I have had this picture of the Schaefer Silvertip on my desktop for months.
It is my 'dream' bow if you will.
Sold on here a while ago for about $2,200 I think.
Anyhow, what is the wood combination of this bow?? One day (probably far in the future), I want to get one that is similar to it made.
Thanks
(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b101/dubitc/silvertip1.jpg)
Here you go. It's in the 2nd post down.
I'm pretty sure Danny Rowan owns it!! :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy:
http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=48;t=001602
Don't know, but it sure is sweet. :notworthy:
Wow. $2,358. That is no joke
Thanks a bunch!!
Beauty aint it.
I WILL own one before I die.
Might have Blacktail build it tho.
Looking past the ingrained swirl on the riser, you can see some red around the bottom of it, looks like Cocobolo. On the limbs it looks like the Red Elm stained Cocobolo they have on their site. But it's Koa? one pretty choice.
Wow that sure is easy on the eyes!
I have seen a lot of gorgeous bows that don't cost $2,300. That is a piece of beautiful work.
Thats a piece of art :)
If Danny Rowan owns it, hopefully he will chime in and tell us about the kills this precious has made :D
nice wood combo indeed! like the "carvig" on the riser!! Realy like the chekered grip also!
I think that wood is "American scroll Cocobolo". The scrolls in this piece have grown very evenly indeed :cool:
The riser wood looks like maccassar ebony????
Boy would it ever suck to have such a beautiful bow, "And miss" :bigsmyl:
The scrolls look like they are stenciled on to me. I remember seeing pics of this bow before .
God bless you all, Steve
That sure is a beautiful bow. I would certainly be afraid to hunt with that one, but I am also quite certain it would make my fellow club members awfully envious during indoor league!
:confused: :rolleyes: Stencled on ??? How could you make a [ possibly deragortary] comment like that ? :thumbsup:
Gene Carroll
In the link supplied earlier in the thread it states hand carved scroll work in the description, That is probably the prettiest bow I have ever seen, not for me but nevertheless the level of craftsmanship is amazing.
The riser is ebony with a cocobolo flare and the scroll work is hand carved. The limbs are koa and the tips are polished sheep horn.
It will be with me in Texas starting Nov 1 and I hope I can christian her properly.
Gene,
I am sure Steve did not mean anything derogitory in his post, he is a fine man of God and a true artist in his own right.
Beautiful bow. It would be hard to take her hunting, but that's what they're built for. Good luck on the maiden voyage.
It's a beauty. But now you guys have gone and gotten me back to trolling around on the ST website....this little thread could end up costing me more money!
Like I stated before, that is the most beautiful bow I have ever seen. I am glad you had it purchased before I saw it. I don't know if I could have afforded it, but I would have tried.
I absolutely did not in anyway mean to demean this bow. I love it. To me the scroll work looked stenciled and I have no problem with that. I have used patterns myself in carving. Some I drew and some were pre drawn. I carve wood and leather and especially use a lot of patterns on leather. It does not cheapen a 10,000, saddle to use a pattern and I don't believe it would cheapen that bow.
The unique aspect of this bow is very important plus the taste in how its done. I know the first time I saw it it really grabbed me.
Bowhunters are funny though. I hear all the time that my bows are too fancy , yet we all love a bow like this. Go figure. Personally I love it. I have not carved or checkered or inlaid my bows to this point simply because I was already catching too much flack about them being too pretty to hunt with. Any way, sorry you took what I said wrong , it was sure not how I meant it.
God bless you all, Steve
Here is a bow I built out of koa and spalted maple, I have been told many times by different people that they would not own a bow like this because it is too pretty to hunt with. I say put a sock on it. :biglaugh:
God bless you all, Steve
(http://eaglewingarchery.i8.com/images/chis%26bradley/100_5664.JPG)
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QuoteOriginally posted by L. E. Carroll:
:confused: :rolleyes: Stencled on ??? How could you make a [ possibly deragortary] comment like that ? :thumbsup:
Gene Carroll
I was thinking it looked like a stencil myself...But it looks cool.
QuoteI don't see how that could be conscrewed as a stencil
It's amazing what a CNC machine can do.... you make the stencil pattern with the machine, then use it as a pattern doing the scroll work "by Hand"
I think what Sixby was referring to was the difference between "Free Hand", and using a pattern. btw.... a pattern of this sort would be considered a stencil, even if the stencil was made by hand.
good looking bows on this thread... :goldtooth: