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Title: Diamond by Murphy micro limb bow?
Post by: ckruse on October 07, 2007, 08:25:00 AM
Does anyone have any information about a recurve bow marked with a label "Diamond by Murphy" and "Genuine Micro-Limb".

The first decal is in the shape of a diamond on the backside of the riser. The other is a round decal on the lower limb with a picture of a micrometer. The bow is not marked with AMO, but instead S.L. for string length. Judging by materials and construction, I'm guessing late 50's early 60's. Anyone? CKruse
Title: Re: Diamond by Murphy micro limb bow?
Post by: ckruse on October 08, 2007, 11:00:00 PM
Anyone...Anyone.... It has a really odd dogleg shaped long riser. I will try to post a pic soon. CKruse
Title: Re: Diamond by Murphy micro limb bow?
Post by: PAPALAPIN on October 11, 2007, 09:27:00 AM
Old bow, new bow?  Never heard of one.

How isthat JET doing?
Title: Re: Diamond by Murphy micro limb bow?
Post by: ckruse on October 11, 2007, 08:31:00 PM
Hello Jack, The Jet has been joined by a Classic! Both are doing well.  I did say above that I'm guessing the bow to be late 50's early 60's. I'll try to get a picture on here sometime soon. Just been too busy!  :p
Title: Re: Diamond by Murphy micro limb bow?
Post by: lolvo240 on February 24, 2015, 02:18:00 PM
Necro-bump.

Do you still have this bow? If so, could you post a picture of it?
Title: Re: Diamond by Murphy micro limb bow?
Post by: mangonboat on February 24, 2015, 02:33:00 PM
There's a Diamond that come and gone a few times on the auction site, zebrawood riser, a short bow, I think low 40#'s. Theseller says it was her Dad's bow and is asking a fortune even though she has no clue what the bow is. When it first popped up I was curious and read somewhere that the Murphy bows had problematic gluing and were prone to catastrophic failure. No thanks. Pretty, though.
Title: Re: Diamond by Murphy micro limb bow?
Post by: lolvo240 on February 27, 2015, 04:41:00 PM
Well, that answers at least some of my questions. I think I'll pass on the catastrophic failure too.