Welcome :wavey:
www.talltinesarchery.com (http://www.talltinesarchery.com)
Good deal Brian. I can't wait for my new take-down. It should arrive any day now. Mike
WoW! Great Looking bows.
Welcome.. :campfire:
Welcome!!
Very nice looking bear and buck on the bowyer page.
Sweet!! :thumbsup:
Really nice stuff Brian, one of these days I am going to give you a call and place an order!!! :thumbsup: :notworthy:
I'm really liking that display bow with the antler tips and limb bolts!!! What kind of wood is that?
Welcome Brian.
I'm sure you will be among the elite bowyers sooner than you ever imagined possible.
Good luck.
Billy
Mighty fine looking bow!
Kenneth that is Ziricote wood I believe. Brian is starting on mine any day now can't wait. He is also fantastic to deal with.
That is a sweet looking bow! Might have to look into this more. :thumbsup:
Glad to see my buddy Brian on board. He is a class act.
It is a looker forsure. :thumbsup:
welcome to tradgang :thumbsup:
Very Nice,
I can't wait for the One Piece....
Brian, welcome to Trad Gang. You have a very impressive looking bow. Good luck
Shick
Yip Brian is a top guy, he'l take care of you.
bows are looking great!
Glade to have you as a sponsor here :thumbsup:
keep us updated on the one piece and the longbow mate
Brain,
Welcome to Tradgang.This is a wonderful website.Look foreward to seeing your website when you get it done.
Mike
Welcome. :wavey:
Thanks for the warm reception guys. After 14 years of building bows and the changes that life can bring, I've decided to pursue a passion that I have and go full time. Feel free to call or write anytime with any questions you may have. Best of luck to all this fall season.
All the best to you!
By the looks of the bows from your webpage, and the comments here on this thread, your future looks promising!
chris <><
Great looking bow!
I met Brian a couple years ago thru TradGang. I read about his Grizzly hunt with his "home made" bows in one of the magazines and it inspired me quite a bit. I wanted to build my own bow and he was kind enough to answer my questions. I eventually stopped in to see him and boy am I happy I did. He is a good man and now a good friend!
On my first visit, we went out and did some stump shooting. After a while, we switched bows. At that point, my thoughts of making my own bow were eliminated and I put my order in for my first TallTines. I actually ordered two...one for my best friend, who trusted my opinion sight unseen. Those two bows are now the standard that every other recurve is compared to. The twins are our GO-TO bows because they are quiet, accurate, FAST (proven with my chrono), and gourgeous! There are a lot of very high dollar bows sitting on pegs due to the TallTines! We have another set of twins on order right now.
Here are a couple of pics. Cocobolo riser and Tulipwood vaneers. The coco is still turning a deep, dark, rich red.
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Not only is Brian a great guy and bowyer, but he is a masterful taxidermist as well. I'm already on the list, so I don't mind telling you guys how fantastic these bows are ;)
Thanks Steve, I can see why you call them twins. Even though we had never met, Brian went hundreds of miles out of his way to help me last year. I found him to be quiet, but with a good sense of humor. He is serious about making bows, and even though I made a few of my own one-piece bows, I decided to place an order for one of his take-downs. The wait was only 6 weeks and it is being shipped today. I chose bubinga riser and limb veneers in one of his first 64" models pulling 70#@31". Stay tuned! Mike
I'll try to put up a picture tonight of Brian's antler burr limb bolts. He designed and built everything to make them himself from one of his sheds. They are a great fit with the bows and I'd be sure to order a set with any bow I were to buy from Brian.
My TallTines should be here Monday. I'll show everyone how it looks if I can get someone to post pics for me.
I have a feeling it will be a Dandy.
Brian has the artificial antler burr's in gray and brown. I'll get a photo up on the site soon.
Welcome to Tradgang. I look forward to the upcoming longbow.
Billy,
PM me your e-mail and I'll post them for you...Did you take my piece of Shedua?
Those are impressive looking bows.
Real nice looking bows. Sure would like to see more pics.
Here are a couple pics of the Antler Burrs. I can't remeber the price and I would imagine they will fit any bow with a 5/16 limb bolt.
(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b351/osminski/PA090034.jpg)
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Steve O,
Yep....I smooth talked Brian out of that piece of Shedua he was saving for you (:
Just kidding....I chose other woods for my bow, but I'm not saying what the woods are. I'll let the pictures tell the story when it gets here.
I'll email you pics so you can post them for me Steve....hopefully Monday.
That would have been OK Billy :thumbsup: I will be sure to put up pics when they are done.
He's building another one for me too! The line forms just behind the old, short, fat, bald guy. BW
Uncle B...I figured you would have one sooner or later after I saw how deadly you were with mine at PBS.
