JD Berry North Star "Annapurna"

JDBerry · December 09, 2013, 08:50:00 PM

jsweka, it would be nice if I did It that way, but it does not work like that. Glass change, tapers change, lay up changes, And you think backwards...lol...Semaj

jsweka · December 09, 2013, 08:57:00 PM

James - I thought it might not be that simple. I get cornfused just making a left handed bow let alone one where the limbs are bending the wrong way in relation to the handle

Awesome looking bows and I'd love to try one someday.

Bowitis · December 09, 2013, 09:18:00 PM

Rob, Have you shot it much yet?

I would love to hear what your thoughts are on it.

JDBerry · December 09, 2013, 09:37:00 PM

jaweka, Now that's what Im talking about, Is not the" wrong way in relation to the handle" But the right way in relation to the handle..LOL;.....James

Hermon · December 09, 2013, 10:11:00 PM

James- can you answer this?

QuoteOriginally posted by Hermon:

QuoteOriginally posted by Moots:

I am curious about the wedges between the lams in the riser section. What does that do for the bow? Don't recall ever seeing these before. [/b]

JDBerry · December 09, 2013, 10:46:00 PM

Mr Hermon, I started doing that in the late 80s. Come up with the fadeouts thinking it help with the butt joints, Cant say it helped, But it looks really cool!....James

arrow flynn · December 09, 2013, 11:00:00 PM

absolutely stunning james!

JDBerry · December 10, 2013, 12:13:00 AM

Thanks Bob, been meaning to give you a call

Flying Dutchman · December 10, 2013, 05:24:00 AM

Rob, you are da man! Congrats on a fantastic bow. A shooter and a looker, who could ask for more!

katman · December 10, 2013, 06:40:00 AM

"Come up with the fadeouts thinking it help with the butt joints, Cant say it helped, But it looks really cool!."

Love the looks in the riser with the dual fades as well as the tips with the double wedges, and encasement is really cool. Just as James was describing it while I drooled over the phone, now my keyboard needs cleaned.

Enjoy that beauty moots and thanks for letting us have a peak at some mighty fine work. Get to work now James, no doodling around in the shop, lol.

Hermon · December 10, 2013, 08:57:00 AM

QuoteOriginally posted by JDBerry:
Mr Hermon, I started doing that in the late 80s. Come up with the fadeouts thinking it help with the butt joints, Cant say it helped, But it looks really cool!....James

Thanks for the response sir!

lone hunter · December 10, 2013, 09:30:00 AM

Thanks for clearing that up Brian.

Caboo · December 10, 2013, 03:27:00 PM

Sweet looking bow Moots. I've got a 66" 53.5#@28" Morning Star that is almost the same. Only difference is mine has a cocobolo riser and Hersey chocolate glass. Love my Morning Star and they don't come any better than J.D.. He's an artist who gives amazing attention to detail and just a darn good down to earth guy with a great sense of humor.

Chromebuck · December 10, 2013, 03:37:00 PM

You couldn't give artistic freedom to a more deserving bowyer!

Moots · December 10, 2013, 06:41:00 PM

Bowitis, it's a good shooter. I have shot JD Berry's Morning Star and North Star. I haven't shot his Vixen.

I have owned about four HHA bows and a Miller Old Tom. They were all fine bows, but I think James' bows are at the top of this group.

James, glad to see you have joined the thread!

Rob

JDBerry · December 10, 2013, 10:32:00 PM

Katmam, good news, warming up, time to go to work. Moots really glad you like your bow, it has a nice feel to it...James

DaveT1963 · December 11, 2013, 08:21:00 AM

My vixen has accounted for two whitetails this year. A small 7pt buck at 26 yards and a doe at 23 yards. Don't see how a bow could shoot any better then a vixen but I guess I'll find out in Jan when I visit my daughter... who just happens to live right down the block from James.

James I will be there 19-24 Jan so I hop0e you are in town those dates?

Sixby · December 11, 2013, 06:59:00 PM

Those thin wedges look cool.
Have you thought about extending them out as a power lam? I really like the thin double tip wedges too. Nice job there and out of the box thinking.
super nice bow!! But then as they say, I expect that with your bows.

God bless, steve

December 12, 2013, 01:32:00 AM

I wonder if a reversed powerlam would change the personality quite a bit. If carried to an extreme that could put the tendency to put an isolated hinge into the limb action similar to a static recurve. That could make the bow more sensitive to draw variations. One thing Hills bows always had was a smooth round bend at brace and full draw.

JDBerry · December 12, 2013, 12:27:00 PM

Dave1963, bring your coat its cold in the shop and be ready for Pluto(230lb Great Dane) to bug you a lot. Sixby, I think by extending the fadouts it would throw the American out of balance. Best place it is in the middle of bow preformane as Pavan says. PS really like your bows! .....James