ClefLover Posted February 20, 2018 Report Share Posted February 20, 2018 Trying to identify this wood from a private collection, as I’m trying to learn... the tip plate looks odd like it’s been made with out the “tip-tip” adjacent plate. It looks really orange, almost too orange for any pernambuco I’ve ever seen. The chamfer looks pretty nice with good depth. Can’t tell if the head looks “stubby” like a Markie, or if it just appears that way without that little bit of tip-tip plating. I also know it weighs about 50 grams without any hair, grip or lapping. It does have a stamp, but I would like to hear opinions without revealing that, because it does not matter anyway, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiddlecollector Posted February 23, 2018 Report Share Posted February 23, 2018 Looks like a type of wood the French liked using, and id go out on a limb and say its a French bow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClefLover Posted February 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2018 I see a few dark specs over light, but then I wonder if that even matters for pernambuco. If French, what other types of wood were used aside from Abeille, Pernambuco and Snakewood? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeissica Posted February 23, 2018 Report Share Posted February 23, 2018 It looks like Pernambuco to me, but just not darkened, stained or otherwise colored. It may not be the highest grade of wood, though. There are others here that are far better than I am at ID'ing these things, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiddlecollector Posted February 24, 2018 Report Share Posted February 24, 2018 its not pernambuco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoxMitchell Posted February 24, 2018 Report Share Posted February 24, 2018 This looks a lot like a bow that I have, which I know for a fact isn't Pernambuco. Can you check under the frog, on the slot there, if there's any indication that the wood is dyed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClefLover Posted February 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2018 I may have misspoke in my OP. This is a bow I am looking at from a private collection, but not mine. Here are the photos I do have, less the stamp (which I am keeping super-secret). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiddlecollector Posted February 24, 2018 Report Share Posted February 24, 2018 It appears to me something Raffin would describe as Simon school/workshop ,not used to seeing stamps on this type of stick but maybe Simon FR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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