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Author Topic: Check out this gorgeous wood!  (Read 287 times)

Offline SlowBowinMO

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Check out this gorgeous wood!
« on: September 19, 2007, 08:39:00 AM »
I wanted to show you this wood.  I've never seen it before (maybe I've led a sheltered life   :rolleyes: ).  We just got this Firefly in, the veneers are called "Waterfall Bubinga" and man is it an eye popper!
 
 


The riser on this one is Bubinga, but not Waterfall.

Here's another look.

 

You can see the rest of this bow here:

 http://www.braveheartarchery.us/new_page_22.htm

Nice work Jim!   :D
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Offline LBR

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Re: Check out this gorgeous wood!
« Reply #1 on: September 19, 2007, 09:20:00 AM »
Started using it on Chek-Mate's several years ago.  It is a dang pretty wood--it's on my wife's bow limbs.  My all-time favorite is still Tamo ash though--wish I knew how to post a picture........

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Re: Check out this gorgeous wood!
« Reply #2 on: September 19, 2007, 09:38:00 AM »
That is purdy!

I agree with you Chad, Tamo ash is something else. Terry has a moab that's flat drop dead gorgeous.

Here's a pic of "waterfall" Tamo....  
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Offline Cody Cantrell

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Re: Check out this gorgeous wood!
« Reply #3 on: September 19, 2007, 10:10:00 AM »
That stuff is awesome.  I have read that the Waterfall effect comes from the veneering process, so it cannot be had in board form.  That is a good looking piece of ash by the way.  :D  

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Re: Check out this gorgeous wood!
« Reply #4 on: September 19, 2007, 10:13:00 AM »
Beautiful!
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Offline indianalongbowshooter

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Re: Check out this gorgeous wood!
« Reply #5 on: September 19, 2007, 10:59:00 AM »
Had a Checkmate Crusader w/waterfall bubinga, it was just plain pretty  was a Cujo Special if I remember right..
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Re: Check out this gorgeous wood!
« Reply #6 on: September 19, 2007, 11:08:00 AM »
I have that Bubinga on my Morrison, Unfortunately the glass is so bad I plan to skin it this winter. Your right though. It is purdy!
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Offline Rick Perry

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Re: Check out this gorgeous wood!
« Reply #7 on: September 19, 2007, 11:28:00 AM »
WOW!!!!! .....purty !!!!!
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Re: Check out this gorgeous wood!
« Reply #8 on: September 19, 2007, 01:45:00 PM »
Chad sent these to me to post also...

Waterfall Bubinga
 

Tamo Ash
 

Tamo Ash
 

Beeswing Eucalyptus
 
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Offline T.J.

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Re: Check out this gorgeous wood!
« Reply #9 on: September 19, 2007, 02:45:00 PM »
Those are some beautiful woods!!
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Offline Jeff Strubberg

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Re: Check out this gorgeous wood!
« Reply #10 on: September 19, 2007, 03:10:00 PM »
Looks like a dark curly or quilted maple.
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Offline LBR

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Re: Check out this gorgeous wood!
« Reply #11 on: September 19, 2007, 04:28:00 PM »
Thanks JC--one of these days I'll figure out how to do that.......

Pics never do these woods justice--especially when I'm behind the camera.

The Tamo ash kinda favors maple, but it's fancier than any maple I've ever seen.  Looks 10 times better in person.

Chad

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Re: Check out this gorgeous wood!
« Reply #12 on: September 19, 2007, 04:28:00 PM »
Dean,

That Cujo Special Crusader was something to behold wasn't it.  That was my first custom stickbow.  I should have held on to that thing.  Oh, well.  LOL!!!
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Offline SlowBowinMO

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Re: Check out this gorgeous wood!
« Reply #13 on: September 19, 2007, 10:27:00 PM »
Chad, you are so right pictures do NOT do this stuff justice.

That Beeswing stuff is cool too.
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Re: Check out this gorgeous wood!
« Reply #14 on: September 19, 2007, 11:08:00 PM »
Chad,

The waterfall bubinga looks a lot like birdseye bocote.

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Offline MrBadExample

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Re: Check out this gorgeous wood!
« Reply #15 on: September 19, 2007, 11:18:00 PM »
So many pretty woods....I am begining to understand how many men succumb and end up with so many pretty bows.   :)

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« Reply #16 on: September 20, 2007, 09:13:00 AM »
They look quite a bit different in person Bill.  The bubinga has a reddish hue, and the figure is quite a bit different.  Both are really nice though.

Chad

Offline Ron Bushong

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Re: Check out this gorgeous wood!
« Reply #17 on: September 26, 2007, 04:33:00 PM »
Tim, Back to your original post - You are lucky that I didn't see that waterfall bubinga Firefly before Mr. Jones shipped it down to you.  It would have never made it to Missouri...it would have taken up residence in my bow room.  That is a beautiful bow.

I just took delivery of another new Firefly TD longbow from Jim last week.  This one is LH so that I can hunt lefty until I get my right shoulder fixed in Nov.  This new bow is one of the "India Ink" models - plain, but really classy - and man what a shooter.

Good luck hunting to everyone.

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Re: Check out this gorgeous wood!
« Reply #18 on: September 26, 2007, 11:35:00 PM »
I hear you Ron.  Keeping the Firefly inventory out of my personal bow rack has been well...let's just say challenging.   :D
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