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Title: Dryad Secret revealed at T&P Archery EXPO. . pics added
Post by: wingnut on April 06, 2008, 09:07:00 PM
WEll we have a big announcement and something to show you if you show up for the Expo next week.

Looking forward to getting your feedback.

Mike
Title: Re: Dryad Secret revealed at T&P Archery EXPO. . pics added
Post by: tradhunter on April 06, 2008, 10:55:00 PM
YOU CAN'T DO THAT!!!
I can't sit glued to this computer for a week!
Title: Re: Dryad Secret revealed at T&P Archery EXPO. . pics added
Post by: Lewis Brookshire III on April 06, 2008, 10:58:00 PM
Aww man, now we have to wait. Not fair!! LOL
Title: Re: Dryad Secret revealed at T&P Archery EXPO. . pics added
Post by: Dick in Seattle on April 07, 2008, 01:41:00 AM
so, let's guess....   I think they're going to bring out an ILF riser... shaped like a real longbow rather than a recurve.  (Well, I can dream, can't I?)

what's your guess?
Title: Re: Dryad Secret revealed at T&P Archery EXPO. . pics added
Post by: Tom Leemans on April 07, 2008, 07:38:00 AM
Man Law! Full disclosure must be given at time of tease.
Title: Re: Dryad Secret revealed at T&P Archery EXPO. . pics added
Post by: wingnut on April 07, 2008, 08:04:00 AM
Man Law my pawtoot!  This is marketing.  .LOL

I will give you a hint.  I doesn't involve me wearing a thong but it does have pretty tips.

Mike
Title: Re: Dryad Secret revealed at T&P Archery EXPO. . pics added
Post by: TexMex on April 07, 2008, 08:12:00 AM
:coffee:    :coffee:    :biglaugh:
Title: Re: Dryad Secret revealed at T&P Archery EXPO. . pics added
Post by: HATCHCHASER on April 07, 2008, 08:59:00 AM
:biglaugh:
Title: Re: Dryad Secret revealed at T&P Archery EXPO. . pics added
Post by: horseapple on April 07, 2008, 09:06:00 AM
oh man thats cruel:) and I know what it is hehe
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Post by: Bard1 on April 07, 2008, 09:36:00 AM
Awww Man!  that's just torture!    :banghead:
Title: Re: Dryad Secret revealed at T&P Archery EXPO. . pics added
Post by: David Mitchell on April 07, 2008, 09:39:00 AM
Boy, o boy, I get to see it first hand  :p  Dave
Title: Re: Dryad Secret revealed at T&P Archery EXPO. . pics added
Post by: Paul Mattson on April 07, 2008, 09:54:00 AM
What's the P and T Expo?
Title: Re: Dryad Secret revealed at T&P Archery EXPO. . pics added
Post by: Jedimaster on April 07, 2008, 10:29:00 AM
I got an idea about this.  If I'm right then I believe you guys better get your wallets out.  Jason's got his eye on the market and his finger on the pulse of traditional archery.  I believe he want's to make his mark and with Mike's tutelage and support he won't go wrong.  

Maybe I'm incorrect, we'll see.  :bigsmyl:
Title: Re: Dryad Secret revealed at T&P Archery EXPO. . pics added
Post by: wingnut on April 07, 2008, 10:52:00 AM
Actually it's T & P Archery Expo.

Here's the link

 http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=94;t=000604

Mike
Title: Re: Dryad Secret revealed at T&P Archery EXPO. . pics added
Post by: AZStickman on April 07, 2008, 11:06:00 AM
Alright Mike if it's the T.P. expo I should get an insider clue.... Terry Petko  :bigsmyl:  

PS..... Thank God it's not the thong thing again.
Title: Re: Dryad Secret revealed at T&P Archery EXPO. . pics added
Post by: Dick in Seattle on April 07, 2008, 11:09:00 AM
darn... I'm going to be in Cleveland May 7 - 14 to visit for the first time since '64.    Too bad I couldn't have coordinated to go to this...
Title: Re: Dryad Secret revealed at T&P Archery EXPO. . pics added
Post by: wingnut on April 07, 2008, 12:43:00 PM
Terry,

Sent you an email.

Dick,

Dang bud, it would have been nice to put a face with the character on the internet.

Mike
Title: Re: Dryad Secret revealed at T&P Archery EXPO. . pics added
Post by: Dano on April 07, 2008, 04:38:00 PM
Neener, neener!!  :bigsmyl:  I've seen it, and I think ya'all are going to like it. Here's a hint, She's quiet unlike most women.
Title: Re: Dryad Secret revealed at T&P Archery EXPO. . pics added
Post by: wingnut on April 07, 2008, 04:50:00 PM
Dano,

Now SHHHHHHHHHHHH!  Seems to me you got to fondle it too.

Mike
Title: Re: Dryad Secret revealed at T&P Archery EXPO. . pics added
Post by: Dano on April 07, 2008, 06:05:00 PM
:bigsmyl:  And she was still quiet.  ;)
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Post by: ozarkcherrybow1 on April 07, 2008, 09:26:00 PM
:bigsmyl:  That's all I've got to say!
   Terry
Title: Re: Dryad Secret revealed at T&P Archery EXPO. . pics added
Post by: RainCrow on April 08, 2008, 12:14:00 AM
Yeah, but she was flat,


...shooting that is!


And Jason was dead on.


I can tell more, but I'll wait.

