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Main Boards => Trad History/Collecting => Topic started by: lotspaih on April 19, 2013, 12:37:00 PM
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45#@28 hst5445L54" all wood I think? :confused: I need a string for it and Martin (Damon Howatt) toldme they had no info on this bow when I called them to get info on it. Its also a lefty does anyone have any info on this bow thinks
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There is a thread on this page with good info on the Howatt hi-speed.
Those bows were not all wood, they're fiberglass bows with a wood sandwich.
You can buy a bowstring for it from any of several sponsors, I recommend you get a dacron string.
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Ok thanks a lot
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Joe, Looks like you have a 54" bow. If you could post some pics we could get a better idea on wha t year it was built.
Thanks, Mark
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Im not sure how to post pics on to the forum would it be possible for me to email you the pics or how would i beable to upload them? and thanks again mark
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"not all wood...they're fiberglass bows with a wood sandwich"...
whatcha mean by that?
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An all wood bow is an all wood bow with no fiberglass.
The Hi-speed was a fiberglass laminated bow,with wood in the middle.
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A word of advice: use a B50 Dacron string only on this bow! Most Hi-Speeds I have seen have no tip overlay, and I saw one this weekend with a limb tip destroyed by a fast flite string without padded loops. The man lost a good bow by using the wrong string for that tip. I say this as an advocate of low-stretch, skinny strings, even on a lot of old bows. My bows have survived at least 6 or 8000 shots with such strings, but the loops are always padded and I would never use one on a tip like the Hi-Speed, or a Herters, for example.