Black Walnut

[sailordad]

ya BW is hard to come by here also,atleast a tree with any size to it.

i know another guy whos got about a 30" BW in his front yard,some cabinet maker stopped by and offerd him $20,000 for the entire tree.
he siad nope,i'll wait untill its bigger.

not sure if he meant the tree or the offer
                                                                                                                                                                       
                                   
                                                                                       tim

[DirtyDan]

Yep, stick with the basic whitewood principle, and you will be all right.  Just take off the bark and let that be the back of the bow.  The heartwood is much prettier, but it just won't hold up.  If you want something really pretty, however, make a bamboo-backed walnut bow using the heartwood.  Not only is the color contrast outstanding, the bow performs very well.

Dan

[Pappy]

Sailordad send that guy my way,I have a bunch of BW on my farm,it get pretty high sometime but not near that high. I have made a few from the sap wood that turned out OK,That was
when I first started so i would say you could make a really good one if you treat it right.Didn't
know much about it then and they shot so that says a lot about the wood cause I broke a lot back then. 
   Pappy