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Title: "New to me" Centaur...
Post by: kawika b on June 30, 2012, 05:15:00 AM
Was Joe's "Trad Longbow Joe"... which was Justin's "newell38" before that... pretty sure most of you have seen what it looked like before I had Jim put it on a diet (took off a few pounds)and add some stippling... here's what it looks like after...

  (http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c285/808grapplemonkey/1341027852917.jpg)

  (http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c285/808grapplemonkey/1341027661259.jpg)

  (http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c285/808grapplemonkey/1341027718956.jpg)

(http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c285/808grapplemonkey/1341027748607.jpg)

  (http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c285/808grapplemonkey/1341027730339.jpg)

  (http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c285/808grapplemonkey/1341027708402.jpg)

  (http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c285/808grapplemonkey/1341027821229.jpg)


The rest of the bow looks like every other Centaur Jim puts out... just plain awesome.
Title: Re: "New to me" Centaur...
Post by: Caughtandhobble on June 30, 2012, 05:19:00 AM
They're very nice bows, a friend has one and that thing is very quick. What are the specs?
Title: Re: "New to me" Centaur...
Post by: kawika b on June 30, 2012, 05:26:00 AM
54#@25" after the weight reduction.
Title: Re: "New to me" Centaur...
Post by: Jwilliam on June 30, 2012, 07:02:00 AM
Nice !!!  :thumbsup:  


Bill
Title: Re: "New to me" Centaur...
Post by: riverrat 2 on June 30, 2012, 07:58:00 AM
Congrats Kawika b! I love the way your riser is laminated. never seen another Centaur that looks like that. Have fun with it,Aloha,rat'
Title: Re: "New to me" Centaur...
Post by: newell38 on June 30, 2012, 10:09:00 AM
Awesome! Looks familiar! Shot a doe with that bow a week after I got it...glad you like it and the modifications look incredible!
Title: Re: "New to me" Centaur...
Post by: Alexander Traditional on June 30, 2012, 01:33:00 PM
Nice looking bow!
Title: Re: "New to me" Centaur...
Post by: GRAYBEARD on June 30, 2012, 01:35:00 PM
Pretty Bow! Shoot Straight, My Friend!!
Title: Re: "New to me" Centaur...
Post by: stickbowmaniac on June 30, 2012, 01:36:00 PM
Perty Bow there
Title: Re: "New to me" Centaur...
Post by: Shinken on June 30, 2012, 03:10:00 PM
That is a *handsome* lookin' riser on that Centaur!

Enjoy!

Shoot straight, Shinken

  :archer2:
Title: Re: "New to me" Centaur...
Post by: Friend on June 30, 2012, 05:52:00 PM
Quite fine!!!

Congrats........
Title: Re: "New to me" Centaur...
Post by: Trad Longbow Joe on June 30, 2012, 06:18:00 PM
Super nice looking bow, hope it works well for you!
Title: Re: "New to me" Centaur...
Post by: Over&Under on June 30, 2012, 07:26:00 PM
Wow...never seen one with a flare like that on one of Jim's bows...nice!
Title: Re: "New to me" Centaur...
Post by: DannyBows on June 30, 2012, 08:10:00 PM
Well Done--Sweet bow!    :thumbsup:
Title: Re: "New to me" Centaur...
Post by: kawika b on June 30, 2012, 08:52:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by Trad Longbow Joe:
Super nice looking bow, hope it works well for you!
I'm sure it will Joe. Thanks again for being super cool when selling me it... I am most grateful.    :thumbsup:
Title: Re: "New to me" Centaur...
Post by: SaltyDawg on June 30, 2012, 09:53:00 PM
Jim builds a fine bow.

I have built some strings for him, and found out right quick, that his bows have more preload (in line string stress at brace), than any longbow I have ever worked with. Very similar to that of a high performance recurve.

Preload mean power, and his gots plenty of that.

Rick
Title: Re: "New to me" Centaur...
Post by: kawika b on June 30, 2012, 10:10:00 PM
Spot on Rick. Jim's design sure does help us draw length challenged folk.
Title: Re: "New to me" Centaur...
Post by: Terry Lightle on July 01, 2012, 11:44:00 AM
Looks real purty!
Title: Re: "New to me" Centaur...
Post by: WRV on July 01, 2012, 01:24:00 PM
Nice Bow!
Title: Re: "New to me" Centaur...
Post by: JamesKerr on July 02, 2012, 01:40:00 AM
Nice!!
Title: Re: "New to me" Centaur...
Post by: Ryan Sanpei on July 02, 2012, 03:01:00 AM
Sweet bow Kawika!  When we going hunting?

Ryan
Title: Re: "New to me" Centaur...
Post by: Fritz on July 02, 2012, 02:44:00 PM
Very pretty bow! I gotta say Jim does fine work, but if his bows were but ugly and still performed like they do, I would still shoot mine. Thankfully, you get the best of both worlds!   :thumbsup:
Title: Re: "New to me" Centaur...
Post by: kawika b on July 02, 2012, 04:03:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by S2 Bowstrings:
Sweet bow Kawika!  When we going hunting?

Ryan
Hopefully we can hook something up Ryan. Slowly working my way back into shooting shape... and back into shape in general. A desk job sucks for staying in shape... I had no issues when I used to be a delivery guy. I saw RK808's (the other Ryan) thread about you guys going after feral cattle... that's exactly what I'm working my way towards here on Maui. I got a friend who has feral cattle, goats, pig and deer on a piece of property. He's a rifle guy but is getting back into archery with a compound and he's willing to let me have a go at it with my stick and string. I just need to get my skill set back together... too much time away from the bow.
Title: Re: "New to me" Centaur...
Post by: Ryan Sanpei on July 02, 2012, 04:10:00 PM
Sounds good!
Glad to see you're back to shooting!  Best of luck and hope to hear some hunting stories!!!   :campfire:

Ryan
Title: Re: "New to me" Centaur...
Post by: RM81 on July 02, 2012, 04:29:00 PM
beautiful bow, congrats!