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Title: John Schulz "Simba"
Post by: tg2nd on April 06, 2010, 04:20:00 PM

Would need information about an John Schulz "Simba" longbow. It's marked S-70017 76#@28".
Does anybody know when this bow was build, etc.?
Thanks
Thomas

Title: Re: John Schulz "Simba"
Post by: oldhickory on April 06, 2010, 09:44:00 PM

Pics please.

Title: Re: John Schulz "Simba"
Post by: DAVE1275 on April 06, 2010, 10:10:00 PM

Does it look something like this? I had one a few months ago.I couldn't find anything out about it either.Real nice shooter. (http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv192/DAVE1275/100_2446.jpg)

Title: Re: John Schulz "Simba"
Post by: tg2nd on April 07, 2010, 12:52:00 AM

Sorry, I have no camera.
@dave 1275: No it looks totally different. It has a dished grip and is rosewood between bamboo.

Title: Re: John Schulz "Simba"
Post by: Charlie Lamb on April 07, 2010, 08:07:00 AM

Wow Dave! That's surely not a Shulz bow.

Title: Re: John Schulz "Simba"
Post by: Ron Roehrick on April 07, 2010, 12:50:00 PM

Thomas sent you a private message. Ron.

Title: Re: John Schulz "Simba"
Post by: hayslope on April 08, 2010, 01:18:00 PM

John Schultz...in like......Howard Hill's bowyer?

You could always check with the Hill company or Frank San Marco.....someone would know...or give you a general idea.

Title: Re: John Schulz "Simba"
Post by: DAVE1275 on April 08, 2010, 03:38:00 PM

Couldn't remember who made it but it definetly had SIMBA on it.

Title: Re: John Schulz "Simba"
Post by: tg2nd on April 08, 2010, 04:06:00 PM

@hayslope: yes Howard Hill's bowyer, who made his own busines "American Longbow"

Title: Re: John Schulz "Simba"
Post by: tg2nd on April 11, 2010, 04:46:00 AM

ttt