Man....a year wait and they finally came. Last February I spoke with Kevin and Sue at RER about a special project. I wanted a set of twins made. A matching Vortex and 3 pc Recurve. A year later, here are the results.
The risers of both bows are Bloodwood. A neat wood that I happen to love the color of and it's aptly named. The flares on both bows are Gaboon Ebony. I told Kevin to make em black.....like a Steinway piano black. And he did. If it wasn't for one tiny little streak of brown in the recurve riser, you'd swear it was phenolic. They are that black. Both have bamboo verneers on the limbs and both are 50#'s @ 29 inches. I left the overlays up to Kevin's discretion and he did good. The man is a flat out Artiste.
Special credit goes to Leroy Carlson, (Goldenhawk). His original "Bumble Bee", a Vortex made from Ziricote and Osage, was the inspiration behind this project. The striking contrast between the Ziricote and the Osage made me want to do the same kind of thing except with this combination.
Thanks Leroy!!!
I'll also add that anyone looking to add a little mass to a longbow riser....consider the use of Gaboon Ebony. It is DENSE stuff for sure!!!
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Sweet set-up!
Beautiful bows there Otto!
NICE!!!
oh my!! very sweet indeed.
WOW!!! Man that is a sweet set there Steve! you came up with a KILLER combo! You n me a re gonna have some fun at C-Dale this year NO DOUBT! congrats Brother and thanks for your kind words.
Darn...I don't see'em???...
WOW!!!!!! WOW!!!
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Very classy looking bows.
nice :thumbsup:
SWEET!!
Double wow!!!
Great wood combos!!
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Now I see'em...Double wow is right...nice pair!
Very, very nice.
Boy, they turned out real nice! I gotta try one of those RER bows one of these days. Sweet combo!
JL
2 of the nicest twins i've ever seen!!
Very nice! Someday I'm going to have me one of those RERs.
Burnsie
Lil' Stevie,
You got a nice pair there.......
Looks like another two masterpieces from Kevin. Very Very nice.
That is amazing to say the least!!!
What a way to get a good all around set-up.
Josh
Very, very cool! I love the RER bows and you have some very good examples of Kevin's talent. Love the contrast. The best thing about these bows is they shoot even better than they look.
Great looking bows, Otto!
Ohhh and thanks a bunch....I'm getting an LX and had decided on Coco/quilted maple to match my RER....now you got me thinking about Gaboon Ebony :banghead: :banghead: :D
Wow, you have an awesome set of "twins" there Steve. :thumbsup:
nice bows otto-how much faster is the RER than the assenheimer and are you going to hunt with these boys instead of your beloved widows?
Two at once,thats just not right.
( ITS NICE TO SHARE ).LOL
BD
Hard to say which bow is quicker. I don't have a chrono and to my "calibrated" eyeball, I can't see much of a difference. Both are quick shooters and very quiet.
I still have all the Widders but I believe I'll be hunting with a longbow this year. Not sure which one yet but I'm leaning towards a Kanati that I had made for me this winter.
Them's nice, fer sure!!
Nice pair of bows, looks like Kevin did it again, a true craftsman.