I finished this 58" recurve last night. Its for a friends wife. I used black limba for the riser, amberboo taper and parallel, black glass with 2 black glass riser overlays, red and black phenolic tips. 35# at 28". looking at this riser and black glass combo I now want to build one for myself at 47#s.. (http://i596.photobucket.com/albums/tt46/Robertfishes/blacklimbariser2_zpsahf2dnse.jpg) (http://s596.photobucket.com/user/Robertfishes/media/blacklimbariser2_zpsahf2dnse.jpg.html)
That's really nice! I'm just finishing a longbow with a black limba riser and it looks so different. Yours is dark, while mine looks somewhat like marble.
Beautiful wood with so many variations.
Dave.
awesome
more pictures
Love it!
More pictures please
(http://i596.photobucket.com/albums/tt46/Robertfishes/limbtip_zpsulrn8l6t.jpg) (http://s596.photobucket.com/user/Robertfishes/media/limbtip_zpsulrn8l6t.jpg.html)
Very nice Robert- that riser came out nice!
thanks for the nice comments. I hope my friends wife likes it too. I used Krystal Dull spray finish from Big Jim and my new mini HVLP spray gun. The finish came out a little textured but looks good to me..I might have had too much air pressure on the new gun, there is a learning curve.. From what I have read Black Limba and White Limba come from the same tree..The heart wood is darker and is called Black Limba. I just glued up a D/R longbow today with a nice zebrawood riser and East Indian Rosewood..Im thinking it should look pretty good too.
That is really pretty riser wood!!
I f you could see it
More pictures of the riser
Im having alot of trouble with my chromebook and internet connection this week.. (http://i596.photobucket.com/albums/tt46/Robertfishes/IMG_20150711_085644_207_zpsaytd2ua6.jpg) (http://s596.photobucket.com/user/Robertfishes/media/IMG_20150711_085644_207_zpsaytd2ua6.jpg.html)
Dang :thumbsup:
Hmm I like it.
nice lookin bow
Looks really good
very nice!