This weekend at Compton, my buddy and I will be picking up our new Tall Tines recurves. These are the first commercially made bows from Brian Wessel (TallTines here on Trad Gang). Brian has been making his own bows for a long time and has taken some incredible animals with them. These bows are the only bow I have ever shot that are equal to my Silvertips. To tell you how much I think of them, my buddy Gary is a lefty and I am making him put in his will that his bow of our matched set is going to go to my son (another lefty which messed up my hand-me-down plan) when he goes to the happy hunting grounds...and Gary has a Cocobolo Double Carbon Vyperkhan I could have done the same thing with!
Anyway, I'm having trouble with naming the mirrored set so I thought I would throw it out for some help from the creative geniuses here...
The bows have Cocobolo risers with Tulipwood limbs, the wood for which I purchased from my friend Mike Pyeatt at Rosewood Archery.
One is a RH the other LH.
We plan to use them on next fall's Alaskan Bear Adventure we are planning...stalking the salmon streams of POW for blackies :thumbsup:
Gary is my best hunting buddy.
So now you have the background, how about a little help with names for the pair to tie it all together!
Coco and Tulip
That's very cool bud....Can't wait to see them...
"Gene" & "Barry" :notworthy:
Castor for the righty and Pollux for the lefty. See who figures it out first. :D
Dave,
I am going to have to look that one up...
We had thought about something like "Brothers of the Bow II" or "Nephews of the Bow" or "Junior BOTB" :D , but that is a very special group of guys and I don't want to infringe on their bond.
Vermontster--That is a VERY cool idea!
Very fitting :thumbsup:
Figured Pull and Cast for short names. ;)
Sounds like there saddled together so I,d call them "cinch and latigo"
Dave wins. I can't top that suggestion! :notworthy:
Jekyll and Hyde!
"Robin" & "Hood".
Pancho & Lefty
Vermonster got to it first! :notworthy:
I was SO disapointed when I scrolled down and saw that.
(btw, Castor & Pollux are the twins of Greek myth immortalised in the consttellation Gemini. But shortening them to "Pull" & "Cast", pure genius!)
Thanks for all the ideas folks.
gee and haw
How about some mojo bringing duos?
Pope & Young or Boone & Crockett come to mind.
I still like Vermonsters but it sounds like I am going to have to do some selling for it ;)
I thought Pope and Young myself...
Yin and Yan..
Maybe one called "Tunda" and da odda one called "lightning"
Mark
southpaw & right-on
You know, I have to apologize. Compton was a MESS with the tent blowing down and was very busy once we got everything set back up. We got our bows and they shoot AWESOME! I just did not have time to get pics of them together yet. I thought that would happen yesterday, but both of us are a little busy trying to keep our jobs!
So, until I can get the pair together, here are a couple pics of mine. I am terrible with bow pictures :( . TallTines is going to be a mover and a shaker in the custom bow market in a short amount of time I predict :thumbsup: . When I get a little time, I am going to do a test, Blacky style to compare this to my Tips and some other high end bows...stay tuned.
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Very nice Steve!! Best of luck with it bud :thumbsup:
Brian's very talented :notworthy:
That sure is pretty.
Thanks fellers...I wish I could take pictures like Gil to do it justice. My bow was made about 3 weeks before Gary's and it is amazing to see how much the Cocobolo changes to red from orange in that short amount of time. I bought a whole board of Tulipwood like that in the limbs from Lefty Fred for the future!
I never name my bows, but I do name my boots.jackets,arrows ,knives hats,gloves & binoculars, but never bows
Bow and Bo
I think we are going to have to hunt with them before the right name sticks...how about "Ebb and Flow".
I've always dreamed of having a brace of English Setters. Sisters. I was going to call the "Jaq(ueline) and Jill...
My son and I are heading out the door to the Michigan Traditional Bowhunters Jamboree. I'll try to get some action shots. Maybe some natural lighting will bring out the grain in the riser better.
Cuff and Link
Hi Steve;
Is that a picture of the "talltines" or" Silvertip" ? Seems to have 'tip contours and the long fadeouts like on the Silvertip , which really works the limb tips .Which ever it is, Beautiful bow!
Heart and Soul ..... very nice looking bow !
Sergio,
That photo is my TallTines. I think it has a little look of Paul's Silvertips. I have had a hard time saying it is "better" than my Silvertips, but after shooting it non-stop all weekend at the Michigan Traditional Bowhunters Jamboreee; I do believe I have found "the one" :thumbsup:
I wanted to get a shot of how the limbs load up, that may tell you guys that know what you are looking at an idea why it works so good:
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Here are a few shots from this morning. My photographer (10 year old son) bailed out on me to go on the blood trailing seminar MTB was having for the kids...
I am going to start another thread about this shoot, it is just wonderfull. The big attraction is the hand painted 2D course.
We have everybodys local favorites:
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We have dream animals from the north:
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And from around the world...that is right where the PH would tell you to place your shot ;)
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hows about LEFT AND RIGHT :biglaugh:
Steve, Thanks for sharing. I have mine on order from Brian. Mike
Very cool Steve!
Great shots Steve. Hope you are able to make it to the club Thursday with that bow. I had rug-rats with me and was heading someplace with them every time I spoted you at the shoot this weekend.
I did see Daniel at the blood trail with his purty JV Outback :thumbsup: . My boys are still a little too rough on their gear to upgrade past fiberglass kids bows but the way Drew was working over the ballons at the kids shoot he'll be ready soon.
Here's my youngest, Zane. He must have made the classic mistake and looked at the antlers. :biglaugh:
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Mick,
I was surprised not to run into you...
I will have that bow with me until they put me 6' under :D . I should be around Thursday. I image you will want to be putting an order in to pick-up at Kalamazoo!
I allways name my bows based on the town they were shipped to me from. Williamsport PA = Willie
Chester WV= Chester Sandy Springs TX= Sandy Sykesville, MD = Psycho Helena, MT = Helen etc
carnal & colonel
Well, I finally got some pictures of "the twins"
Ol' Chimaster showing off our prizes...
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Here they are strung:
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Risers:
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I love the Cocobolo...you can seen how mine is a little more red than Gary's. The risers were shaped a few weeks apart. That is amazing. I wonder at what point they will catch up to each other?
Limbs:
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I think we will be going with a Thunderhorn quiver similar to the one mounted on my bow for the pair.
Those are some sweet looking bows Steve!! The grain in that Tulipwood is outstanding!! Good luck with her this season. :thumbsup:
Great looking duo!
Whack & Stack
Steve;
How about " Blood Brothers" for names.
Dimples and Dumplings. They both make you smile.
I like anything to do with food :goldtooth:
I am going to try to distance myself with anything that sounds like the Nuge would have it trademarked...
Thanks for all the ideas gents; some great ones have been toosed out. I will definitely bring this back up when we get them "inked".
Since they are both as new as the morning dew, I will think of them as "Twin Fawns" until they grow up and and start pushing things down. Ha!