Here is my bubinga Tall Tines bow. 64 inches. 70#@31
(http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff289/MittenM/hero/TTmybow.jpg)
wow that is nice!
Oh sweet Mike, can you show us a braced up photo?
Hi Mike,
Brian emailed today saying the bow should be mailed tomorrow. Hopefully I'll have it by the weekend.
I'll try to get pics posted when it arrives.
Looks GREAT Mike!
I would not want to be an Illinois buck right now.
I can't wait to break mine in come November. Brian does some great work and stands behind his bows.
Brian....welcome :campfire:
C'mon guys lets see a few more pics!! I'm interested!!
Gus,
Have you looked at Brian's website? There are a couple of bows pictured.
I should have my new TallTines later this week, and I'll post pics when it arrives.
If you do a search on PowWow for ZIRICOTE, there is a good, close up pic of Brians riser using Ziricote.
The Ziricote riser pic shows Brian's attention to detail very well.
Mike Walker,
Seems there will be a delay in recieving the TallTines bow when expected....several months I'm told, so it may be after the 1st of the year before it's ready.
However, I'll gladly have Brian ship the bow directly to you, providing you send me your new Habu, so I'll have a bow to shoot in the meantime.
How's that sound....BUDDY (grin)
Very nice indeed, I left you a voice mail Brian. Welcome aboard.
Mike, I talked to Brian the other day about Billy stealing my riser wood (just kidding!) and he told me he thinks he makes the LH grips better than the righties...you can't ask for more than that :thumbsup:
Well, I just got off the phone and placed my order for a TallTines recurve. 6-8 weeks till my baby arrives. Can't wait, and I'm glad that Brian makes them LEFTY grips so nicely!
Buckster, you are going to get a really nice lefy because I beet you by one day in placing my order and seeing I am a lefty also Brian can have one more lefty to work on before he gets to yours.
:biglaugh:
Thanks for supporting the site. :thumbsup:
"Short" left hand and longer (18 inch) risers.
(http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff289/MittenM/hero/TTrisers.jpg)
Mike
I got my Talltines right before deer season started and as bad as I want to shoot it some, I'm not a good enough shot to be switching around right before season starts :-(
It sure is a good looking bow and is made very well. The riser doesn't fit my hand very well but Brian offered to change it to suit me.
I'm anxious to get to it!
Herdbull,
Thanks for posting the riser pics so everyone can see a close up of Brian's work.
The Bubinga rightie is very nice, but man oh man, that leftie is just drop dead gorgeous with the wild grain pattern....wonder who the lucky stiff is getting that one?
Can you say billy from the republic of Texas!
Hey Billy.....aren't you suppose to be at work! :knothead:
Hi Tim,
Yeah....I should have worked today, but it flooded all morning, so I threw down the sick card, and the boss, (Miss Paula) bought it.
I suddenly started feeling better and bout have her talked into letting me spend the afternoon in the woods.
It's sure nice to have a gal that loves ya (:
Oh my! That lefty is a beaut!
Billy,
Is your new bow supposed to look something like this?
(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b351/osminski/BillyBow.jpg)
:thumbsup:
Steve O,
Thanks for posting the picture.
I saw the Ziricote riser picture you posted several months ago, and knew that was the riser wood I wanted.
I had no idea what limb veneers would go best with the riser, so I pretty much left that up to Brian. He said he had some really nice Kingwood veneers, and thought they would look good with the riser.
Personally, I don't see how it would have been possible to do a better job on matching the veneers to the riser.
Hopefully the bow will be here Friday, then I can see if it shoots as good as it looks, and I'm thinking it will do just that.
Awesome job Brian
Thanks, Billy
Billy,
Send me the pics when you get it and I will get them up here for you. Same with your trophy photos... :thumbsup:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v295/whoffman1955/DSC052291.jpg)
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wow billy, that is a SWEEET looking TT. i love zircote wood and those kingwood veneers are killer.
what was your reasoning for the short riser?
lastly, why are you a lefty? thats just plain wrong..... :)
Joe--I should send you my TT--your pictures would do them proper justice!
Billy, Billy, Billy Shipp....is it your goal to own ALL the sweet looking bows in the world??!!
Let me know how she shoots.
Allen
Alright guys, I have seen and heard enough, time for me to order!!!
Them are some great looking bows.Mine should be in the works real soon.
Chad
Biggie, That is a beautifull bow.
That is the woods/bow I hope to order after the 1st of the year.
I recieved the new TallTines from Brian today, and probably ran at least 150 arrows through it.
The bow 60" long, 54#'s @28", sporting an drop dead gorgeous Ziricote riser, with highly figured Kingwood veneers, and horn tips.
