I rarely find anything I might be able to shoot on for sale lists, but this 54" rated 30# at 24" popped up last week, listed by Joe Lasch. Per Joe, it's a reproduction of a Drake bow (need to learn more about Drake) created by Ed Holcomb (need to learn more about him, too) for Joe's wife. Joe is the "Bow Hospital" guy, so you can imagine the finish on it.
It arrived about an hour ago and was performing in the back yard within minutes. To say I'm pleased would be gross understatement. It is so hard for me to find nice bows that I can pull. If there is the least bit of stacking or uneven buildup it becomes an exercise in futility for me. This one is dead smooth all the way back. It comes in at 28# for me on my scale, which makes it the heaviest bow I have that I can shoot comfortably. It fits my small hand perfectly and feels great. I've never had a bow this short and that's a new experience. I managed to put all of a dozen mixed 1516 and 1616 arrows shot from 10 to 25 yards into the kill zone on my little bear target, 7 into the dead center, but with a definite horizontal spread, indicating I'm twisting the light bow a bit. There was no apparent sensitivity to spine, though the heavier, longer fletched 16's were slower.
Many thanks to Joe and to the Trad Gang For Sale feature. This is as beautiful a bow as I've ever seen and I wish I could put in the pic, but I'm just not successful doing that here.
Glad you found one to suit you.
My buddy John(jackdaw on here) has two Holcomb '59 Kodiaks, knows Ed personally and can't say enough positive things about them.
Harry Drake was an interesting sort. He didn't make all that many bows. I've held one.
I have an Ed Holcomb Kodiak.
It's far and away the finest bow I own. I put it on the Tradbows sale page but am going to take it down because I just can't bear to part with it.
Ed doesn't make many bows, but his Bears and Drakes are second to none.
Congrats!
That was a stunning Bow from a top Notch person. Glad you and the new bow are getting along!
Saw that bow at CTAS and it was beautiful. Glad you are enjoying it.
Congats on finding what sounds like the perfect bow for you.
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Capt., I hope you get the picture thing figured out but if not you can always e-mail them to me and I'll do my best to get them up for you.
God bless,Mudd
That was one beautiful bow and I was watching it and hoping someone would get it and really enjoy it. Really glad you posted on it.
I have one bow that is 30# @ 24 inches so it would fit my situation but just could not justify the bow right now.
Hope to see it someday.
Nice bow you got there. As for Drake, when someone says flight archery his name is first on the list. He spent many years trying to "shoot a mile" which he finally did. His bow designs come out in the Browning line. He left San Diego to work for them. He even put some work into their first compounds.
That's a beauty Dick, congrats. I'm glad you found each other. :thumbsup:
Bob
Nice bow, Dick. Glad to see you're still enjoying archery, your exploits with Hills have been some of my favorite reads. Stay well.
Nice Bow Dick, real glad to see you back in the game.