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A couple TGhosts getting ready to ship to their owners. A 56" TD hybrid and a 56" ABBA Smoke hybrid. Both in phenolic and Osage. Love the yellow and black. Could've called these two Killer Bee, Yellow Jacket or Hornet. Might have to build one for myself if I ever get time.
Quite attractive!!!
Very nice!
I do like Osage........
Wow, those look great. Really like the looks of the Smoke.
Great looking bows! :thumbsup:
Kent, beautiful work :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
I recognize the name on that Hybrid. Looks fantastic Kent. Cant wait to get my mitts on it. That Smoke has my brain cooking. Might to be nice to have a matching pair.
Nice look!
Thanks Jim. Gonna try to get it shipped out to you tomorrow.
The gestation period for my own TimberGhot is about to initiated.
QuoteOriginally posted by Friend:
Quite attractive!!!
What he said!
The sting from these will be quite deadly...outstanding Kent...
God bless, Pierre
Those babies are nice.
Oh man! Very nice! Getting me pumped about mine!!!
Well the smoke one piece in this thread is now in my possession. Thank you Kent. What a work of art. I finally have run about 100 arrows or so through it and can give my thoughts. I tied on a double nock set and put on some of Terry's hush puppies and started shooting.
First it is a really cool looking bow. All who have seen it have been in ahhhh.. It is 1 of 5 bows being made for the Arkansas Black Bear Association. You can see the logo in the riser.. Maybe someday I will connect on an old Ozark Mountain Black Bear with it. I love the feel of grip.. Like all good bows it feels like it is an extension of your arm when you grab it.
The draw cycle is super smooth. It just wants to keep coming back and back.. When you release no hand shock or vibration.
As with anything the pictures do not do the bow justice. It is a much smaller bow in person than what it looks like from the pictures. At 56" it will fit in the tree or the blind with real ease.
Accuracy is what it is. The bow simply shoots where you point. I knew when I shot Kent's personal smoke I wanted one and this one is no different. Baseball sized groups at 10-12 yards after one day of shooting. I don't crono my shots but it seems to really hum an arrow. My wife came out and asked what the popping noise was. It was the arrow thumping the target. She has never done that before.
One of my favorite things about this bow and the smoke in general is they eat anything. I can't get this bow to kick an arrow off the shelf and I have thrown some pretty weird selections at it. It seems to shoot a wide variety of arrows well. No more spending hours and dollars trying to find that perfectly matched arrow combo.
I now have a longbow that my son will hopefully pass on to his son some day. After I hopefully get to create a few stories with it first. Thanks Kent..
Blake McCord
WOWWW great looking bow!
Great report Blake, glad to hear you're happy. You just solidified my choice for a Smoke when my turn comes up.
Thanks for the great review Blake, glad your liking your Smoke!
Old Black Mamba better look out this fall, got a feeling his days are numbered.
Can't wait to get mine and start flinging sticks!!
Great job as usual, Kent!
I couldn't agree more with Blake's review of the Smoke model. I've had mine for a few months now and I still love to shoot it! In fact, the other day I literally shot it until I couldn't pull it back to full draw any more! Like when you're working out and realize you can't get one more repitition out. I don't know how many hundred times I shot those 5 arrows before that happened, but time flies when you're having fun. :D
This has me itching for mine....congrats and great work as always.
Jske
Very nice combo colors,congrats.
Well I finally got around to fine tuning this beautiful piece of craftsmanship. Once I dialed in the correct brace hgt and nock point. I borrowed my brothers chronograph and ran some arrows through it. First of all my arrows are cut 29" B.O.P. and this was with finger release. I tuned the bow with Grizzlystick Alaskans with a 200gr head.
cedar shaft 60-65 spine..150 gr head/537 gr->168 fps
Easton axis 400 200 gr head/508 gr->175 fps
Easton axis 400 250gr head/558gr ->172 fps
GT Trad 5575 175 gr head..534 gr -> 168 fps
Grizzlystick Alaskan 250 gr head/728 gr->158 fps
The bow draws 54.3# at my draw length. I think the thing that impresses me the most about this is that once the brace hgt/nock point was found I did not have to adjust it at all. all the arrows flew great. I generally wait a while before commenting on a bow because a shiny new toy has no faults. That being said and having put close to 500 arrows through this bow. I would put this little rocket launcher against anything i've owned.
Jim,
Great review. I use a lot of the same arrows, and my timberghost will be very near the same configuration as yours. Great job. Made me a lot more excited.
Jake
your going to love it. I ended up with a brace hgt of 8.5". I am thinking of ordering some FMJ since I really like the way the Axis flew.
QuoteOriginally posted by Jim Rocole:
Well I finally got around to fine tuning this beautiful piece of craftsmanship. Once I dialed in the correct brace hgt and nock point. I borrowed my brothers chronograph and ran some arrows through it. First of all my arrows are cut 29" B.O.P. and this was with finger release. I tuned the bow with Grizzlystick Alaskans with a 200gr head.
cedar shaft 60-65 spine..150 gr head/537 gr->168 fps
Easton axis 400 200 gr head/508 gr->175 fps
Easton axis 400 250gr head/558gr ->172 fps
GT Trad 5575 175 gr head..534 gr -> 168 fps
Grizzlystick Alaskan 250 gr head/728 gr->158 fps
The bow draws 54.3# at my draw length. I think the thing that impresses me the most about this is that once the brace hgt/nock point was found I did not have to adjust it at all. all the arrows flew great. I generally wait a while before commenting on a bow because a shiny new toy has no faults. That being said and having put close to 500 arrows through this bow. I would put this little rocket launcher against anything i've owned.
So speed is a bit dissapointing?
I get he following numbers according to your input....
175 fps at 9.4 gpp
172 fps at 10,3 gpp
168 fps at 9.9 gpp
168 fps at 9.8 gpp
158 fps at 13.4 gpp
I don't think the speed is disappointing at all. The bow tested faster for me than others i've owned, except for one and that was a much higher poundage. you have to take into account this not a Blacky Schwartz kind of test! its just me flinging different arrow configurations. im sure the bow speed would be increased with more consistant test parameters. The bow is as easy a bow to shoot that ive owned. it hits where you aim.
I don't find that disappointing at all. I think those are very respectable numbers. I can't get any where near the numbers Stu's calculator says I should be seeing from my bows. I question the chrono on the techno hunt program, which is the only time I've seen my arrow speed. I question Stu's prediction, and I question how clean my release is. Enough to seek out a good, calibrated chrono? Nope. I'm only interested in how consistent I can be and the relative speed difference between different setups across the same chrono.