osage bows

[northener]

thinking about ordering a osage recurve, riser and limbs, what woods go well with osage.  

pictures always welcome.

[McDave]

Here's a golden anniversary Black Widow:

     

And here's a Morrison Shawnee:

   

Both primarily built from osage with accents of various other woods.

[Zradix]

I think osage looks good with about any medium brown to dark brown wood. Be it walnut, Ipe, shedua..etc.
Bubuinga & chechen, can look very nice with their orangish tones.

White woods can look very nice with osage too..just not my preference.

My favorite combo I seen is bacote and osage.
it's not great looking when "fresh"..but...
Once the osage darkens to it's golden color I find the lighter colored grains in the bacote really compliments the osage and they pull together to make a great combo.

[Hermon]

I've always liked cocobolo with osage.

[Walt Francis]

Purpleheart goes really well with Osage.

[Elkchaser]

Originally posted by Hermon:
I've always liked cocobolo with osage.

x2   except change the word "like" to "LOVE"!    

[ron w]

Originally posted by Elkchaser:
 

Originally posted by Hermon:
I've always liked cocobolo with osage.

x2   except change the word "like" to "LOVE"!      [/b]

X3......  

[dhermon85]

Maybe Macassar or Zircote, and of course cocobolo.

[Frenchymanny]

Originally posted by ron w:
 

Originally posted by Elkchaser:
 

Originally posted by Hermon:
I've always liked cocobolo with osage.

x2   except change the word "like" to "LOVE"!         [/b]

X3......      [/b]

X4

[nineworlds9]

Bocote or figured Walnut.  Ziricote also.

[John Fragale]

[PEARL DRUMS]

Yellow heart stays yellow, if that's a concern.

[adkarcher]

Cocobolo and osage - my first custom bow was ordered with this combo!

[Izzy]

Never seen the combo but I'd bet zircote looks awesome with Osage.

[kat]

1. cocobolo
2. bocote
3. wenge
4. zircote
Everything dark goes with osage. Great when it is new and bright, and great when it ages.

[Gdpolk]

http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=143565;p=1

Here's one that I certainly wouldn't mind having

[breazyears]

Pretty sure that's yew GDPolk.

[northener]

Thanks for the relies---I was leaning towards bolivian rosewood but never consider bocote------hmmm---- bet that would look nice!   Ill have to ask the bowyer what woods he has on hand that would best complement his osage. As we all know---woods vary greatly in color and character even within its own specie.

The last custom bow I had made was cocobolo riser and yew limbs. The bow was absolutely stunning new but the coco is turning a real chocolate brown and losing some of the beautiful swirling grain it possesses. Still a nice combo, and beautiful bow.

I know for me traditional bows made of richly colored grain and beautiful tones is something I enjoy. I sit in my stand just admiring them.

[The Whittler]

Osage will darken with age, it turnes a honey brown. I have a BW with Kingwood and Osage I got the bow I believe in 2008 and the Osage is just a little lighter color then the Kingwood.

If I was to do this over I would go with Co Co Bolo with a lot of red in it or something lighter in color.

[Gdpolk]

Originally posted by breazyears:
Pretty sure that's yew GDPolk.

Good to know.  Cell phones make some woods harder to tell apart.  Either way it sure is pretty!