One thing on my bow bucket list is a 3 piece longbow. I like the ones with the short, slim, relatively simple risers. Seems that they would give the benefit of being compact for travel while keeping a feel more similar to a one piece longbow rather than the normally chunky heavy feel of a 3 piece recurve.
I'm not really in the market right now, but a recent post got me thinking about it. It's the one about the Kota Killum. I'd never heard of Kota bows, so I checked out their website, and their Prairie Nomad is just about exactly what I'm talking about, plus their price seems pretty reasonable.
I prefer fairly plain, but still nice looking bows. A nice looking riser wood like cocobolo or zebrawood, and clear glass over whatever the limb lam wood is. (Red elm, walnut, bamboo, etc) No fancy trim work needed. So my question is this. What other brands and models have a similar design to the Kota Prairie Nomad and is a reasonable price? Pictures would be awesome.
Pronghorn for sure.
QuoteOriginally posted by Rick Wiltshire:
Pronghorn for sure.
x2, Herb makes a wonderful bow.
I think this one is still for sale (not mine) here in the classifieds.
54# Rampart. Very reasonably priced, I might add. I have one just like it that isn't going anywhere.
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Toelke for sure...
X3 for the Pronghorns
Pronghorn 3pc longbow. Do a search on Pronghorn longbows. Some really cool pictures. The Pronghorn is very slim and narrow. Mr. Herb Meland is a pleasure to work with.
Thanks for the input guys. The pronghorns are another brand I've seen that looks good. Haven't ever looked at what they cost and figured they were more expensive than they are.
MnFn, I'm not actually in the market for one right now, just dreaming a little. That rampart looks great, but it's a little heavier than I'd want anyway. I'll add those to the list I'll check out if I ever actually get to buy one.
Thanks.
I know you said wood but they don't come any slimmer than this one. If you like really slim risers like Great Northern bows, here is an older three piece Black Swan that I had converted to ILF to give me an endless choice of limbs with a slim straight longbow grip...tippit
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The three piece bolt on before conversion to ILF...
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Converted to ILF...
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QuoteOriginally posted by Rick Wiltshire:
Pronghorn for sure.
thats what i was going to say
Maddog prairie predator takedown
Check out this link
http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=139850#000000
If you are looking for a lesser expensive one, find a used three piece in the classifieds that's in your weight range and Re-Shape the handle to what you want. I re-work a lot of bows on my knife grinder...but all you need is rasp and some different grades of sand paper. Just go slow and you'll be amazed at the results.
QuoteOriginally posted by tippit:
If you are looking for a lesser expensive one, find a used three piece in the classifieds that's in your weight range and Re-Shape the handle to what you want. I re-work a lot of bows on my knife grinder...but all you need is rasp and some different grades of sand paper. Just go slow and you'll be amazed at the results.
I have a 2x72 knife grinder. I hadn't thought about modifying an older bow. Building a bow is on my bucket list and the Bingham TD longbows have a similar design to what I like.
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I really like my Huron 3pcs longbow, it is extremely fast, quiet and smooth and very affordable!
Don't have a pic, but I'm leaning towards a Toelke Lynx, I have a one piece Whip and it's awesome, but I want the riser mass a three piece offers
What are the woods in that Huron Jeff? I had Terry build me a longbow last fall. Love it. It's a shooter.
i own and love my pronghorn but I also own and love my 3pc from Yellowstone Longbows. Rich Wormington is a great guy and great bowyer. If you look on his website the 3pc longbow that is black/brown is identical to the one I have.
Another vote for Pronghorn. Sleek, beautiful, stable, quiet, and deadly accurate. Couldn't ask for more in a bow.
Matt I'd be careful removing wood from a riser. There is immense stress in the middle of the riser especially at the window cutout. I just finished building a slimmed down riser but it was made of 5/16" strips of hickory and locust with 3 pieces .030 fiberglass wrapped in fiberglass cloth glued in as a beam to keep it from cracking. Here's a link to the build and you can see how I did it. I'm still not satisfied with how strong it is but it's holding up. You don't want to invest money into a bow and end up ruining it not to mention injuring yourself.
Slimline riser (http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=125;t=014123)
I second that warning. As for 3 piece longbow, the Yellowstone Half-Breed is another to be considered. This model looks like alot like a Pronghorn, until you have them side by side. I favor the Half-Breed myself.
I hear you on the warning...but I'm talking about re-shaping the grip. I refuse to sell any of my bows that I have worked on for liability reasons.
Bob Lee
Yeah, I'd never try removing wood from the sight window area or the grip throat area. I doubt I'd even try it at all because I'd rather just get one that's already like I want it. But if I came across one for a good price that already needed a refinish job, it might be an option.
Pronghorn, Kota Prairie Nomad, and the Tall Tines, Tundra or Stickflinger. I prefer the 2 latter. The TT is an amazing bow, and you know it the first shot you take. Good Luck to you in your search.
Horne t/d Brushbow. Wait for one in the classifieds.
Kotas are fine bows!
I'm curious as to why you prefer a 3 piece take down longbow to a 2 piece?
I guess part of it depends on the length of the longbows you shoot - but a 2 piece 66" longbow would fit in most of my arrow cases and a 68" would fit in two of my arrow cases.
Just wondering the reasons, advantages/disadvantages, etc. because I'm in the process of ordering a 2 piece longbow.
A 3 piece can be taken down smaller than a 2 part . My three piece goes inside my Viking Voyager arrow tube surrounded by a dozen arrows my strap on two part quiver and my glove go on top I can then zip it up and put it in my duffel bag with my clothes. A two piece is to long for that . And I think most 3 piece bows shoot better.
A Pronghorn 3pc longbow is a wonderful shooting bow. They are slim, quick and deadly quiet. Herb Meland is a cool guy to do business with. Use the search function for Pronghorn longbows or Herb Meland. I can text or email pictures of mine if that will help. You will not be disappointed with a Pronghorn longbow.
From your opening sentence I was going to recommend the Kota. I love my Killum. His 3 pc. Looks great. I have a nice tall tines stickflinger, but the riser is not slim like you described. Tim from Kota is on trad gang often,maybe he might be able to answer any questions.
QuoteOriginally posted by Ken Taylor:
I'm curious as to why you prefer a 3 piece take down longbow to a 2 piece?
I guess part of it depends on the length of the longbows you shoot - but a 2 piece 66" longbow would fit in most of my arrow cases and a 68" would fit in two of my arrow cases.
Just wondering the reasons, advantages/disadvantages, etc. because I'm in the process of ordering a 2 piece longbow.
For functionality, I'd like the two piece just as much. I like the looks of a three piece, but not the weight and feel that typically comes with it. I also already have several one piece recurves and a one piece longbow and I'd like to have a three piece just to have something different.
Pronghorns are very light and slim for 3 piece bows. I got the chance to shoot a few at rmsgear and they are top notch bows imo
Thanks Matt and Tim, much appreciated.
The Morrison Archery Shawnee is streamlined and not heavy.The riser comes in sizes A,B and C.A being the shortest.He will do many grips as well.He will customize a grip.
If he'still building it.It comes with Dakota longbow limbs and recurve as well.
Check out Yellowstone Bows. I have their Halfbreed model. Awesome bow!. Looks alot like the Pronghorn and Prairie Nomad. I also owned a Prairie Nomad for several years. Probably should have kept it. The Yellowstone Halfbreed is super quiet even without silencers.
Striker bows are very light .