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Author Topic: Most Beautiful wood  (Read 524 times)

Offline nerksa_nayr52

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Most Beautiful wood
« on: September 19, 2007, 04:52:00 PM »
Hey,
   As usual I'm thinking about what I would put into a custom bow if I were to order one and I wanted to know what do you guys think is the most beautiful wood? I really like black andhite ebony and spalted maple.  What do you guys think is the most figured or beautiful wood out there?

Offline LBR

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Re: Most Beautiful wood
« Reply #1 on: September 19, 2007, 07:17:00 PM »
In limbs, Tamo ash or (if you like a darker wood) birds-eye bocote.  In a riser, bocote, bolivian rosewood, chechen, cocobolo--a combo of any two.

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Offline alligatordond

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Re: Most Beautiful wood
« Reply #2 on: September 19, 2007, 07:18:00 PM »
I like Bocote and Juniper. BUT if you really like the ebony and maple then go with it.
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Offline Earl E. Nov...mber

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Re: Most Beautiful wood
« Reply #3 on: September 19, 2007, 09:30:00 PM »
Brazilian Rosewood.
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Offline nockhunter

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Re: Most Beautiful wood
« Reply #4 on: September 19, 2007, 09:45:00 PM »
Beauty is in the eye of the "BEER" holder....


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Offline NDTerminator

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Re: Most Beautiful wood
« Reply #5 on: September 19, 2007, 09:47:00 PM »
Make mine Zebrawood or Bocote, thanks much...
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Offline Bob Morrison

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Re: Most Beautiful wood
« Reply #6 on: September 19, 2007, 10:01:00 PM »
Curly Koa....

Offline sidebuster

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Re: Most Beautiful wood
« Reply #7 on: September 19, 2007, 11:33:00 PM »
Quilted Maple
 

Offline Bucksnort101

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Re: Most Beautiful wood
« Reply #8 on: September 20, 2007, 12:19:00 AM »
I'm partial to some mince dark red with black striped Cocobolo with some Curly Maple thrown in there. Take a look at some Quilted Sapele as well, very expensive and rare as well.
Got a Birdseye Bocote River Edge Arroyo coming in January too, awesome looking wood as well.

Offline BamBooBender

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Re: Most Beautiful wood
« Reply #9 on: September 20, 2007, 01:16:00 AM »
Lacewood, bocote, cocobolo, zebrawood, juniper, and the like are all ones that I like,but  My pick for the most most figured and beautiful woods are ziricote and snakewood.

Edit: I forgot Moon Ebony is pretty darn sweet too!
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Offline Brian Krebs

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Re: Most Beautiful wood
« Reply #10 on: September 20, 2007, 05:39:00 AM »
the 'hill cheetah's juniper is really nice.
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Offline bkupris

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Re: Most Beautiful wood
« Reply #11 on: September 20, 2007, 06:43:00 AM »
Brazilian Rosewood here also..
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Offline Yellowsnake

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Re: Most Beautiful wood
« Reply #12 on: September 20, 2007, 09:16:00 AM »
Love the wavy grain of Bocote.

Offline wakolbinger

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Re: Most Beautiful wood
« Reply #13 on: September 20, 2007, 09:32:00 AM »
figured or burled osage...

Offline Steve P

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Re: Most Beautiful wood
« Reply #14 on: September 20, 2007, 10:16:00 AM »
The niced looking bow I've ever seen was a string follow longbow with yew limbs and cocobolo riser, a dark red/black like bucksnort mentioned. Beautiful.


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Offline Shakes.602

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Re: Most Beautiful wood
« Reply #15 on: September 20, 2007, 10:19:00 AM »
WOW! That "Quilted Maple" is some Fine Looking Wood!! I Like Cocobolo and Zebrawood Too!
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Offline JC

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Re: Most Beautiful wood
« Reply #16 on: September 20, 2007, 10:19:00 AM »
Nerksa, I think you picked two of the prettiest. Never seen black and white ebony until that Centaur pick was posted, probably will be in my next bow! I love spalted maple, most any spalted wood is a looker to me but especially spalted maple. If you like those types of color/figure, you may also like olive wood, I've seen some gorgeous examples of that too.

Before seeing the b&w ebony, my favorites were bocote and macassar ebony in a combo...or zebra wood and gaboon ebony.
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Offline OconeeDan

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Re: Most Beautiful wood
« Reply #17 on: September 20, 2007, 10:33:00 AM »
I am kind of partial to quilted maple.  ;)  

 

Offline MrBadExample

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Re: Most Beautiful wood
« Reply #18 on: September 20, 2007, 11:14:00 AM »
My favorite is snakewood.

Offline Haf2hunt

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Re: Most Beautiful wood
« Reply #19 on: September 20, 2007, 11:24:00 AM »
Hard to get but in my opinion the prettiest colored wood is ziricote from south america.
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