There is no doubt that Brian poured his heart and soul into building this bow. I am a stickler on finishes, and grips. I have had other bowyers back up if you requested something different from what they are accustomed to doing every day....not Brian. He nailed every special request I had, and was more than happy to do it. Brian understands the word CUSTOM, and he's going to do his best to give you exactly what you want.
I assembled the bow, tied on a nock set, stuck a bear weatherest on it, grabbed a hand full of 2018 arrows, and started shooting....perfect arrow flight, no wobble, no fishtailing, no porposing, just a nice, tight, slow rotating ball of fletch to the target....zero tuning required.
Everyone probably remembers the TV commercial with GRANNY saying WHERE'S THE BEEF. Well....Brian is putting all the beef into his risers, that's where it went.
The trend lately seems to be with bowyers refining risers, building them smaller,narrower, shorter, and shorter, and this may have evolved due to customer request, and I'm not knocking that, but that isn't what you get with Brian's bows.
My riser is one of his shorter versions, 15 1/2" long, but it is all there. The first thing I noticed was the overall mass weight, and had no doubt about the bow being stable....rock solid.
I had seen a lot of pictures of Brian's risers, and thought I pretty well had that figured out....WRONG....I knew I was seeing a bump or hump on the front of the riser, which aids in positive repeated hand placement, but the riser wasn't anything like what I THOUGHT I knew beforehand. This is the most different and uniquely styled riser I have ever seen, and I've seen a bunch, just nothing that compares to this.
What Brain has incorporated into his riser insures a positive, reapeatable grip 100% of the time. I don't see how it would be possible to not get the same grip each and every shot.
Other bowyers may be sculpting their risers the same way, but I haven't seen it, if they are.
This bow is built like a Sherman tank, looks and feels to be bullet and bomb proof....It's all there guys. I hear people calling bows a HER, or a SHE....this bow ain't no her, and it ain't no she....it's all man, from tip to tip !!
I've owned a ton of bows through the years, and Brian's bows are the real deal. The bow is as nice, well built, and offers as much, if not more top notch craftsmanship than any bow I have ever seen.
I don't own a chrony, so I can't give data on speed, but it will hold it's own with any recurve out there.
It shoots great, looks great, points dead on, more stable than you can imagine, and all at a working man's price, then throw in how easy Brian is to work with....well....you guys had better hurry if you're thinking on buying one.
I have a feeling the end of the waiting line is waaaaay on back there already.
Yeah....I like my bow, and I like the guy that built it.
Billy
Billy,
I own a chronograph and it says my 55# @ 28" TallTines is 10-11 fps faster with 540 and 650g arrows than a few other top end bows I have at the same weight...
Glad you like your new bow; looking forward to the trophy pics.
Sooo Billy, I get the feeling that you like it!! LOL
At least you got it in my draw weight range. :bigsmyl:
That is one awesome looking bow. Hopefully I'll be able to shoot one someday.
Congrats!
Hi Allen
I can't begin to tell you the LITTLE differences in this bow, so I'm not even going to try.
You would have to hold it, feel the grip, which is totally unlike anything I have ever shot, then shoot it to know what I'm talking about.
This bow is so unlike anything you or I are accustomed to shooting.
It took me a few shots to adjust to grip, but when I did....well....it's just one that you hate to lay down....I shot the bow all day long, and still hated to see it get dark on me. If the moon was still full, I'd probably still be shooting LOL
Sooo many bows Sooo little time. Sounds and looks like a great bow Billy. Those King wood vaneers are awesome.
Billy, my wife isn't going to be happy about this. :goldtooth:
Brian is still working on my new limbs. The carbon backing didn't work out so the new limbs will be wood. He said they should be done next week sometime. I'll post some more when I get them after I get back from my business trip.
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Darn Lefties are taking over the thread! :biglaugh:
Tim,
By the time Brian gets to me, he's gonna be a lefty riser-making wizard! :thumbsup:
I just added a page to the site with wood combos on it. This will be updated regularly.
http://www.talltinesarchery.com/combos.html
I was out at Rosewood Archery today picking out the choicest pieces of wood to take out for Brian to pick over this week. My vehicle is full of Cocobolo, Zircote, Pau Ferro, and Osage. If I were thinking about ordering a TallTines right now, I'd get one with some Cocobolo in it...trust me ;)
Here's what I ordered:
60" 51@28" Cocobolo riser, Santos Rosewood veneers over bamboo. Do ya'll think that this will be a nice looking bow. That Zircote is quite snazzy fo sure!
Alan, my wife is about ready to slap the snot outta me, I'm up to WAY TOO MANY bows, but I just couldn't stop myself from ordering one of Brian's masterpieces. :archer:
Buckster, you are golden!