wood advice

[khines2]

alright i am thinking about getting a shortbarrell soon and cant decide what wood i want. im in between cocobola and bocote. let me hear what yall think

[rbsdrake]

cocobolo is a more dense wood the bocote. which will give you a little crisper sound, but i really like the way a bocote sounds.

[skywalker]

bodak (hedge, I believe).......I like it.....I have my first cocobola and green hedge on there way...

[Greenhead22]

You'll have less swelling issues with cocobolo. I love the rasp of bodock but hate the constant swelling issues caused by moisture/water.

[rbsdrake]

i think he said bocote not bodark

[BJ Duplechain]

my choice between those 2 would be Cocobolo.

[RNT1985]

i have a cocobolo daisy cutter and love it good crisp sound and doesn't swell much when blowing alot...think you would be happy with either though

[Rice]

I have had both woods and cocobolo feels heavier and more soilid to me and it is a little more crisp.

[champcaller]

coco

[gator]

LOVE the finished product of coco................CAN NOT FRICKIN' STAND TO TURN IT THOUGH

gator

[LawDawg]

[GordonGekko]

Oddly, cocobola is one of my favorite woods to turn....but then again I don't break out (yet) and i love the density and oily shavings......

[gator]

lemme put it this way.......i put a mask on, long sleeves shirt and pants.....................and keep a vial of steroids, benadryl, and epinephrine in my grasp........and, 3 syringes............AND, let megan know i'm fixing to deal w/ that stuff again.

some folks, it's spontaneous and will occur after years - any allergy can happen this way.

others, like me, knew it the first time..................gator