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Troppo Sticks
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Riser wood

#1 Post by Troppo Sticks » Mon Mar 05, 2007 6:50 pm

Has any one used American walnut, furniture grade to make a riser. I have not used it before as most of my bows have bubinga or local iron wood or blood wood handles.
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Mick Smith
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#2 Post by Mick Smith » Mon Mar 05, 2007 7:01 pm

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I've never made a bow personally, but I know there's a number of bows currently available with American walnut as an optional riser timber. One of my bows, a Chekmate Attila recurve, has black walnut limbs and there's certainly nothing wrong with the way they perform or look.

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#3 Post by longbow steve » Tue Mar 06, 2007 7:39 am

Hi, I have used American Black walnut in my longbow risers, comes up nice, grey/black in colour. The weight of the walnut I have used is comparable to Australian Blackwood, similar workability.
I dont know about its suitability for recurve risers but correctly laminated I am quite sure it would be fine.
I am going to give it a go in limbs soon as the peice I purchased recently has a great grain pattern to it. Steve
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riser wood

#4 Post by Troppo Sticks » Tue Mar 06, 2007 1:14 pm

Thanks steve, I will try it.
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