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Title: Whats the "Age" of your Hill Bow
Post by: mike g on February 25, 2014, 10:24:00 AM

I had to call Craig at HHA to find out when I bought my Bow....
Mine was Born in June of 2006, So this June "Just Passable" will be 8. And going strong shoots as good as the day it was Born....

Title: Re: Whats the "Age" of your Hill Bow
Post by: Sam McMichael on February 25, 2014, 10:29:00 AM

How do you age them? Do you have to specifically contact Craig? I have several, but only one was bought new.

Title: Re: Whats the "Age" of your Hill Bow
Post by: on February 25, 2014, 10:31:00 AM

Our oldest that we have is forty years old, the next one thirty eight, then thirty five. They do not show age like a lot bows do or like I do.

Title: Re: Whats the "Age" of your Hill Bow
Post by: mike g on February 25, 2014, 10:36:00 AM

They have a serial no..and Craig keeps a record of them.

Title: Re: Whats the "Age" of your Hill Bow
Post by: Paul_R on February 25, 2014, 10:53:00 AM

Dating pre - Craig Hill bows is a little more tricky and less precise. Craig is still the best one to ask but Dick Wrightman put together a good resource.

Dating Hill bows (http://www.dickwightman.com/howardhill/identifyinghills/identifyinghills.html)

Title: Re: Whats the "Age" of your Hill Bow
Post by: lbshooter on February 25, 2014, 01:04:00 PM

I have HH bows that are pre-Craig Ekin built. and have used the Wrightman info which includeds some bow builder info.It is very difficult if not impossible to pin down the exact year of manufacture of pre Ekin bows. You can narrow it down to approximate dating,ie. early 60's etc..

Title: Re: Whats the "Age" of your Hill Bow
Post by: Pointer on February 25, 2014, 04:35:00 PM

My Big Five was made for me in 1994...My Half Breed was made in 2003. I bought it from the original owner

Title: Re: Whats the "Age" of your Hill Bow
Post by: Charlie Lamb on February 25, 2014, 04:59:00 PM

I've got a Big Five from early '80's and a friend has a Tembo from the late '70's.

Title: Re: Whats the "Age" of your Hill Bow
Post by: lbshooter on February 25, 2014, 07:23:00 PM

These are some of my bows and a description from Dick Wightman's site.

http://www.dickwightman.com/howardhill/hhbows/vintagehills/vintagehills.html

Title: Re: Whats the "Age" of your Hill Bow
Post by: two4hooking on February 26, 2014, 08:27:00 AM

Mine were born between 1968-74. Still shoot great too!

(http://i481.photobucket.com/albums/rr180/two4hooking/20130722_192919_zpse04c821f.jpg) (http://s481.photobucket.com/user/two4hooking/media/20130722_192919_zpse04c821f.jpg.html)

Title: Re: Whats the "Age" of your Hill Bow
Post by: mike g on February 26, 2014, 10:40:00 AM

from what I can see from some of you guys, My bow is still a Baby....

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