You seldom see bows made of 'bubinga' nowadays unless you have $$$ for customs.

Beautiful stuff, and some countries have made it illegal to export.

"Kevazingo, which is better known as bubinga or guibourtia, is a reddish type of wood found in West Africa."

Apparently it still gets smuggled, mainly to the Far East -

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-48363680

Wow, that's a lot of Bubinga. I grabbed a nice chunk of it at the hardwood supplier last time I was down there.

Here's a list of trees on the CITES list of endangered species. Always good to know if you're trading in bow woods.

https://www.fws.gov/international/plants/current-cites-listings-of-tree-species.html

I thought everyone and their 3rd cousin had bubinga?

It is. It can be used for lams or handles.

It's used for a lot of things.

I have had no problem getting buginga.

You may have in the future, that's why you need to educate yourself on the family of rosewood and the woods listed on CITES.

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