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Title: what wood looks good with walnut
Post by: vth0kie12 on May 25, 2011, 11:16:00 AM

i can get some free blocks of walnut for a riser. now i am looking for a wood that will look good with walnut (for accent strip and limbs under clear glass). i was thik about bocote, but i think the grain is going to be too dark.

so what do you guys think would look good with walnut?

Title: Re: what wood looks good with walnut
Post by: matts2 on May 25, 2011, 11:37:00 AM

I like to contrast light colored woods with walnut. I am getting ready to start a boo core with walnut riser and walnut belly lams. Will probably lam some boo in the walnut riser also. Walnut has almost a neutral color to it and to me its hard to match a color wood to a neutral.

Title: Re: what wood looks good with walnut
Post by: Roy from Pa on May 25, 2011, 11:58:00 AM

Osage is nice.

Title: Re: what wood looks good with walnut
Post by: b.glass on May 25, 2011, 12:08:00 PM

Anything looks good with walnut.

Title: Re: what wood looks good with walnut
Post by: vth0kie12 on May 25, 2011, 12:08:00 PM

never thought of osage.

i like dark woods for limbs, i thought aboutt tyring to get some curly maple and trying to dye it to match the walnut.

Title: Re: what wood looks good with walnut
Post by: don s on May 25, 2011, 12:11:00 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by Roy from Pa:
Osage is nice.

i agree with roy. the contrast would be beautiful. don

Title: Re: what wood looks good with walnut
Post by: matts2 on May 25, 2011, 12:23:00 PM

ok, ya. osage would be nice.

Title: Re: what wood looks good with walnut
Post by: meathead on May 25, 2011, 12:35:00 PM

Zebrawood looks nice with walnut.

Title: Re: what wood looks good with walnut
Post by: pipedream on May 25, 2011, 12:56:00 PM

Purpleheart, osage, curly maple (unstained)

Title: Re: what wood looks good with walnut
Post by: Robertfishes on May 25, 2011, 01:43:00 PM

How about all walnut with at least 4 pieces of colored glass glued in?

Title: Re: what wood looks good with walnut
Post by: vth0kie12 on May 25, 2011, 01:45:00 PM

does anyone have any pics of curly maple unstained?

i forgot about zebra wood, i bet that wouls look nice together

Title: Re: what wood looks good with walnut
Post by: Ranger44 on May 25, 2011, 01:57:00 PM

I think the light color of maple goes perfectly with walnut.

Title: Re: what wood looks good with walnut
Post by: Swissbow on May 25, 2011, 03:43:00 PM

Any bright wood like osage, maple or bamboo would look very nice. I have used some figured cherry lately. It's a bit darker than maple, but it looks absolutely awesome.

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Title: Re: what wood looks good with walnut
Post by: coaster500 on May 25, 2011, 05:04:00 PM

Myrtle and Yew with Walnut and you got a west coast bow :)

Title: Re: what wood looks good with walnut
Post by: coaster500 on May 25, 2011, 05:13:00 PM

Yew
(http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c210/coaster500/Idaho%20Curt%20Bows/yewlams.jpg)
Walnut
(http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c210/coaster500/Idaho%20Curt%20Bows/walnutknifewood1.jpg)Myrtle & Walnut
(http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c210/coaster500/Idaho%20Curt%20Bows/myrtlewalnutlams-1.jpg)

Title: Re: what wood looks good with walnut
Post by: Roy from Pa on May 25, 2011, 06:00:00 PM

WOW......

Title: Re: what wood looks good with walnut
Post by: eflanders on May 25, 2011, 06:35:00 PM

Maple, hickory, yew and red elm are all very nice with walnut.

Title: Re: what wood looks good with walnut
Post by: Robertfishes on May 25, 2011, 11:12:00 PM

I bought all the materials in this bow from KennyM, Walnut riser with curly maple(natural) and black glass accents, limbs are red elm tapers and walnut veneers. I recently reshaped the grip.. (http://i596.photobucket.com/albums/tt46/Robertfishes/firstlongbowfinishon.jpg)

Title: Re: what wood looks good with walnut
Post by: Make mine wood on May 25, 2011, 11:41:00 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by b.glass:
Anything looks good with walnut.

I LIKE HARD MAPLE WITH WALNUT.
ABOUT 50 YEARS AGO, A GOOD BOW COMPANY IN POCAHONTAS COUNTY, WV MADE A BEAUTIFUL RECURVE OF THIN VENEERS OF ALTERNATING WALNUT AND MAPLE.

Title: Re: what wood looks good with walnut
Post by: Sixby on May 28, 2011, 12:39:00 AM

I have used Zebra , purpleheart,. Fancy maple, Ebony, bloodwood, osage, yew, wenge, tigerwood, myrtlewood , bacote, cocabola,all to good effect. recently I built a fantastic longbow using Oregon Claro burl walnut and myrtle veneer limbs I got from Idaho Curt. The wood was so fantastic that I could not put a stripe in it so I cut a fang and used red and black glass on each side of it to form a self stripe of the walnut. I think it turned out pretty good. The quality of the walnut makes a huge difference in how you treat it though. If it is fairly plain you use it for color and add contrasting woods. If it is top grade like Curt just showed it is hard to use anything else with it IMHO.

(http://eaglewingarchery.i8.com/images/tenneson/tenneson29.jpg)

God bless you all, Steve

Title: Re: what wood looks good with walnut
Post by: Bodork on May 30, 2011, 12:01:00 AM

Here's walnut and curley maple.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v78/mikebaker/S4020471.jpg)

Title: Re: what wood looks good with walnut
Post by: Tom Leemans on May 30, 2011, 12:11:00 AM

1st choice is osage. 2nd choice would be like a curly maple.

Title: Re: what wood looks good with walnut
Post by: PV on May 31, 2011, 09:01:00 PM

Some dark walnut without any figure...

Lacewood, Ipe Ibeam and osage accents....

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/Shortbldtr/Bows/IMG_1373-1.jpg)

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