Ok, guys !ha Steve, Eddie an Oak are correct. Its snakewood. Eddie was right been air boatin' on reservation. Yes, Oak that was me , guess I talk to much. LOL. Went to visit family last week and used cuz's airboat to get these that you see. Made one years ago and gave to cuz after a while. He still has it but I forgot to get a pic of it. Is 60" d-bow an 86lbs @ 26". Wood is Florida snakewood (Brosimum aubletti). A bit different than classic snakewood(Piratinera guianesis). It grows as a bush an tree(small), we call it Javelin tree or bush down here. Should see thorns, damm ! Very,very heavy but elastic. Makes great bows if u can find a long enough piece. SG is somewhere around 1.35 when dry. Its in Muraceae(mulberry) family. Eddie's correct, its rare and hard to find. Found these way back in BIg CYpress Swamp. H.Hill made one an talks of it in his books, 110 lbs an 70' long if memory serves me. Didn't really expect most folks to know it since its so rare an only grows down here to my knowledge. Ok Eddie knew that I was gonna get some, and Oak read a post I put up about gettin some and "The Arborist" guessed correctly. You guys are pretty good , all of ya. Some folks also call it leopardwood or letterwood. Gotta another piece of sometin' I'll put up later, but I'll give some clues as to what it is this time
.......bob
