Giving a bow a name

Sirius Black · November 05, 2015, 04:40:00 PM

Just wondering who has a bow (or bows) that were given their own name? I think Howard Hill and John Schultz did this - "Grandpa", "Grandma" ,etc. I have a Robertson Primal Styk that I bought used from a trad shop, and it's named "Washi", which seems to mean "Eagle" in Japanese. I have no idea who the original owner was, but I think it's kind of cool.

Sean B · November 05, 2015, 05:13:00 PM

My KB X is "Big Bear", my PSR is "Denny", my Talk Tines is the "Stickly Stick", and my Silvertip is "Shafe"

Shawn Rackley · November 05, 2015, 05:20:00 PM

Washi is also Japanese paper. Maybe it was made from Japanese bamboo? Lol

SERGIO VENNERI · November 05, 2015, 05:22:00 PM

My Lil' Grizzly longbow by Jack Kempf is " Bear Necessity ".

Sirius Black · November 05, 2015, 05:31:00 PM

Could be Shawn! I could ask Dick Robertson..

danshao · November 05, 2015, 06:46:00 PM

not really my "own" name but, I'm naming my future jd berry morning star "the drying pole", which is the long katana that legenday swordsman sasaki kojiro used in history. because to me, 68" is a very long amo.

Flingblade · November 05, 2015, 07:14:00 PM

I read that Howard Hill had a bow named grandma and one grandpa so when I bought my first Hill I named it "Joyce" after my late grandma. I then bought a Black Widow PSA that I named "Boanerge" meaning Son of Thunder which is what Jesus called James and John. Mark 3:17

TealCoin · November 05, 2015, 07:37:00 PM

I call mine Leah... So at least I get to play with my wife ever once in a while

bsv · November 05, 2015, 07:45:00 PM

sweet"66" by Dave Johnson

Matty · November 05, 2015, 08:05:00 PM

I've named a few of mine. "JEDI" "BELLA" and "Lynx Rufus"

nkw880 · November 05, 2015, 08:21:00 PM

Mine is Murphy,Gary,Randy

Ron LaClair · November 05, 2015, 08:31:00 PM

I've named a lot of my bows, usually when there's a reason to give them a name. One bow I have is named "Sleeping Beauty". Some years ago I bought an old osage stave from a man in Illinois. He said he had cut it FIFTY years before and stored the stave in his attic never finishing it.

When the stave became a bow I gave it it's name and wrote this poem on the belly of the bottom limb.

"Fifty years as a stave I slept

my fate uncertain my promise un'kept

for love of beauty and days of old

a bowyer came forth with hands so bold

he finished the task, he set me free

to be the bow I was meant to be."

Sleeping Beauty on Shrew Hill in Michigan's U P

Sean B · November 05, 2015, 08:40:00 PM

That's pretty cool Ron!

tomsm44 · November 05, 2015, 08:51:00 PM

Very cool, Ron.

I've thought of a few names I like, but I haven't actually decided to name one yet. I'm still looking for my first kill and I figure it might be bad form to name a bow if I've never killed anything with one. Or maybe it's bad luck to hunt with an unnamed bow?

On a related note, Preston Pittman of Pittman Game Calls named his shotgun "feed the children". :D

Tradcat · November 05, 2015, 09:11:00 PM

One of the Biblical names for a deer is a hind. My bow's named "hinds 57"

9 Shocks · November 05, 2015, 09:15:00 PM

Thought about having "currahee" put on the lower limb of my buffalo. Currahee is Cherokee for "stand alone" and named after the mountain in Georgia...also the motto of the 101st airborne division during WWII.

November 05, 2015, 09:54:00 PM

I have only had two named bows in my life. The both earned their name. I won't make up a name for one; it just has to happen.

My first Sarrels Blueridge is named The Black Plague. I was at Bob's shop testing the grip while he was building it when another customer came up. Bob introduced him to me saying something to the tune of "This is Bisch. He has killed more critters with a Sarrels bow than the black plague!" Right then I knew what the name of that bow was!

Bisch

CRS · November 05, 2015, 09:59:00 PM

I have more than a few with names.
Holy Smoke-sold
Ace of Spades-loaned to a relative
Autumn Hunter-bought that way
MadChad-still own
Seven Year Itch- Selfbow that took 7 years to complete.
Bubbles-has laminations that look like bubbles in it.

Aggie1993 · November 05, 2015, 10:08:00 PM

1st Kempf Trophy Hunter - "Sweetbaby"
2nd Kempf Trophy Hunter - "Sugar Mama"
kempf kwyk styk - "Texas Twin"

BDann · November 05, 2015, 10:19:00 PM

I call my Thunderstick MOAB "Two Beards", for the first kill made with it. It was a double bearded turkey taken at the Solana Ranch. My PSE Kingfisher is named "Head Shot", from it's first bowfishing trip to Louisiana.