Rosewood

[Liquid Amber]

Trying to determine when Rosewood appeared in composite bow handles.  I believe you'all with catalog collections might can help pin it down some.  I have evidence it was used by 1959.  Any assistance would be appreciated.

[damascusdave]

Bear made an awful lot of Kodiaks in 1959 and all of them had quite a bit of Brazilian Rosewood in them...still I have a feeling there were other bow companies, Damon Howatt comes to mind, who used it before that

DDave

[Liquid Amber]

Thanks.

[damascusdave]

I just found a post by Larry Hatfield about the first bow he ever built...he built it for his wife in 1958 and the riser was Brazilian Rosewood

DDave

[Babbling Bob]

Bet you would see rosewood before modern recurves.

[Wade Phillips]

The center lamination of the 1958 Kodiak Special I-Beam riser was Brazilian Rosewood.

[Lucas K]

The is a great thread about this on another sight. Several authors there suggest that Harry Drake's bows had rosewood in 1954.

[riser]

The 1959 Bear Polar semi-recurve had rosewood in the middle third of the riser (and carried through the sight window).