Rosewood

[Badger]

  My very first bow was a laminated recurve with Brazilian rosewood on the belly, it held together and shot very well.

[adb]

Cool. Do you remember any details from the bow? How much set it took, design specs, etc.?

[toomanyknots]

  My very first bow was a laminated recurve with Brazilian rosewood on the belly, it held together and shot very well.

Thats awesome. 

[Badger]

  It was pure luck, my next 10 bows right in a row broke. I hadn't figured out the relation to straight grain and bows breaking.

[DarkSoul]

You said you've read about bows made from rosewood? Where?

I had to look them up, but there's only very few. I remembered a few, but those now appear to have been Bolivian rosewood / morado / Santos rosewood (all the same), which is not a Dalbergia species.
However, here is one with a belly of Sonokeling or Indian rosewood: http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/topic/5405/Trilam-elb-buildalong-with-lots-of-pics?page=1
And here's some more discussion: http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/topic/40767/Yellowheart-glue-up-problem-
Here's Marc's Brazilian rosewood bow: http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php?topic=45244.0 and more over here.
And another nice Indian rosewood bellied bow: http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php?topic=42601.0

[adb]

Thanks DS!!

[mikekeswick]

http://www.wood-database.com/lumber-identification/hardwoods/honduran-rosewood/

I have no experience with your rosewood but i've used this stuff quite a bit. It's okay in compression....but only okay. Makes a better core in my opinion. I'm interested in how your stuff turns out.