Things started out this year on a bad note for me. Work started to slow down and I ended up cancelling 3 bow orders. Then it picked up right after I cancelled my orders. I managed to get a really sweet Morrison recurve out of Bob's 'in-stock' list. After I shot the bow one weekend, I smashed three fingers on my right hand at work and could not shoot much for a while. Last week, I managed to shoot some in the frigid Northeast Ohio weather. I even saved up enough money to go to Kalamazoo to get a new longbow until... work called and I had to go on an emergency waterline repair. This ended my chances of heading to K-Zoo. But a bright note came today in the mail! A brand new 60lb @ 28" 64" nock to nock JD Berry Scorpion! I had not shot longbows for about eight years prior to today. I made up a new 15 strand TS-1 string for my JD Berry. James is definitely a master longbow maker in my eyes. The bow is very meticulously crafted from nock to nock. Anyone who has a JD Berry bow can attest to the beauty and shootability of James' bows. All this for only $425.00 to my doorstep! Take a look: (http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii207/anhtek/jdberry009.jpg) (http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii207/anhtek/jdberry003.jpg) (http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii207/anhtek/jdberry002.jpg) (http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii207/anhtek/jdberry001.jpg)
Nice looking bow! Glad it turned out good for you! :thumbsup:
is that 64 or 66incher??? I love longbows!
It is a 64 incher Bayou. Very stable when shot. Light in the hand. And a quick bow. The main core of the limb is Wenge. The limbs are multiple lams with maple, black locust, and zebrawood. James puts a nice funky nock on all his bows that look like the horn nocks on old English bows. Reminds me of a Stillwater longbow I once owned.
The prettiest bow I've ever owned was a JD Berry.