I see where they are going to offer a one-piece ranging from 56"-66" this coming year. The other thing that caught my eye was they are going to offer a 14" with a larger throat and lower wrist. Sounds good! I'm interested in seeing what other design changes they will be offering.
The guys at A&H are great!
I really like their bows and am anxious to see what new products they come up with..
:banghead: I can't stand it! :mad:
I just missed buying a cocobolo one yesterday. I was beaten out by someone by 30 minutes. John sent me pictures of the bow. I put my order in yesterday for a bacote one piece. Waiting to hear how long it will take. I have been waiting for this for a long time.
John remember I am up at the top of the list. I imagine you will be inundated with orders soon as word gets out.
Gil are you getting one of the one-piece with larger throat? Please tell us how this goes...w/ pictures please.
Sorry Bjorn... :biglaugh:
Snag, I'm not seeing this on thier web page. Where you getting the info on the new 1 piece bows?
It was on their chritmas card.
What longbow1 said.
Oh yeah...............on the back side-never woulda' noticed it. Thanks Snag-if I get one my son will want one too............... :saywhat:
Just send it to my house for safe keeping Bjorn. When you need it for a hunt I'll send it back and you can tell him you have it on loan. :D
But of course! :biglaugh: If it is good enough for dad, should be good enough for son!
Did you see that 40% off coupon too?
...made ya look?
Aahh! It is great to have friends!! :) :thumbsup:
Did they give a price range of their new bows?
on the subject of a&h what is the addvatage or disadvantage of the 14"vs16'in risers? or maybe i'll wait for theone piece?
another question im a short draw probably 25-26''
so for hunting would the shorter 58'' be a good choice or the longer 64'' or 66''
what is the best length does it make a difference?
I draw 27 and love the 62" bow. My son draws 23" and he loves his 62" ACS as well.
The bows come on early and provide consistent power throughout the draw.
Paco, I'd stay away from 66" but 58-62" would likely be just right.
thanks bjorn for the answer
Here is a pic of the new one piece in bocote.. Pretty sweet looking...
(http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn220/longbowsteve/66inchBocote001.jpg)
A&H told me, " It is a touch faster and even quiter than our three piece."
sounds inviting huh???
My wife is going to castrate me!
how much faster?
Well I see pictures out here already so I guess John won't mind me forwarding the pictures he sent to me. Snag if you want pictures of the bow let me know and I will email them to you. I can't figure out how to get pictures in a thread here.
The only options given to me were length and wood. Right now you can only get 64" or 66" and the exotic woods that are available in their other bows. Later in the year there will be other lengths available. I ordered a 64" 55# bacote. I also am having a laced leather grip put on mine. I have kept in touch with John for a long time as to when the one piece was coming out. I was also told the one piece performance will match their takedown. I will let John Havard announce the price, since it is not posted on his site yet.
Gil
Was told only a foot or two per second faster, but it is quieter...
They have their act together. They even sent me a Christmas card this year...now that's customer appreciation!
I just got my 3-piece in time for Christmas - if it's quieter, you're not gonna hear ANYTHING - because my 3-piece is easily the quietest bow I've ever shot. Not much more than a whisper on release, especially with heavy arrows.
Copperhead, I'm 5'5" and I just got a 58" model for just those reasons. It's very smooth at my draw and is absolutely blistering fast, even with the short limbs. I think Dan at A&H told me there's only like 9-10 FPS difference between the 66" limbs and the 58" limbs. At almost a fott difference in length I think it's well worth the tradeoff - only thing is, the 58" limbs supposedly start to stack up at a draw past 28".
(http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u31/snag23/ah5.jpg)
(http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u31/snag23/ah4.jpg)
(http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u31/snag23/ah6.jpg)
Thanks for passing these along Gil.
thanks Big Al im the same height as u and now i know the longer limbs have a speed advantage.
i didnt know that
good luck w/ ur bow and have a good new year
Here is the email I got from Larry today. Hopefully he won't mind it on here:
Bjorn,
Right now are making the 64" / 66" model....hopefully we can have the
tooling finished for the 56" / 58" in January and then the
60" / 62" in February .... we'll let you know when we have something.
Thanks,
Larry
I have no idea how that translates to delivery times; but I went ahead and ordered a 64" bow anyway.
WHY WHY DO THEY HAVE TO DO THIS TO ME!!!!! I LOVE A 1 PEICE LONGBOW!!!!!!!!!!!
You answered your own question Dean. lol
:thumbsup: :biglaugh:
How much is the one piece going to be?
James I just got a e-mail from Dan at A&H the one piece $1040.00, I ordered a 64" :cool:
When I'm not working on new R&D designs I focus on objective testing of our bows. The fact that these new 1P bows perform equally well with our 3PTD bows in 64" and 66" lengths didn't surprise me because they were designed to do that. What blew me away was how smooth they were. I'm more of a black-and-white measurement kind of guy. But subjective feel is important to me too since I also shoot a lot of bows. These new 1P bows are very smooth and quiet. Schwing!
I can't wait to get mine John. Good luck with this new one. I think you are going to get a lot of orders. A lot of people have been waiting for a one piece.
Gil
Any idea on the mass weight of these 1 piece bows? Probably have to put a few sinkers on it to keep it from floating away :)
Mike
Mike, I haven't weighed one. Maybe Larry or Dan have? But based on earlier 64" 1P longbows these should weigh just a bit over a pound - maybe 18 ounces give or take a little. I specifically remember weighing (a few years ago) a 60" 1P bow that had a pretty heavy draw weight (around 60# @ 28" as I recall) that was 14 ounces.
DEAN, order yours just a little heavier than 52...I know someone who will be interested in it when the new wears off... ;) BLM
Schwing indeed John, Schwing indeed!
:clapper:
i went and signed up for a one piece a&h and now im wondering should i have just ordered a three piece for limb changing sake.