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Title: yey my first longbow!!!!(pics ofcourse)
Post by: deadpool on December 31, 2007, 09:55:00 PM
i always have been a recurve guy till now

I jus recieved my new (to) longbow from sypsy river!!


its better than i expected!!

its 64" and draws 59 lbs @28"!
I'm not big on wood type knolledge but imma take a wack at it!!

I THINK the limbs are bocate(think!)
and in the riser....some more bocate....and walnut? locust!?!?

see I dont know!

but I also dont know who the maker may be....
a lil help guys?

thanks!

-christian


   (http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r27/icardona08/longbow005.jpg)

   (http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r27/icardona08/longbow003.jpg)

   (http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r27/icardona08/longbow001.jpg)
Title: Re: yey my first longbow!!!!(pics ofcourse)
Post by: Eastern fisher on December 31, 2007, 09:57:00 PM
wow.  Beautiful.  What more can be said.  Wow
Title: Re: yey my first longbow!!!!(pics ofcourse)
Post by: deadpool on December 31, 2007, 10:19:00 PM
oyea!

it draws soooooo smoothley!!!
i cant believe how fast it is and the shock is unbelievably unoticable!

still need help figurin out the bowyer,

help guys!!
Title: Re: yey my first longbow!!!!(pics ofcourse)
Post by: Over&Under on December 31, 2007, 11:39:00 PM
Exactly what fisher said, what a downright bangup job, especially for your first one!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: yey my first longbow!!!!(pics ofcourse)
Post by: deadpool on December 31, 2007, 11:42:00 PM
wait!!

do you guys think i made this!?/
lol
Title: Re: yey my first longbow!!!!(pics ofcourse)
Post by: Chisler on December 31, 2007, 11:53:00 PM
Yeah, that's bocote alright!  Looks like you made a great choice.  Have fun.
Title: Re: yey my first longbow!!!!(pics ofcourse)
Post by: DannyBows on January 01, 2008, 12:16:00 AM
You got a sweet lookin' bow there. I like the design in the riser, and those Bocote limbs are sharp. Great natural camo too. I just started shooting longbows this year also. I got two 56" hybrid longbows and can't put them down. Haven't shot any of my recurves for months.
  Good luck with her!
Title: Re: yey my first longbow!!!!(pics ofcourse)
Post by: drewsbow on January 01, 2008, 12:26:00 AM
very nice bow , congrats :0)
Title: Re: yey my first longbow!!!!(pics ofcourse)
Post by: Over&Under on January 01, 2008, 01:39:00 AM
Sorry I am a horrible reader, bangup job picking a longbow that is...LOL
Title: Re: yey my first longbow!!!!(pics ofcourse)
Post by: Izzy on January 01, 2008, 01:11:00 PM
Nice looking bow whatever the woods are
Title: Re: yey my first longbow!!!!(pics ofcourse)
Post by: deadpool on January 01, 2008, 06:58:00 PM
thanks guys!!

any idea who the bowyer may be?
Title: Re: yey my first longbow!!!!(pics ofcourse)
Post by: **DONOTDELETE** on January 01, 2008, 09:59:00 PM
:clapper:  great looking bow  :clapper:
Title: Re: yey my first longbow!!!!(pics ofcourse)
Post by: deadpool on January 02, 2008, 02:34:00 PM
one more thing i might add about the bow, which I've never seend on any other longbow, limbs are shaped like a trapazoid.
thanks
-christian
Title: Re: yey my first longbow!!!!(pics ofcourse)
Post by: 30coupe on January 02, 2008, 02:52:00 PM
Trapped limbs are fairly common on longbows. Some are narrow on the back and some on the belly. I'm not sure why, perhaps the materials make a difference. My Kanati has trapped limbs as well, but yours is not a JK bow. Sorry, I can't tell you who did make it.

Very nice looking bow though!
Title: Re: yey my first longbow!!!!(pics ofcourse)
Post by: Bob Barnes on January 02, 2008, 03:31:00 PM
beauty for sure...looks like a Berry bow except for the normal tips...  :)   very nice.
Bob
Title: Re: yey my first longbow!!!!(pics ofcourse)
Post by: deadpool on January 02, 2008, 04:01:00 PM
hey bob I checked out berry's bows!
i think we have a winner!

I say that because I'm lookin at the lines his Renaissance bow has in its riser,

they are just the same as my longbow!!

thank you!

still not a hundred percent sure though lol!


though the tips are kinda of a throw off!
Title: Re: yey my first longbow!!!!(pics ofcourse)
Post by: buckshot95 on January 02, 2008, 04:15:00 PM
that is a very nice longbow. I really like the looks of lonbows. i am looking abotu getting one some day. i shoot a recurve. "very nice"!!!
Title: Re: yey my first longbow!!!!(pics ofcourse)
Post by: Bob Barnes on January 02, 2008, 07:01:00 PM
I guess it helps to have owned about every bow made...  :)   James Berry used to make bows with "normal" tips like that...It seems like my favorite Pit/Pin Viper was a lot like yours.  If it had been less than 70# I would still own it.
You have a nice one there.
Bob