[mwestvang]

I was informed by one of the places we buy wood that due to a growing demand in Asia cocobolo is no on the CITES list and will be severely limited on importation. What is imported will be very expensive. So if coco is you wood of choice be ready for sticker shock.

Mike

 

[vabowdog]

I heard this a year or so ago by another bowyer saying that ASIA was buying up most of it for furniture...this don't surprise me...



Dewayne

 

[Sid]

might have been me... We have not been able to get any for Months.

 

[rusty craine]

I hunt in a river bottom plumb full of osage

 

[aerosenfield]

I remember reading about it in several places along with Sid mentioning the issue as well.

Alan

 

[Grantmac]

Honestly I think that people are going to have to start accepting a larger amount of synthetic materials in their risers or adjusting their preference for different woods. There are a number of really nice, available and inexpensive tropical hardwoods which would work as well or better than the current favorites. They just won't be quite as pretty unless you like very dark wood and they aren't quite as easy to work.
My personal favorites in that category would be Jatoba and Ipe.

-Grant

 

[13033]

Yep,

I think risers, lik this, are pretty well on the endangered list..

 

[Seven Arrows]

I was always partial to Walnut, Padauk and Osage Orange...

 

[ROD JENKINS]

Guess, its Cocoboinum from now on

 

[Easykeeper]

Is there a better place for an endangered wood than in the riser of a bow...:sbrug:

 

[Dave Holquist]

I'm trying to do my bit to be "green" and save the cocobolo........most of my risers are made of aluminum! :cheers:

 

[dan worden]

Dave, You better watch it. I hear PETA is starting a save the Luma's campaign.