RE: wood color
Nope--it ain't cheap. I've got some--well, actually Chek-Mate has it, but it's mine. My girlfriend's recurve has it on the belly side, and a friend ordered a bow with it on both sides--real pretty. I don't think it would show up very well on a longbow though--the figure is too wide. Better for recurves and flatbows. Beeswing figure eucalyptus and Japanese Tamo Ash have a figure that shows up really nice on longbows.
Chad