Trad Gang
Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: Straitshot on January 01, 2011, 12:13:00 PM
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Assenheimer 1975
Blacktail 1987
Black Widow 1957
Brackenberry 1984
Bighorn 1977
Schafer 1974
Robertson 197?
Wes Wallace 1991
J.K. Chastain 1960
What other custom bow makers survived the compound era of the late 70's and 80's and early 90's that are still making bows today. I know Bighorn is no longer in business but they survived the compound era and even though they had changed hands several times were still building bows off and on up until a few years ago. I am certain there are some others but just can't remember. I am not talking about production bow co's., only custom makers.
Correction: I see where Bighorn is once again in business.
Louis
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Pronghorn
I don't no when Herb started, but he's been building bows for quite some time.
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Howard Hill Archery
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Bruin Bows, Mike Steliga Bowyer. Builds the nicest shooting recurves I've ever shot.
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Tim meigs
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Fedora and Jack Kempf....
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I don't know what year it was when Bob Thompson started Zipper, but my son has one that Bob made for me in 1991.
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Bob Lee
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American Longbow perhaps? I think it's still being operated by one of John Schulz's sons, but I'm not sure.
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I remember:
Bruin 19??
Fedora 1957
Tim Migs 195?
Any body rember the dates or approximate dates? Please if possible, give dates.
I am talking about bowyers, and or co's., that made their living building custom traditional bows during that time and are still doing the same today.
Bob Lee, I think worked for Wing during the onslaught of the compound. He later started his on custom bow co., I believe in the mid or late 90's.
I don't think American Longbow is still in business. There may be an occasional bow by one of his sons but nothing full time any more. Not for sure if they even do that any more.
Louis
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Quinns Archery.
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Chek-Mate
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John Strunk, Glenn St Charles, Bob Lee, quite a few.
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I wish Wilderness bows could have survived. This was one of the best bows I ever shot if not the best.
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There should be some of you older guys that can still remember. Most of the dates I had to research. I shot archery back then so many of the names I remember.
Some of the bowyers you guys are mentioning worked for production co's. back then or started after traditional archery began to emerge again. I am talking about bowyers and co's. that were in business making a living at building custom bows then, toughed it out during the compound era, and who are still in business today.
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Bruin 1982
I owned the bow #16 a 62", 65# one-piece Master Hunter recurve. A little too much weight at my 32" draw.
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Damon Howatt.
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jack howard, kramer, ron maulding, black widow, john schulz, fred anderson, bill matlock....quite a few
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Bear. :bigsmyl:
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Sky and stotler. Sky sold to Mathews due to the St. Louis airport taking the factory.
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Great Northern Bow Co. - 1982
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hoyt
PSE
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I have a Sky Sky-Hawk that was built by Earl Hoyt in 1991.
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Great Plains, Bill Foreman has been in the business for at least 20 years, and probably more.
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Frank SanMarco
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oh don't forget "Little Suckling Recurves" making the KT-44 mag's,, called him the other day and he's still making them...
when did Joe Don Jones (Genesis) start? he made my first custom bow in 1986..
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Originally posted by chanumpa:
Damon Howatt.
Absolutely. Some would claim they are so-called "production" bows but they are still made one at a time - and without some of the modern machinary used by many custom bowyers.
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Some of the bowyers you guys are mentioning worked for production co's. back then or started after traditional archery began to emerge again. I am talking about bowyers and co's. that were in business making a living at building custom bows then, toughed it out during the compound era, and who are still in business today.
Chek-Mate still qualifies. Haven't shut the doors or otherwise closed down for the past 40+ years, although they did make some compound bows at one time.
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I'm not sure when he started building bows but my first "custom" was a Dale Dye he built for me in 1987. Man, I wish I still had that bow!
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Just picked up a bow from WEs Wallace. He is still making a great bow.
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JD Berry 1979. And a few heart attacks.
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Bob Lee didn't work for Wing, he was Wing. As in he built the business and owned it and sold it.
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J D Berry, James has been building custom bows for 31 years now, thats a long time.
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how about Ron Fox "Fox Archery" now own by Ron King
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crow creek bows, black swan bows,monarch bows !
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Originally posted by Straitshot:
I remember:
Bruin 19??
Fedora 1957
Tim Migs 195?
Any body rember the dates or approximate dates? Please if possible, give dates.
I am talking about bowyers, and or co's., that made their living building custom traditional bows during that time and are still doing the same today.
Bob Lee, I think worked for Wing during the onslaught of the compound. He later started his on custom bow co., I believe in the mid or late 90's.
I don't think American Longbow is still in business. There may be an occasional bow by one of his sons but nothing full time any more. Not for sure if they even do that any more.
Louis
http://www.bowhuntershalloffame.com/members/leebob/index.html
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Zipper was started in 1982 by Bob Thompson.He retired in 2005.
Bill
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John McDonald (Big River Bows) I think somewhere around 50 yrs
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Originally posted by draco:
Bob Lee didn't work for Wing, he was Wing. As in he built the business and owned it and sold it.
Yep
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Originally posted by Earl Jeff:
John McDonald (Big River Bows) I think somewhere around 50 yrs
Yeah, John has been building bows a heck of a long time that's for sure....and what a bow he builds!
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Jeffery? I know Owen worked for lots of the big outfits but I am not sure when he went solo. I believe there was an article in TBM several years ago.
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This thread has me thinking, what was the nadir for traditional archery, 1985-1986. The book "Instinctive Shooting" was published in 1986 and "Winds of Change" in 1991... These two books were responsible for much growth in the resurgence of the shooting of recurves and longbows. Traditional Bowhunter Magazine started in 1989 and has been huge in appearing before a mass audience. So for the purpose of this would a bowyer have to have started before '85 and still be producing today or just have to have made it to the early Nineties traditional explosion?