Yeah... you have a Brazilian friend now.. rsrsrs..
I'm not speak ( and write ) in english very well, but I'll try participate the forum.
My question is about wood who we have here. Does anyone know of good bow woods in Brazil?
I know for a fact that ipe, brazilian rosewood and pau ferro is very common in archery's world, but I think we have others species who can use with a good result, like Guatambú ( brazilian maple), Massaranduba, Palo Santo, Gonsalo Alves, etc.
Anyone have used some other type of wood from here, or have knowledge about it?
Thanks!
Cheers!
Bloodwood! I love bloodwood for bows.
Jatoba
Massaranduba is very common to be backed with boo here- the ipe we get here seems to be different to the one US bowyers use...
Rosewood
Wow! Thanks for the answers, guys!
Bloodwood is a very pleasure surprise for me.
I know it with the name "Muirapiranga" here, and I didn't know that is a bow wood. :)
I certainly will try use it!
Jatoba I tried some times, but as the fact it is the same value of ipe, and ipe is more easy to find, in most cases I prefer to buy an ipe stave or deck... (I think it better too).
There are many variations of Ipe here MoeM (Roxo, Cumaru, Champagne, Amarelo, and goes on) I don't know exactly what kind you can get, but some of then is really not so good.
Roosewood is realy a problem... rsrs.. It's dificult to find and very expansive. Hard to believe, but I could tell it more easy to me buy outside Brazil, pay the taxes, and the price will be less than I buy here.
Thanks guys!
Cheers!
The premium wood that comes from Brazil is kingwood, tulipwood also, which are both rosewoods. Kingwood mainly comes from Ceara, the dry region on the northeast coast. Set up a good supply and you will have a new friend. LF
leftyfred I dont know these woods too! rssrsrs..
But just start to find a supply, hope find some pieces. =)
Thanks very much
Goncalo Alves good bow wood as well as Coco Bolo when backed with bamboo.
Gonçalo I have near here... It's a very beautfull wood! nice to hear that can be used in limbs too. I tought it be betther in risers... rsrsrs...
Anyone know some wood comparable to Osage? Osage we dont have here... :'(
Elison
What is "rsrsrs"
Nice to hear from someone accrose the pond
Elison you should be able to find Argentine Osage Orange.Some call it Fustic.Here is something I found on another site about it.
Color/Appearance: Heartwood is golden to bright yellow, which almost certainly ages to a darker medium brown with time: primarily due to exposure to UV light. See the article Preventing Color Changes in Exotic Woods for more details. A Guatemalan variant exists which is sometimes called "Guatemalan Tigerwood" or "Mora" (not to be confused with Mora excelsa, which also goes by the common name of Mora) which is light to medium reddish brown, with streaks of lighter and darker material.
I have used this wood and like it better than American Osage Orange.
It's the same as typing "hehehe" for certain countries in South America. Been online for near 13 years, talked to people from all over the world.
risers I think he means?
Teak also known as cumaru, VERY hard
Mark, "rsrsrs" means here a kind of laugh... like "hehehe" or "kkkk"
Different cultures, I had no idea that you don't use it, sorry for don't explain you early.
=)
snapper1d, thank you very much! I'll certainly search Argentina Osage Orange and Guatemalan Tigerwood.
Cumaru i can have here easily, the wood is very hard and have short grains, it appears break too easy.
thanks all!
cheers
Cumaru can break on you but so can a lot of the other good bow woods.You can make a really good bow with it.
http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=125;t=011920
This was my first one and used the cumaru in the riser