Terry
Title: Re: Dryad Secret revealed at T&P Archery EXPO. . pics added
Post by: Tom Leemans on April 08, 2008, 06:58:00 AM
Marketing. HA HA HA HA!  :biglaugh:   Mike! You kill me sometimes.
Title: Re: Dryad Secret revealed at T&P Archery EXPO. . pics added
Post by: wingnut on April 08, 2008, 08:45:00 AM
Now Tom, a guys gotta eat.  LOL

Let me see, hints so far.

Not a thong, but has pretty tips.

Quiet, unlike most women (even when fondled by Dano).

And Flat, shooting that is.


Yes she might be flat but she also has some beautiful curves.

Mike
Title: Re: Dryad Secret revealed at T&P Archery EXPO. . pics added
Post by: Bard1 on April 08, 2008, 10:19:00 AM
GA! that's so unfair Dano got his hands on her first!??    :p  
The handy guys get all the shooters.
I think I'll just got turky hunting with my daughter!    :goldtooth:  

D-
Title: Re: Dryad Secret revealed at T&P Archery EXPO. . pics added
Post by: wingnut on April 08, 2008, 10:37:00 PM
here is a sneak peak of the new darling

 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v79/mwestvang/Orion/WEB1.jpg)

 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v79/mwestvang/Orion/WEB2.jpg)

 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v79/mwestvang/Orion/WEB3.jpg)

Teh one in the pic is our prototype, we will have some new for sale at the expo.

Mike
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Post by: Guru on April 08, 2008, 10:54:00 PM
Looks awesome Mike!!  

Wish I could be there to try out a lefty...
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Post by: ozarkcherrybow1 on April 08, 2008, 11:00:00 PM
Well, since the cat is out of the bag, what I like the best is that the longbow limbs enterchange with the curve limbs. Same riser with two different bows....Very cool and a sweet shooter to boot!...Nice job, Jason
   Terry
Title: Re: Dryad Secret revealed at T&P Archery EXPO. . pics added
Post by: ROB TAYLOR on April 08, 2008, 11:37:00 PM
WOW!!  Very nice profile, static tips and a generous brace height...not often seen together.  Can you do that with a horn belly and carbon back?  Hehehe...just a little food for thought.  You could call it stone age meets space age.
-Rob
Title: Re: Dryad Secret revealed at T&P Archery EXPO. . pics added
Post by: 4runr on April 09, 2008, 05:50:00 AM
If it's the same one, I shot her with LB limbs at ETAR! She is a quiet, sweet shooter!

See ya Saturday  :bigsmyl:    :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Dryad Secret revealed at T&P Archery EXPO. . pics added
Post by: wingnut on April 09, 2008, 07:34:00 AM
Yep Curt and we have a lefty to try too.  A very sweet 44# screamer.

Going to have four Orion LB and three Orion Curves at the show for sale plus a customers Orion with both sets of limbs.

This bow can be made to shoot both LB and Curve limbs on the same riser.  But because they are made by hand and not CNC, you can't just match any riser to any limb like the big guys do.

Mike
Title: Re: Dryad Secret revealed at T&P Archery EXPO. . pics added
Post by: Bard1 on April 09, 2008, 10:21:00 AM
ohhh a curve!  As I am looking at that picture of Jason at full draw, I am can't help but to notice a similarity between some of your design elements and that of the asian horse bows.  Was this intentional or coincidence?  
What lenths does it come in?
Wish I could be there to test some.  I love your bows.
Title: Re: Dryad Secret revealed at T&P Archery EXPO. . pics added
Post by: wingnut on April 09, 2008, 10:49:00 AM
Derek,

We love the look of the radical static tip and always look for a full working limb.  So the asiatic look just happened.

We got a lot of help on this one from Brent at Black Mountain Bows.  He is the resident expert on statics as far as I'm concerned.

Right now it's a 58" but we will have 56, 60 and 62" limbs in the near future as soon as we can work the formulas.

Mike
Title: Re: Dryad Secret revealed at T&P Archery EXPO. . pics added
Post by: Jedimaster on April 09, 2008, 06:07:00 PM
Looks like I better start saving to send my Orion back to have recurve limbs fitted ... and it ain't even here yet.  :)  Maybe I can shoot her awhile first, but I'll have to have both.
Title: Re: Dryad Secret revealed at T&P Archery EXPO. . pics added
Post by: Bard1 on April 09, 2008, 06:08:00 PM
what do static tips do for a bow?  Why would I want them?
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Post by: bayoulongbowman on April 09, 2008, 07:04:00 PM
Wow I bet that baby is a screamer.. :)
Title: Re: Dryad Secret revealed at T&P Archery EXPO. . pics added
Post by: Dano on April 09, 2008, 07:23:00 PM
Guy's and girls, this is the quietest recurve I have ever had the pleasure of shooting, and she's fffast. This ain't no sales pitch, just a pat on the back for Jason.
Title: Re: Dryad Secret revealed at T&P Archery EXPO. . pics added
Post by: wingnut on April 09, 2008, 07:55:00 PM
Danny,

You can save a few bucks if you have the curve limbs done at the same time.  That way when we fit the limbs we don't have to refinish the riser.

Derek,

Like most of what we do it has historical significants.  I fell in love with the static built in the 30s and 40s by Grumley and others.  I guess Jason inherited the inclination.  Brent helped answer questions and here we are.

Trust me you'll like it!

Mike and Jason