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Author Topic: What looks good with Walnut?  (Read 1095 times)

Offline Bladepeek

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Re: What looks good with Walnut?
« Reply #20 on: June 25, 2013, 06:56:00 AM »
I rather like walnut and fiddleback maple on my Lost Creek Judge.

 

 
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Re: What looks good with Walnut?
« Reply #21 on: June 25, 2013, 07:02:00 AM »
Walnut and osage is sweet, but so is walnut and bloodwood or walnut and purple heart. Walnut with maple is very nice but many don't want such a stark contrast.
Most anything would look good with it as long as there is enough contrast in either grain and/or color to noticelbly separate the two without great examination.

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Offline saltwatertom

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Re: What looks good with Walnut?
« Reply #22 on: June 25, 2013, 11:13:00 AM »
Big Jim would know!

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Offline SERGIO VENNERI

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Re: What looks good with Walnut?
« Reply #23 on: June 25, 2013, 11:39:00 AM »
Birdseye!

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Re: What looks good with Walnut?
« Reply #24 on: June 25, 2013, 12:05:00 PM »
Cocobolo goes well with it also

 

 

 
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Offline hardtimes

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Re: What looks good with Walnut?
« Reply #25 on: June 25, 2013, 12:18:00 PM »
My vote goes to Osage. I have put a lot of thought in to what woods would be in my next bow and I have come down to walnut and osage.

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Re: What looks good with Walnut?
« Reply #26 on: June 25, 2013, 12:28:00 PM »
If you go with walnut and tigerwood you will retain the orange color much better than with sage. I love the walnut and tigerwood combo and hae used it several times.

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Re: What looks good with Walnut?
« Reply #27 on: June 25, 2013, 12:51:00 PM »
Sixby, I have to agree with you. That's walnut and tigerwood on the lower bow.

 
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Offline britt

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Re: What looks good with Walnut?
« Reply #28 on: June 25, 2013, 01:00:00 PM »
To many choices. Anybody have pics of bow with olive burl? Thank you.
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Offline LittleBen

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Re: What looks good with Walnut?
« Reply #29 on: June 25, 2013, 01:28:00 PM »
Maple is in my opinion the perfect contrast to walnut. Fiddleback, curly, birdseye, tiger stripe, or just plain clear maple ... you're pick

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Re: What looks good with Walnut?
« Reply #30 on: June 26, 2013, 01:20:00 PM »
Well I made my mind up. I am going with walnut and osage riser. Cory (heartland bows) is building a 3 piece for me. Will post pics when down. Thanks for suggestions.
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Offline DaveT1963

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Re: What looks good with Walnut?
« Reply #31 on: June 26, 2013, 01:37:00 PM »
One of the prettiest recurves I have seen was an old Rocky Mountain Recuve walnut with Purpleheart..... I wish I would have bought one back then.
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Offline Mike Falkner

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Re: What looks good with Walnut?
« Reply #32 on: June 26, 2013, 04:01:00 PM »
I have a birdseye maple and black walnut and looks nice.
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Offline Prairie Drifter

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Re: What looks good with Walnut?
« Reply #33 on: June 26, 2013, 04:58:00 PM »
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Originally posted by DaveT1963:
One of the prettiest recurves I have seen was an old Rocky Mountain Recuve walnut with Purpleheart..... I wish I would have bought one back then.
The rocky's weren't walnut, the were rosewood. I still have 2 originals. One rosewood/maple, one rosewood/purpleheart.
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Offline LoneWolf73

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Re: What looks good with Walnut?
« Reply #34 on: June 26, 2013, 05:36:00 PM »
Elk Antler Riser goes good!
 
 
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Offline tarponnut

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Re: What looks good with Walnut?
« Reply #35 on: June 26, 2013, 06:29:00 PM »
Steve Turay from Northern Mist built me one of his Ottowa recurves.
Walnut dymondwood riser and white ash limbs.
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Re: What looks good with Walnut?
« Reply #36 on: June 26, 2013, 06:35:00 PM »
Lonewolf that is an inredible looking bow!
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Re: What looks good with Walnut?
« Reply #37 on: June 27, 2013, 02:11:00 PM »
I'd probably go with one of the following

Light contrast:
figured maple or figured myrtle

Dark reddish contrast:
cocobolo or snakewood

Similar colors:
wenge or ebony (one of the darker varieties)
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Offline Hummer3T

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Re: What looks good with Walnut?
« Reply #38 on: June 28, 2013, 12:09:00 AM »
Curly maple


   

   

   
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Offline LimbLover

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Re: What looks good with Walnut?
« Reply #39 on: June 28, 2013, 07:56:00 AM »
I like walnut on walnut lol...but buffalo horn does.

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