Love this Bow! Kevins bows are great shooters! Had this bow for a year and have waited way too long to post pics ...enjoy!!...... cocobolo riser, black glass limbs. 60" 45#'s
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Don't let Mike see this :laughing:
I've shot this bow the combo is unreal
Nice...!!
beautiful! my Blacktail is cocobolo and bocote.
however, i am in LOVE with my RER Retro.
Nice cocobolo on that one :thumbsup: I have had a couple of them....great bows, still have a Vortex that I got recently, that's going to be my back up this year. Enjoy.......
Kevin makes some really nice looking and nice shooting bows.
ChuckC
Mitch, I'm going to see it in Missouri. A big buck is going to fall with this one. Kenny McKenzie is getting us all fired up with the trailcam pic's
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No kidding I hope you don't leave Steve behind in Missouri and take his rer while he's sleeping
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If he leaves me behind in Missouri..he better check his bow socks very carefully :)
What a great looking piece of cocobolo!
I shot one of them, we get a long well. Yours is a looker!
I agree. You waited way too long to post pics. If my LXR looks anywhere near that nice when I get it, it will be up here the same night :)
First of all I like the inscription on that bow...we are blessed in so many ways, not the least of which is having such an incredible selection of custom bowyers who price their products considerably below their artistic value...taking a look at Kevin's website you would have paid the basic price of 650 dollars for that bow, plus upcharges for the cocobolo, the stripes in the riser and possibly for the limb corewood meaning that bow could have cost as little as 700 dollars...that is an awful lot of bow for that price...it makes a lot of sense to me to put the "pretty" in the riser and then go with black glass limbs...I wish I had the patience to post some pictures of my LXR...I was at a 3D shoot a while ago and a young lady noticed an interesting pattern in the grain of the bocote limb veneers...to make a long story short I now call it The Bush Baby Bow...that pattern, the large eyes and nose of a bush baby, is repeated no less than 9 times on the limbs and riser of that bow
DDave
Steve,
That is a pretty chunk of riser wood right there...WOW is all I can say right now...
Great looking bow! Nice piece of cocobolo... :thumbsup:
yup nice eye candy :thumbsup:
Dave as you know these bows flat shoot I spite of the beauty
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Very nice! Mine is similar but with quilted sapele limb veneers(yew cores). Your cocobolo is even prettier than mine! What are your limb cores?
bamboo cores
Just talked to Kevin he has a similar piece of coco...
What veneers should I consider?..
Thnks
Boy Mitch, so many go great with a nice piece of coco like that. I've always thought yew or osage look great with cocobolo. A highly figured mrytle is also great.
Or you might just tell Kevin whether you prefer a lighter or darker wood for veneers and let him surprise you!
No matter what, it will be a looker and a shooter!
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Just talked to Kevin he has a similar piece of coco...
What veneers should I consider?..
Thnks
Juniper is really beautiful with cocobolo
Sweet looking bow !!! :thumbsup: :notworthy:
Bill
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Ive never saw a rer bow that wasnt very nice and shot good
That is definitely some great cocobolo. Lots of nice grain there. Still one of the best looking woods out there by far. I'd have to agree with Whip. Cocobolo goes great with yew or osage.
Great looking XR! I have one also, and really enjoy it. I just bought an LX with 2 sets of limbs from stickhorse, and it is also a great bow. The XR's, though, are amazingly quiet and they are very fast. And the "let off" at the end of the draw is sweet.
Kevin is a great bowyer. He took a bow on trade that didn't fit me well that I had bought used. I had put a dent in it from a quiver and while it was there to be repaired he offered to make me a new one. He took the one I sent and made me a deal I couldn't resist. He really wanted me to have one that fitted me well and I was happy with. He made me a new Vital (I had never shot one)but owned 3 Arroyos and I took his word and I have been amazed ever since I got the new one.It is my special bow is all I can say.
Yup, RER bows belong to the top! They are shooters for sure! I will see us I can post some pics of my RER Vital soon.... :)
I'm still thrilled with my LXR. Every time I take it to the range guys pick it up and tell me they really like the wood combo. I finally took my "D" type longbow out to shoot last week as it was complaining about being ignored. It was fun, but I couldn't wait to get back to my LXR.
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Ron, that thing is a beaut!
Thanks John. I'm a wood freak. I have a really outrageous piece of English walnut on my shotgun, and a bow that was up for sale a while back with koa riser on my computer as wallpaper. If the wood has pretty grain, I like it :)
Steve's bow at the beginning of this thread has the most spectacular cocobolo I've ever seen.