Snakebit Series

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The Snakebit Series bow is made with some of our planet's most exotic woods. The main body of the riser is made with Snakewood from South America and "footed" with Gaboon Ebony from Africa. The limbs feature veneers of highly figured curly Myrtle "footed" with Snakewood over a laminated bamboo core. Myrtle is native only to the southern Oregon and northern California coast regions.

Built with the same great design and superior craftsmanship that has become the trademark of the Blacktail line of custom bows, the Snakebit is as functional as it is beautiful. It comes standard as shown with the footed riser, footed limbs and bamboo limb cores.  It can also be finished in a sumptuous high gloss finish, upon request.

Premium quality Snakewood is an extraordinarily beautiful wood. It is also rare, costly and extremely labor intensive to work with.  Considerable additional time and expense is necessary to both acquire exceptional pieces (that meet Blacktail qualitative standards) and properly prepare this challenging wood for use in bows.

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Wood Options Snakebit Series

Wood 
Species
(Available in Snakebit Series)

Bamboo
Bocote
Bolivian Rosewood
Bubinga
Burl (Amboyna)
Burl (Camphor)
Burl (Thuya)
Burl (York Gum)
Cocobolo
Ebony (Black & White)
Ebony (Gaboon)
Ebony (Macassar)
Maple (Birdseye Natural)
Maple (Birdseye Stained)
Maple (Curly Natural)
Maple (Curly Stained)
Maple (Quilted)
Myrtle (Highly Figured)
Myrtle (Tiger Stripe)
Red Cedar (Flame)
Red Elm (Natural)
Red Elm (Stained)
Shedua
Snakewood
Tulipwood
Wenge
Yew
Zebrawood

Riser 
(Handle)
(Main or footed section)

(NO)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes (16" Riser Only)
Yes
Yes (16" Riser Only)
Yes (16" Riser Only)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
(NO)
(NO)
(NO)
(NO)
Yes
Yes (16" Riser Main only)
Yes
Yes
(NO)
Yes

Standard 
Limb 
(Non-footed limb)

Yes
Yes
(NO)
Yes
(NO)
(NO)
(NO)
(NO)
Yes
Yes
(NO)
(NO)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
(NO)
(NO)
Yes
(NO)
Yes
Yes

Footed Limb 
(Main Section)
(Long section in footed limb)

(NO)
Yes
(NO)
Yes
(NO)
Yes
(NO)
(No)
Yes
Yes
(NO)
(NO)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
(NO)
(NO)
Yes
(NO)
Yes
Yes

Footed Limb 
(Footed Section)
(Short section in footed limb)

(NO)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
(NO)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes

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One-piece bows 

The following gallery of one-piece Snakebit Series bows, represents a small sampling of the wood configurations available for your custom bow.  Please note, each piece of wood is unique in terms of it's grain, color hues, tone and contast. 

Click on the thumbnail images below.

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Takedown Bows

The following gallery of one-piece T2 Special Edition and Snakebit Series bows, represents a small sampling of the wood configurations available for your custom bow.  Please note, each piece of wood is unique in terms of it's grain, color hues, tone and contast. 


Click on the thumbnail images below.