I went to The Archery Shop today to drop my deer cart off so Budro could use it at a special GMA hunt Thursday and Friday. Much to my surprise, my new to me Schafer Silvetip had arrived.
The Silvertip is 64", 54#@30" (48#@28", my draw length) and the riser is Bocote with a White Phenolic/Black Phenolic/Bocote/Black Phenolic/White Phenolic straight accent and the grip is checkered. The limbs are Zebrawood and has Elk Antler tips. The riser and limbs, except for the accent stripe, are dyed to match and have a Matte finish. The accent stripe has a gloss or semi-gloss finish and is not checkered.
The bow is a sweet shooting bow. It is buttery smooth, ultra quiet and very fast, even shooting my 504 gr Grizzly Stik Sitka arrows and with a 1/8" rope of a string made out of Dacron. Below are some pics of the bow:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/wlamb1647/Marriah%20Thermal/Schafer%20Silvertip/IMG_2238.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/wlamb1647/Marriah%20Thermal/Schafer%20Silvertip/IMG_2239.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/wlamb1647/Marriah%20Thermal/Schafer%20Silvertip/IMG_2244.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/wlamb1647/Marriah%20Thermal/Schafer%20Silvertip/IMG_2243.jpg)
The Silvertip is everything I've heard it to be! :)
Bill
Good grief Bill did you win the lottery or something 8^). You go through bows like a dose of salts through a short hog! That is a purty one my friend. :thumbsup:
Am I going to get a shot at this on the classifieds in the near future????? If so you just PM me ahead of time. Nice bow ,I hope you enjoy it......
George,
No sir, I didn't win the lottery. I just sold some other bows and when this one showed up in the classifieds it was the first Silvertip I've seen that was in my draw weight range. Thank you sir, it is a purty one for sure! :)
Ron,
No sir, this one won't be showing up in the classifieds. My age is catching up with me and I have three bows now that I shoot very well. So, I have no need to continue buying and selling.
Bill
LOVE it!@ I have the Walnut with Russian Olivewood limbs (same everything else as yours)....and I can tell ya.....it's a sweet shooter!
Congrats!
Beautiful bow Mr Bill....I have 2 Tips, and I think they are one of the nicest, if not the nicest shooting recurves I have personally ever shot. The checkered grip is great in rain, or wearing a glove in the cold.
Billy
Such nice bows.I sooo want one.
Wonderful! Happy shooting and hunting!
The one thing I would like different is to have a set of 62" limbs at 46-48#@28". But I won't complain about the set I have. They are really smooth and really fast! If anyone has a set of 62" limbs at 46-48#@28" and would like to trade for my 64" limbs, maybe we could work out a trade. :)
Bill
Enjoy it Bill. I lusted over it on the classifieds but hadn't sold anything. Sure is purty. Gonna try me one of them Tips someday.
Bill...your killing us....how many bows is that you've owned this past year...LMFAO
Joe,
I've lost count. I'm somewhere around 100-120 over the past 8 years. I would guess about 20 of them this year. :scared: ;) :)
Bill
I didn't think the length of Schafer limbs varied. I thought only the riser length varied and limb length was always the same. ??
Paul,
I talked with Beth today. There are two limb lengths and two riser lengths. The short riser makes 58" and 60" bows with the short and long limbs. The same limbs make 62" and 64" bows with the long riser.
Bill
Beautiful! That length and weight would make it a keeper for years to come.
David,
Yes sir, then when I get to the point that I can't shoot it anymore I can pass it on to one of my grandsons.
Bill
I really like the grip shape and checkering, very clean.
Lamey,
The grip shape is very comfortable in the hand. And the checkering is nothing short of spectacular. I don't know who does Dave's checkering, but one thing is for sure, he/she surely knows what he/she's doing!
Bill
Awesome looking bow Bill, Glad you got it. I love mine. They have very good manners and are a true joy to shoot. I wish mine had the beautifully checkered grip like yours. I'm going to send it back to Dave one of these days to have it done.
I'll never let mine go.
Enjoy T.J.
