Thanks. The only draw back to it is that it was made so long ago they did not have recurved bow stringers yet for it. This meant that the previous owner had to string it by hand. It is very hard to do that and risky for the bow. The leaf developed a twist to it making it less accurate. Now I have the proper stinger for it and am slowly working the twist out of it. If you get a wood bow you will want to look in to getting a stringer for it, so you do not hurt the bow during the string of it.
Not a bad looking bow, for a recurve, crooked and unnaturally twisted as it is.
No, seriously, it is a great bow, I hope we can get another set of hay bales set up soon so that we can resume practicing. I want to see Johanna and Rebecca use those Longbows I made for them.
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*Sighs*
I love that bow!
Very nice looking, especially for fifty years.
The bow that I used was a 20 pound pull.
Thanks for posting those pics., that's really neat!
-Rose
Thanks. The only draw back to it is that it was made so long ago they did not have recurved bow stringers yet for it. This meant that the previous owner had to string it by hand. It is very hard to do that and risky for the bow. The leaf developed a twist to it making it less accurate. Now I have the proper stinger for it and am slowly working the twist out of it. If you get a wood bow you will want to look in to getting a stringer for it, so you do not hurt the bow during the string of it.
Robert L.
Not a bad looking bow, for a recurve, crooked and unnaturally twisted as it is.
No, seriously, it is a great bow, I hope we can get another set of hay bales set up soon so that we can resume practicing. I want to see Johanna and Rebecca use those Longbows I made for them.
John Calvin
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