Also, if you ever get a chance to visit his shop, you will not believe how clinical it is...CLEAN AS A WHISTLE. And this brother is a fly fishing master as well.

Thank you Felix. I hope to show it to you in person one of these days.

I everything will align it is for November!

Will, that would be very interesting to hear how Dale got started. Like I said I am not sure of the whole story, it's just the story I heard.

I think Dick Robertson started building bows in the late 70's or early 80's.

Dale was self taught on building bows and being a perfectionist as a craftsman helped.  Dick Robertson I am sure had words of encouragement for mr. Dye.  The is an interview in TBM from a very long time ago.  Both bowyers are masters of there craft and have some of the nicest bows I've seen.

Dick Robertson and I are good friends, Dick lived about two miles from me. He started in the bow biz about 6mo. before I did and we swaped Idea's (traiding secrets). I nerver taught Dick or he never tought me. We kinda stumbled through it on our own. Dale E. Dye

Wow,
          A word from the Man Himself.. Now that's Legendary and good to see you are on here Mr. Dye...Welcome Sir...
About 10 years ago I saw a one piece of yours sold to a friend of mine for $65.00...Had a fella's name "Tom Sawyer" as I recall and it was a one piece I believe that was late 80's early 90's.More like 86 or 87 I think..Mr. Dye doe's that one ring a bell? I tried to buy that bow and almost had a Loggy Bouyou tree stand swapped for it but the guy wised up and kept it....I just remembered the name Tom Sawyer was on it was all.... Nice looking one piece and I know he only paid $65.00 for it from a boilermaker ...The guy needed the cash really bad....

All I can say is wow.

I talked to Dale earlier in the day and told him of this thread. The notion interested him. He is 75 now and still "making sawdust" as he told me. He sounded great and very enthusiastic

Brethren, whoever had the insight to post this deserves credit for recognizing the importance of key individuals of our past. KUDOS. Let us not forget that we are indebted to some living legends.

I just ordered another bow from Mr. Dale because of this little exercise...due next year.  Thanks!

That was like seeing the BIGGEST BUCK you ever seen and he vanished back into the deep woods never to be seen again...Where was he hiding all this time and just 2 posts  

Great looking bows!  I just have to ask the question, what are medicine points?  They are very decorative, but a search on the web yielded zero results.  I've noticed several bowyers offer them, but I think Dale is perhaps the most noted.

Obviously they are phenolic or a polymer of some type, but it stumps me how they would be placed into the riser.

Thanks,

~CB

Wonderful man, call him, talk to him and discuss ideas and thoughts.
Would love to visit him some day or better yet pick up my new Medicine Point coming very, very soon.

Thank you Mr. Dye, for such a wonderful bow to shoot.

Great to hear it from the man himself. Thanks for sharing Dale. Dale's bows are works of art that shoot even better than they look. I will post some pic's of my dye's when I get some good pic's taken.

I have a 62 inch, 55# @ 28, non-ff Dale Dye.  Everyone that shoots it comments on the smoothness and how quiet it is.  The cast never ceases to amaze me.  I have to shoot a few out of it each time to re-train my brain after the Silvertips.

D.P.

Tom Sawyer- I looked him up, 1987 he paid 178.00 for the bow and I delevered it July of that year. I made 7 bows a month, now I make Two and have more free time.

Dale,

Good to see you here, are you going to make the MBA banquet later this month?

I have been trying to avoid this thread, it brings out one of my definitions of agony.

Dale once made me a one piece with Medicine Points, he rushed my order, it was only a twenty one month wait.  Unfortunately, I developed shoulder problems that required surgery during the wait and was unable to shoot the bow when it arrived.  As the shoulder wouldn't heal I switched to left-handed for three years.  Four years after ordering the bow, two years after receiving it, I still wasn't able to fully draw the 60#'s and the likely-hood ever doing so was slim.  Ended up selling the bow without ever shooting it at full draw.  As fate happens, the shoulder got better a year later and I was/am back to shooting 60# regularly.  

Go figure, sometimes it's not ment to happen.

If anyone reads this post and owns a dale dye and lives near north alabama or will be attending the Howard hill shoot in Birmingham alabama in may please let me shoot your bow! Id love to own one!

Back TTT for Dale's amazing bows.

Dale, great to see you posting. I am friends with Marvin Heath. I know he's owned A LOT of your bows over the years.   BILL

Here is mine, just got it in and I love it.