T.J.,
Thanks! I've said this many more times than I'd like to admit. But this one has found a permanent home! It and my new Marriah Thermal are fixtures in my bow collection. I have one other hunting bow, a Crow Creek Black Feather and its place in my collection is not as secure as the Silvertip and Thermal now that I've received and shot the Silvertip.
I'm going to WV the last week of this month and I was planning on taking my Black Feather as a backup to my Thermal. Now the Black Feather won't be making the trip AND the Thermal may be the backup!
Bill
A week from Saturday and I'll be heading to WV with some friends and I'll be carrying my Silvertip and my new Marriah Thermal with me. Below is a pic of the Thermal.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/wlamb1647/Marriah%20Thermal/100_1295.jpg)
Hopefully, I'll also be carrying a Ziricote and Bocote Hunter knife James Emmons built for me to match the Thermal. I personally think it will look great with the Silvertip, too. Below are pics of the Emmons Ziricote and Bocote Hunter knife:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/wlamb1647/Marriah%20Thermal/Schafer%20Silvertip/Emmons%20Hunter%20Knife/IMG_0720.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/wlamb1647/Marriah%20Thermal/Schafer%20Silvertip/Emmons%20Hunter%20Knife/IMG_0719.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/wlamb1647/Marriah%20Thermal/Schafer%20Silvertip/Emmons%20Hunter%20Knife/IMG_0714.jpg)
Bill
Hmm, it helps to see the pics. :)
Bill
Good luck, Bill! Hope you have a great hunt!
Claudia
I got my first tip several months ago and love it. I have it right now Mcalester Ok and hope I can break it in this weekend. You'll love it!
Both nice bows Bill....Schafers are hard to beat.
Beautiful bows, Bill. I've yet to find a sweeter shooting bow than the Schafer I traded for this last year.
Good lookin' bows Bill. I've gone through a few bows myself in recent years. I think curiosity is what gets to us. In my neck of the woods there aren't many trad shooters so in order to try different bows, I pretty much have to buy them.
The two bows pictured in this thread are both in the top three of the recurves I've owned and shot. Number 3 would be a Dale Stahl T/D recurve. Dale builds some gorgeous bows and all of the ones I've owned have been great shooting bows. I wish I still had the last one I owned, Bocote riser and the limbs had Bocote veneers over Actionboo laminations. You think maybe I like Bocote? :)
Bill
Bill I expect to see a picture of you with that Schafer up here near Kumbrabow ,here on Tradgang. Be quite of how beautiful that country is SHHHHHHH , it is awsome even though there are not as many deer as at one time.
You'll love that Schafer - I have 2 love em .
Jack
Bill, Dave does his own checkering. He carves and whittles a little too:
(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b351/osminski/P7260196.jpg)
Steve,
Thanks for the information. I know the checkering he did on by bow is gorgeous and is not the standard look of checkering I've seen on his bows. I love the carving he did on your bow above and below the checkering! :biglaugh:
Bill
Jack the first year I went hunting in WV, we stayed in the same cabin that we'll be staying in this year. We went up during the first week of gun season. We arrived late Wednesday night and we were up bright and early Friday morning and in the woods. We hunted all day Thursday, all day Friday and until noon on Saturday. In two and a half days of hunting I saw 84 deer in the woods with my rifle in hand. Unfortunately, it was bucks only and I saw only one buck and I didn't see him until he was running up the side of a hill going away from me across a little creek bed.
Over the years, we'd drive out Turkeybone road through the forest and out the other end through the farms to see how many deer we could see. Until about 5 or 6 years ago we'd see 50-75 deer that evening and that was just the deer we could see and count. The last two years I hunted, I saw a total of two deer in the woods with my bow in hand and they weren't close enough for a shot. We didn't see more than a half dozen or so while driving Turkeybone the night we arrived, on Sunday when we went out to scout and the 5 days, M-F, that we hunted. It became very discouraging.
The last year anybody from the camp went up to hunt was 3 years ago. They saw more deer in the brief time they were, but they were hit by a blizzard on Tuesday that knocked down trees and tree limbs all over the place. They even lost power in the cabin. They headed back on Wednesday morning.
Bill
The winter kill can be real bad in the high country . The mast is spotty, if the Cherry hits everything does well if not ,well you know the answer .
Good luck and let us know how you do.
Jack