I am about a day a way from ordering a new Toelke Whip and would like to see some pics if you would be so kind as to share them with me. I visited Dan and Jared 2 years ago, then again about a week ago, first time alone, 2nd time with my wife. First time it was me saying "can I afford one of Toelke's bows?" and my wife saying the same. Second time it was me saying "can I afford Not to purchase such a great shooting, great looking bow?" "Do I want to keep buying less expensive bows that don't have the ultimate fit for my style of shooting?" and my wife met Dan and watched me talk with him and shoot his bows and seemed very receptive to the idea of ordering one. She actually SAID "you should just get one". After I picked up me jaw from offen ye ground, the fire has been burnin' hot. So now I need to decide which woods to select. I'm leaning on the dark side color wise but would like to see the looks of Whips that are in the hands of me trad. brothers and sisters. So please, if ya would, show me some pics of limbs and riser areas and tell me what woods they are made of. I really appreciate it. This caveman needs a custom stick but when I get it, my head just might explode. But I WILL be a happy little caveman!
Thanks,
TomBow
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Just received this, my first, this week. Really love the way it shoots. The limb veneers are probably too light for you if you are thinking dark. For the riser I told Dan I wanted chocolate brown...haha
I just had Dan build one for me ...it will knock your socks off..I get pics this weekend.
go to his webiste...good pics there in the gallery and also in the current inventory so check those out as well.
Tom, let me know when you get it. I need someone to shoot with up here! :archer2:
Beautiful bow Snag! I just bought this one used from DannyJ via the classifieds. Sure is hard to shoot anything else now.
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I have a few pics I can email if you'd like. Send me a reminder at lankford.jeff@gmail.com
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This was a stock bow that I purchased from Dan a few years ago and then foolishly sold.
Rich cocobolo riser with juniper veneers on limbs.
Great shooting bows.
Cocobolo riser and yew limb veneers. OR! Ebony riser with fiddleback myrtle veneers.
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Just got this the same time snag got his. I shot a whip last year at Western States and have been really wanting one ever since. Shot them again this year and couldn't resist any longer.. my first custom that was made for me.
The riser wood is Texas Ebony and the limbs are myrtle. There was one at Western States that was beautiful.. can't remember the woods. It wasn't the 64" which I wanted so I got this one and love it.
Here is my new Whip, Micarta and Osage & Bacote riser with black glass on belly, Mora on Back.
Matching black and yellow string, with brown at the tips, I absolutely love it!! Shoots like WASP stinger!!
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Cocobolo riser with juniper limbs
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What brace height do you guys have yours at? Mine is a 64" bow and I have it at 7.5". Haven't had a chance to mess around with the brace height yet. As I recall Dan recommends 7"-7.5"...?
I am at work now but if I remember right mine is just shy of 7 1/2
7.5 on the wasp 64 incher
Thanks guys. Very pleased with how quiet it shoots with a 580gr arrow.
7.5" for me too.
Green--What are the woods in the picture you sent?
All the bows that I saw when visiting Dan last week were b-e-a- yootiful! Almost too beautiful to take into the woods....Almost! I absolutely love the finish that he puts on the bows, makes the grain of the woods really pop. And once I shot one, well, put me in the livewell, fry me in the pan because I am HOOKED!!
Thanks for the pics. Anyone else please show me pics.
Thanks again my brudders,
TomBow (Tom Brissee)
Email sent
The bows look amazing... What type of finish is that on the semi gloss bows?
The dark and light wood bows seem to have my number...
Tom - I believe the riser wood is bocote and not sure of the limb veneers. Core is bamboo though.
Moffit - I think this bow started life with the matte finish....the grip area finish is now "hand oil"....cuz it has been shot so much...lol. Limbs have the matte finish though. I'm the third....and most likely last owner of this bow. Nothing else I've owned or had custom made over the years compares. Light, trim, quiet, fast, and deadly accurate.
