petrus of mantua Posted December 6, 2016 Report Share Posted December 6, 2016 Hello and goodbye. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
duane88 Posted December 6, 2016 Report Share Posted December 6, 2016 Saw an Ouchard out of the same ring-figured Pernambuco today. Figured Pernambuco. A bitch to plane, even with a scraper plane! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blank face Posted December 6, 2016 Report Share Posted December 6, 2016 Saw this wood many times with milled Markneukirchen bows, too. The face plate getting extremely thin to the tip seems to indicate such an origin. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jeff Jetson Posted December 6, 2016 Report Share Posted December 6, 2016 I would like to buy a pretty bow like that one but have never seen a bow with figure such as that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Blank face Posted December 6, 2016 Report Share Posted December 6, 2016 I would like to buy a pretty bow like that one but have never seen a bow with figure such as that. The reason that you've never seen one might be, that it's exposured to breakage the more deeply it's figured. Nearly all of the highly flamed sticks I've seen had a crack somewhere (Martin, your example is more at the "mildly" figured side ). It's somekind a decorative object, not really for daily use or a good player. Mind the irregularity of growth! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
martin swan Posted December 6, 2016 Report Share Posted December 6, 2016 That's true - I had a very heavily figured French bow with a break in the middle. But it's very common to find a quite dramatic figure on the finest bows, even Peccattes from nearly 200 years ago. So I suppose there is strong figured wood and weak figured wood. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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