Ry. Lots of better builders will hopefully chime in, but I think both woods make for fine spearguns. I believe teak is denser
Can you share the details of the gun?
I have a mahogany gun for well over 12 years, shameful handling 
if I told you the years I never washed it never did anything but abuse it :@ :nono: shameful!! It looks great still, is well balanced and still killing like a champ, shot two Spanish mackerels not 2 hours ago :thumbsup2:
Hope that helps, would buy or build in mahogany any-day:excited1:
I'm not sure it would be very easy to find a moderately priced production gun made of teak these days. Guys that have made comparisons recently might have better numbers, but Mahogany is typically $8-10/ board foot, teak more like $25-30/ board foot, so the cost difference for a typical production gun might be around $20- $30, depending on the deal for the wood and the amount used for the gun. That doesn't sound like much, but production builders are trying to save any cost they can in a very competitive market, so they have gone to mahogany and other woods.
Lots of guns have been made out of wood other than teak, and with epoxy coatings, other woods work very well. I would want to know what the wood is, but would look equally at other features such as craftsmanship and the quality of the components, and I wouldn't let a mahogany stock dissuade me from buying the gun if the other stuff looked like quality.
I bought an AB Biller mahogany gun nearly 20 years ago and it has held up great. Even back then the teak gun was quite a bit more and the dive shop owner steered me toward the mahogany.
I think my Abellan is mahogany. Looks and shoots great to me!
Is it custom? Reputable maker? That is a high price tag so it had better be amazing.
I think my Abellan is mahogany. Looks and shoots great to me!
Our Abellans are Sipo or Util Mahogany and I'm not worried about the wood one bit.
I'll be trying Mahogany once I run out of teak. I have seen some very old guns of Mahogany with a clear coat that held up very well. Mahogany is often misidentified. Mahogany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Here is one I built in 1984 that is still in good shape, I only touched up the finish with Phil's epoxie, decided to leave all the water marks and blemish's . It is still straight and has taken the load of 3 5/8 Dessault rubber for years, however lately I only use 2 5/8s bands.
I would use sealed Mahogany today with no problem except on a Tuna cannon.
Cheers, Don
Here is one I built in 1984 that is still in good shape, I only touched up the finish with Phil's epoxie, decided to leave all the water marks and blemish's . It is still straight and has taken the load of 3 5/8 Dessault rubber for years, however lately I only use 2 5/8s bands.
I would use sealed Mahogany today with no problem except on a Tuna cannon.
Cheers, Don
Lovely gun Don. I hope mine look as nice in so many years. Might I ask why you wouldn't use mahogany on a tuna gun? Is it due to its low density?
MN
Lovely gun Don. I hope mine look as nice in so many years. Might I ask why you wouldn't use mahogany on a tuna gun? Is it due to its low density?
MN
Yes.
I like to throw 3/8 shafts dragging cable, from 54 to 65 inch barrels, with 4- 130lb bands, so recoil is a factor.
Well chosen, cured teak, has more density and stiffness then Mahogany, and can take more abuse from impacts in the chase boat, when staying on the birds or dolphins.
Any 40'' gun and up with any barrel can be a ''Tuna'' gun in the right place, at the right time. I am referring to large game guns, sneaking big tuna, and large billfish. Mass is a good thing.
Cheers, Don
Mahogany is number one choice wood in Belize. I ran about more than a thousand board feet pass in planer. This wood sell around $4 us ea board feet. Yet i chosse other wood hard wood for building speargun. I will using mahogany if i need to make speargun float.
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