Every once in a while a blind squirrel finds a nut, that's how I found Brian Wessel with TallTines bows. If I recall correctly the first bow I ordered from him was one of his first few.
... I think I may have found another nut! I recently had Randy (a.k.a. crittergetter on here) with PrimalTech bows build me a 2 piece longbow. I got ot Monday and shot it this weekend at a local tournament with some woodies a made up. I'm very impressed, I'm normally a recurve guy and haven't shot a longbow seriously in about five years.
I've always thought Dan toelke's longbows are top-of-the-line as well as centaur but I was so impressed with this little bow 60" I'd have to put it right up with them. Smooth, stable, and very fast as well.
disclaimer: I would consider Randy a good friend and just all around great guy even if his bows where terrible LOL
This bow is a real work of art...I'm more of a performance person so this is one of the nicer looking bows I've had made! Luckily performance is superb as well
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Got pics?
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that is a real beauty. love that horn work. bravo to the maker. looks carefully crafted and to be a keeper. congrats!
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Great looking bow, congrats! Love that it's a 2 piece!!
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Nice..!!
Nice!! Randy makes some great looking bows. Someday I'm gonna get him to build me one too!!
Michael, very nice...can't wait to shoot it!
Great looking bow congrats :thumbsup:
That's a great looking bow!
real nice stick your buddy made you, a beautiful gift to be cherished for sure.
Looks great Michael!
I like it. Lets see the limb tips.
Great looking bow..... :thumbsup:
Looks sweet!! Randy is a good dude!
How long has Randy been hiding this secret? Never seen or heard that he made bows :biglaugh:
Does he have a website?
Hey guys, thx for all the kind words but I can not take full credit for Micheal's bow. That bow is off of KennyMs design. I do make a few very minor changes in limb taper and profile to fit my liking but nothing that anyone else couldn't do. Also Big Jim and Mike Rash ( legends bows) have been huge inspirations and have helped me out in so many ways. That bow is simply a product of their teaching.
I do have a 3 piece of my own design that took me several years to tweak to my liking that is top notch. But would have never gotten there without my "mentors"!! I just gotta give credit where credit is due!!
Very pretty bow! Congratulations. I'm with Keith; I'd love to see how he works his limb tips if you get an extra minute.
Hilarious, too, that with a new bow your neglected lawn equipment is in the background of that one photo. Good move getting it out of the garage though; your significant other can see you intend to use it, someday...
Enjoy, Chase