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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: hillbilly61 on April 13, 2010, 08:15:15 am

Title: Mahogany?
Post by: hillbilly61 on April 13, 2010, 08:15:15 am

Would Mahogany make a good backing or a good belly wood. Or neither?

Title: Re: Mahogany?
Post by: Hillbilly on April 13, 2010, 09:06:14 am

What little bit of mahogany I've worked with seems to be pretty light and soft. Might make a bow, but it would probably be pretty expensive mediocre bow wood.

Title: Re: Mahogany?
Post by: Muina on April 13, 2010, 10:39:43 am

Most Mahogany's too brittle, I tried it once as a decorative core wood sandwiched between two strips of ash and that made an extremely light bow, but I wouldn't recommend it for a backing or belly

Anthony