifully with cocobola wedges. I don't know what to say. Dan said wait until you see the speed of these limbs. We shot the bow lastnite and I say with complete conviction I have gone from a 64" LB to a 58" curve in the blink of an eye and am not looking back. My LB limbs are 55# and the new recurve limbs are 52# and I'd swear they are faster and definately smoother. I've always found the lines of the hybrids very appealing and I will continue to own and shoot hybrids, but form follows function and darn it! My goto bow just changed again...
Keith
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