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Offline Bearded bowyer

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yellow balau?
« on: February 18, 2014, 05:02:47 pm »
Sorry to bother you all again with hardwood questions... ::)
There is a local hardwood supplier that has a lot of yellow balau.
I'm going there to pick up a load of black walnut and ipe anyway but......
Have any of you used it?
I was wondering if it was a good belly wood???????
Matt
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Offline DarkSoul

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Re: yellow balau?
« Reply #1 on: February 19, 2014, 07:50:14 pm »
The wood is better known as bankirai.
It's pretty course grained and appeared somewhat brittle when I felt boards of the species. I think there's many better woods around, so why bother?

Some (backed) bows have been made with this wood (allbeit all from the same bowyer):
http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/topic/51264
http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/topic/22693
http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/reply/378399
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