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Title: can this bow be saved ,, can limbs be made for this beauty
Post by: whitebuffalo on March 31, 2007, 11:03:00 AM

can I save this beautiful wood for what it was really ment for or am I just dreaming.

 (http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c175/whitbuffalo/bearcompound.jpg)

the riser on this bow is sweet just wondering if there is a way for limbs to be made for it.

Title: Re: can this bow be saved ,, can limbs be made for this beauty
Post by: 2fletch on March 31, 2007, 12:06:00 PM

Naw,it's a waste. Just send it to me and I'll take care of it for you. Hah. Actually, you would have to put a lot of reflex in the limbs, but should work okay.

Title: Re: can this bow be saved ,, can limbs be made for this beauty
Post by: whitebuffalo on March 31, 2007, 03:56:00 PM

thanks 2 fletch, I'm thinking about buying a righty and a lefty both in emaculant condition but I need some more input from the gang here on if its worth doing,,These risers are drop dead beautiful and thought it would make a neet first bow build for me..  anyone else build anything like this..

Title: Re: can this bow be saved ,, can limbs be made for this beauty
Post by: whitebuffalo on March 31, 2007, 04:32:00 PM

(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c175/whitbuffalo/bearriser2.jpg)
 (http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c175/whitbuffalo/bearriser1.jpg)

Title: Re: can this bow be saved ,, can limbs be made for this beauty
Post by: Dan Worden on March 31, 2007, 04:50:00 PM

Yes, it can be. Here's a Darton Trailmaster. I had to make wedges to get the angle right, but as you see it can be done. The limbs were spare from a Kohannah.

 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v162/daninmi/DSCN0411.jpg)

 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v162/daninmi/DSCN0412.jpg)

Title: Re: can this bow be saved ,, can limbs be made for this beauty
Post by: Drummer@Home on March 31, 2007, 07:56:00 PM

I would love to get some longbow limbs for my Jefferys riser. Any good ideas were?

Title: Re: can this bow be saved ,, can limbs be made for this beauty
Post by: BenBow on March 31, 2007, 11:04:00 PM

Dan is that a recurve or a longbow?

Title: Re: can this bow be saved ,, can limbs be made for this beauty
Post by: Dan Worden on March 31, 2007, 11:07:00 PM

Recurve, I can't find any pics of the overall bow.

Title: Re: can this bow be saved ,, can limbs be made for this beauty
Post by: BillyMarkwell on April 01, 2007, 07:12:00 AM

Whitebufflo, thanks for waking me up to a great idea....I've got an old Jennings bow that is about 25 years old that looks almost exactly like the one in your picture....I'm going to pull it down today and see if it's possible to put recurve limbs on it....

Title: Re: can this bow be saved ,, can limbs be made for this beauty
Post by: Eric Krewson on April 01, 2007, 10:04:00 AM

Shot with a guy last weekend that had made a recurve out of a similar riser. He even used the limbs off a broken tip recurve. Shortened the limbs, glued up enough stuff to make them fit the limb pockets and finished the bow.

Title: Re: can this bow be saved ,, can limbs be made for this beauty
Post by: BenBow on April 01, 2007, 11:21:00 AM

There are some pics of a wooden riser converted to a recurve on one of the other forums. Here's a link    Wood riser conversion (http://tradtalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7989&highlight=wood+riser)

Title: Re: can this bow be saved ,, can limbs be made for this beauty
Post by: whitebuffalo on April 01, 2007, 12:01:00 PM

(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c175/whitbuffalo/compoundKodiakmag.jpg)

any one know what kind of wood is this bow

Title: Re: can this bow be saved ,, can limbs be made for this beauty
Post by: Shakes.602 on April 01, 2007, 12:07:00 PM

Nice Looking Riser ya got there! I have an Old Darton that has a Perfect High Wrist Grip Riser, it fits my hand like a Glove too.   :thumbsup:

Title: Re: can this bow be saved ,, can limbs be made for this beauty
Post by: Dave Worden on April 01, 2007, 04:19:00 PM

Shakes, not get, make!  It doesn't take much to make a form for take down limbs.  Just decide what you want it to look like and go for it.

Title: Re: can this bow be saved ,, can limbs be made for this beauty
Post by: sticshooter on April 01, 2007, 11:08:00 PM

Dang I will be watching the yard sales this summer. Longbow limbs on that riser would be great.<><

Title: Re: can this bow be saved ,, can limbs be made for this beauty
Post by: JiminTexas on April 02, 2007, 01:07:00 AM

whitebuffalo, that looks like Goncalo Alves to me.

Title: Re: can this bow be saved ,, can limbs be made for this beauty
Post by: TimZeigler on April 02, 2007, 07:28:00 AM

Whitebuff,

I have the exact same bow hanging in my garage, old Bear "Brown Bear", just waiting for an upgrade.Your right the riser is beautiful and it feels great in the hand.  I'm not sure if the bow can be fitted with factory takedown limbs or not, I asked Warf about it and he said that they probibly couldn't be fitted with the ILF limbs that you normally see on the WARF bows with his custom pockets because of the limb angle.  Thats not to say that you or I couldn't build our own limbs to account for this.  I'll be watching this post to see what you come up with.