Nice job on the doe !!  Like that camo pattern!

great info thank you for posting

Congratulations. Great job

Very nice! 

I am working what I hoped would be a mulberry long bow. During the tillering process, all of the sudden I noticed a hinge. I started trying to work around the hinge, lowering the weight on either side of it, but still the hinge persisted. Then I noticed that the bow had a lot of set in the hinge, which it seems to me by my reading indicates that the wood is damaged right there at the hinge.

Fortunately, the bow is long enough (71 inches nock to nock) That I think I'll be able to pike it and still get a decent shooter. But it shook me a little bit. Is it the case that if I accidentally introduce a very small hinge, then bending the bow could crush the wood at the hinge, at which point the whole thing is toast? I guess the implication of this would be to always be on the lookout for developing hinges and catch em as soon as possible. Or could it just have been a defect in the wood to begin with? It is a very knotty piece of wood, for reference. Also, for reference, it is probably far too wet; I chopped it down less than a month ago. I was just eager to get started And told myself it was a narrow enough stave that maybe it would be OK. But I know this was probably misguided.

Howdy all,  I'm in dire need of instructions for one of the old original Greens Tree Saddle units.

I've had this thing for probably 15 years or more and never used it but I'm sure I've had it set up in the yard for practice but I just got it out the other day and for the life of me can't figure it out.   I don't know if I'm missing a part or what. I've spent  LOT of time on Google and YouTube and found exactly ZERO usable info. It's like the entire company has been deleted from the internet.

I'll post pics of what I have and hope for some advice.

***hmmm, thought I'd be able to comment under each Pic but don't see a way...  I'll come back in a bit to try to explain pics but gotta run at the moment.

I haven't shot a Toelke that I didn't love. I currently have a Chinook, a Kestral, a Whip, and a Pika. The only one of Dan's bows I haven't shot is the Whistler. If I had to pick my favorite, it would be the Pika. It's smooth drawing, fast, very quiet, and just a natural shooter. It's  diminutive size makes it especially effective in tight spaces while hunting.

Springfield Leather Co. say it's very strong and you can split it like real Sienese. You can stitch the soles on moccasins sounds strong to me.

Sent you a text. That looks like just what it needs! you are the man.

Great experience, enjoyed reading. I'm a Zwickey guy myself, but 2 blade with steel inserts. Gets me about 175 grains up front. Thanks for a great read!