Anyone else? Juniper or Mora seem to be the limb choices but I have seen some nice dark myrtle that I really liked.
Thanks, thanks and did I say Thanks??
TomBow
Tom, I am still on the road coming back from vacation and don't have access to pictures untill tomorrow but Dan sometimes has dark Zebrawood that is really something else. I have a Macassar Ebony/Zebrawood Super D that is the thousandth bow out of Dan's shop. It is numbered as such and has Sheep Horn on the overlays and limb tips and has Dan's name on it. To use a worn out phrase it "shoots better than it looks" but if you glance very long it actually looks every bit as good as it shoots! I will try to get some pics up tomorrow.
Wow guys-mighty shiny bows. Gives me goose bumps.
Dark woods are nice, macasser ebony, cocobolo, hard as nails too. Tan woods, not light colored, are eye pleasing as well, goncolo alves, osage, myrtle.
Some where between the two would be a a nice figured Bacote riser with some darker fiddleback Myrtle. My Toelke Chinook had that combo, if you put it down on the forest floor you had better remember where you placed it!! Like a viper waiting to strike... invisable!! :bigsmyl:
These Toelke Whips are shooters! Great grips, smooth even drawing and all the way through the shot! Great bows!
Here's my 60" T/D with Juniper vaneers. Amazingly light, silent, and just spits tacks. Will have a 64" Whip T/D one week from now. Dan seems to be pretty stocked up with myrtle right now and he really pushed that for vaneers. Not sure if I prefer them over the juniper at this point. Will see.
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~CB
Nice looking woods Keith. One of those take downs is on my wish list for the future.
Sold my whip last month... I already regret it :(
There isn't a bad picture of any of the Toelke bows that I have seen. I had talked to Dan last week about some nice ebony and dark myrtle that he had recent received. I asked him for pictures of the woods and expected that he was going to send pictures of the veneers planed off the larger blocks. About a week later I receive pictures of a complete bow which was apparently produced from those woods (waiting for confirmation). That Tempter is trying to tempt me and durn if it ain't working pretty well. She is beautiful and may be mine?? After I see what's left after the bills are paid tomorrow, I will be calling Mr. Toelke. I believe that my wife may be tired of me walking around with this glazed look on my face, just waiting to order my new bow!
Again, THANK YOU to all who responded with pics and positive vibes. You guys...are my bow brudders. I appreciate the support while I am further encouraging my addiction!!
TomBow
You won't be dissapointed with Dan's longbows.
If I ever give up hunting the Shafer, it'll be for a Whip.
This is a demo Lynx that I almost bought at a smoking deal from Dan. Turns out at my draw length the LB limbs were only 50.3lbs. Although a good deal I wasn't willing to buy something too light for that kind of coinage. So the reason I posted a Lynx in a Whip thread is to show how cool some of the myrtle is he's using for lams right now. Nicely matched limbs I thought. Hope my Whip looks like this. I know he's using some black linen macarta in the riser just not sure how much. Eyecandy by Dan Toelke!
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You ain't even kiddin' Mr. Chrome! Eye-candy four shoer. I almost dread the idea of taking my bow (uh, when I get it into my hands) into the woods. But on the other hand, that is precisely my intention and it will be a beautiful thing! Can't wait. Custom Stick? It will be my first and if I bring home venison with it. as before, might have to pry the big dumb smile from my face. but I will take that chance.
That myrtle is special stuff. Hope to be posting pics soon!
TomBow
64" Whip TD. Juniper Limbs with a Cocobolo and Linen Micarta BowBolt riser. Beautiful bow and a shooter too.
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Since 1999 until this past fedruary my # 1 bow was aq R/D bow similar in prfile to the whip. It was 74# at 28" I bought a classic whip from Dan 64# @ 28". It shoots the same arrows just as fast as the very fine bow 10# heavier. Can't go wrong with a whip!
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Not the best pic... But his bocote and black limba is dark camo...I have 2 of them and thinking about a T/D...
43#
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