I just got this from my friend John Lee. John knew Howard Hill and studied under Howard on his method of building the original Hill bows. He made the last three bows for Howard before he died.
"In honor of Ron LaClair's 80th Birthday on March 22, 2016 and for Dolly, Ron's beloved Beagle and constant Companion for many years. A copy of a Historic piece of Archery Memorabilia has been created in Bow named Dolly. Ron's love and promotion of the "true" American Longbow is renowned in Traditional American Archery History. Dolly, the bow, created for Ron is a duplicate of the laminated longbow Hill was making in California after 1932. Tempered Bamboo and Oregon Yew wood were bound together using Casein glue made from milk to a powder form then mixed with water. Before WW II there was no Fiberglass for backing and facing bows and only natural materials-wood, sinew, rawhide, horn or baleen were used. However, the forerunner of plastic, Vulcanized Fibre became available in the 30s and some bowyers used it for backing. Dolly has both Madake and Tea Stick Bamboo under the fibre with a Earl Ullrich flat grain Yew wood core. The glue is casein and the bow limbs, like back in the 1930s were reinforced with "size D" Silk rod wrap thread. Dolly is 67 1/4"nock to nock and 45#@27".
Happy Birthday Ron !" John Lee"
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This is Dolly. I lost her last June 2005-2015
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That's cool!
Happy Birthday, Ron!
Bisch
:thumbsup: Pretty neet stuff.....
Cool bow! And with Earl's yew wood!
Happy 80th!
Happy Birthday, Sir. What a great present.
Very fitting!! Happy Birthday Ron. :thumbsup: :clapper: :clapper:
Happy Birthday!! Enjoy!
Wowser - that is awesome!
Hmmm, if I had know about this project I might have been able to supply some baleen for the backing.
Happy Birthday Ron! Awsome birthday present! :clapper: :archer2:
Denny
Happy Birthday Ron!
What a Gift! A true historical recreation by the man who knows.
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Ron, First Happy Birthday and many more to you... Second, love your posts, one of my favorite posters, Third, what a nice tribute to you from a good friend.
Ron, First Happy Birthday and many more to you... Second, love your posts, one of my favorite posters, Third, what a nice tribute to you from a good friend.
Happy birthday Ron, that's a very nice gift!
Happy Birthday..Ron.....congrats on the beautiful bow..!
Thank you for the birthday wishes.
Here's Dolly the beagle and I doing what we both loved
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Very cool! Happy birthday sir.
All the ingredients of a perfect day right there!
Happy Birthday! Congratulations on the bow!
Happy Birthday Ron
Dogs can be special things, especially special dogs.
ChuckC
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday Ron.
Happy Birthday Ron... How does Dolly Shoot?
WOW, WOW, and WOW!!! CONGRATS
droool...
VERY NICE BOW
Sorry for the loss of your beloved Dolly, she looks like a sweetheart.
Sorry about your dog Ron. The bow is nice
Good stuff. Happy Birthday Ron. from a Shrewster
Happy Birthday, same day as my dad and a week after mine :)
Happy Birthday! That's a wonderful gift. Your beagle looked like a great little girl.
Happy Birthday! Many more Ron. Very nice gift.
Awesome .. Happy Birthday Ron . Thanks for sharing
Thanks for sharing, Ron. I enjoy your posts here.
And happy birthday!
John Lee is a fabulous man. This is way cool buddy and certainlya ffitting tribute to Dolly. When I first met you in the mid eighties I thought Maggie was pretty special. Well Dollie raised the bar again. You've been blessed with wonderful beagles.
Happy birthday buddy. I think Roger needs to bring Daisy to the farm so you can break that bow in properly. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Dolly was a great dog and so was Maggie before her. When I lost Maggie John made a bow for me that he named Maggie. It's made a lot like the Dolly bow and it's a great shooter.
I've known John for 35 years and he is a wonderful friend. We've been on several hunts together out west and he's a lot of fun.
Here's John and I the day he delivered the Maggie bow.
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That bow is almost as pretty as Dolly. Happy birthday, and may you and Dolly have many fine hunts in the years to come!
Killdeer