Over the Labor Day weekend, we did a large electrical upgrade at my workplace. Contractors replaced a large bank of high voltage switch gear with modern higher capacity equipment.  I was able to salvage two of the old, heavy mechanical main switches from the late 60's. They were mounted on a large piece of black phenolic, with a smaller bar of the old brown/caramel colored stuff.  After I disassembled them, you can see they are peppered full of holes. But between the sets of holes I should be able to rip a few strips of clear material that are almost 6" x 24" and 1.5" thick. I'm going to play around with it and see if it is suitable for bow handles, knife scales...etc. The stuff weighs a ton.

That is a nice bow and setup!  I agree that 3R is great to work with too.  I just got a modsaw and some Iron Oak carbons from them.

Thinking I'm gonna use a saddle this year. Went with the buzzard roost saddle. Any body else using one?

  Thanks Woodchucker. I hope to make good on a wager I have with a couple young guys at work, and the wager is I will attempt to take 12 deer using 4 different bows. And these 2 brownings make up 2 of the 4 bows that I will be using. Wish me luck{LOL}

  Tony

  Yes TI Bowmen. I am here in Maryland. Been here all my life. I live approx 20 miles south of Annapolis MD. And I do LOVE to bowhunt with my Traditional Recurves and Longbows. This in my 49th year bowhunting. So far it have been a great ride.

 Tony Sanders

You rarely see any texas recurves Commanche or Apache for sale.  I hear they are rare but was wondering if anyone had any idea of what they are worth.  I know they are no longer made by the Byrds and the company has since been sold.  Just weighing my options for a trade and interested if anyone could weigh in for me. I appreciate it.

You rarely see any texas recurves Commanche or Apache for sale.  I hear they are rare but was wondering if anyone had any idea of what they are worth.  I know they are no longer made by the Byrds and the company has since been sold.  Just weighing my options for a trade and interested if anyone could weigh in for me. I appreciate it.

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Quote from: Orion on September 02, 2025, 10:25:15 AMDon't believe so.  A Zwickey No Mercy is similar,though not as heavy.

Grizzly double bevel is also pretty close, minus the tip profile that is not pointed the same as the STOS or No Mercy.  STOS was a fantastic 2 blade head.  Always mounted up true with little to no effort,  took an edge easily,  very accurate and quiet, tough and priced reasonably.

I ran across those Grizzlies last night after i posted this.  May get a few to try out.

been shooting aluminums since the 60's. Never heard of a  "seam".