HH bug got me ... Part One!

ChrisM · July 22, 2012, 05:34:00 PM

I'm sure that Craig wouldn't blow any smoke.

ChrisM · July 22, 2012, 05:35:00 PM

BTW Rik where is the Bow Quiver?

tradlongbow · July 22, 2012, 06:09:00 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by Rossco7002:
Gents,

Can I ask if anyone has ever had a small, vertical crack develop in the glass of your bow at the front of your arrow shelf

Thanks.

Ross-

I had the same thing happen in clear glass up he fade. I did a search on it and spoke to several bowyers and was told that happens with clear glass.

Pat B. · July 22, 2012, 06:40:00 PM

Rik, what are those fuzzy green things on your bowstring --------------

Sure is pretty country !

Rossco7002 · July 22, 2012, 06:48:00 PM

Did it effect your bow at all Darren?

tradlongbow · July 22, 2012, 06:54:00 PM

no- it's been fine. I'm sure Craig will take care of it if something happens. Just keep the email you sent him or note when you reported it to him so he will remember that you told him about it.

Basil_K · July 22, 2012, 07:00:00 PM

Random question gents.

Im shooting a 50@28 would a 200 g broadleaf be too heavy?

khardrunner · July 22, 2012, 07:04:00 PM

Depends on the arrow spine and how the flight is

Rossco7002 · July 22, 2012, 07:04:00 PM

I shoot 225g out of my 54 lbs bow - that's a broadhead though, not sure about broadleaf..... ;-)

Basil_K · July 22, 2012, 07:08:00 PM

Loo my bad.

Stupid iPhone auto correct.

Just asking if it's possible before I go ahead and purchase them.

Looks like it is tho. Thanks for the answer.

Nate Steen . · July 23, 2012, 01:22:00 AM

Trad Joe....great bow...you will know how really good it can shoot if you take off those fuzziees. Schulz took great care to balance a bow right and the bow will shoot better without silencers. At the right brace height noise will not be a problem.

July 23, 2012, 04:27:00 AM

Yesterday, a fellow that picked up a used Wesley from somewhere stopped by. He was in the area and was planning on RAGBRAI. He pulls this bow out, a 50 something 68" Wesley Hill out of a cardboard tube. He wanted to know if the bow seemed alright and if was good enough to use. It was built by Craig, some years back and in a few words, good enough to use?
Give me a break, that bow was fantastic. Maybe it was the padded fast flight string, but at 18 or so yards it grouped arrows like magic with a very nice feel. With just a few shooting tips, Billy was convinced that his old compound was dead and gone. The part that irks me a little, when I convinced him to short up his draw an inch or so and make certain of his anchor on release, his arrows would not fly. So I took out a dozen that had just finished for one of my bows, cutting them to his draw and adding six broadheads, they flew absolutely perfect for him. He left with the arrows, most gratefully I might add, without offering any money for them and now he is out sweating his butt off on a bike and in a tent on his ride with 30,000 other crazies across Iowa. I hope he has a hot head wind all the way. Just kidding, sort of. I don't mind giving away the arrows so much, but I am still hoping for that hot headwind.
All this has me rethinking the next bow that was going to get, Maybe I need to add a yew lam to that reverse Cougar to get five laminations working, this decision thing is hard. And should I go with myrtle or cocobolo or something else?

Trad Longbow Joe · July 23, 2012, 06:21:00 AM

Nate, the string that came with the Schulz showed some age, so I replaced it with a string off one of my HH bows. I shot the bow several times with the original string which did not have any silencers on the string and you are correct, the bow is very sweet, quite and most dead in the hand. I had no idea that a Hill style bow could be so quite in the hand and I have been shooting a Hill bow for over thirty years. Tillering of this bow is very sweet and the timing of the limbs is great.

cahaba · July 23, 2012, 06:31:00 AM

Beautiful bows Trad Joe and John. Enjoy!

tg2nd · July 23, 2012, 10:13:00 AM

QuoteOriginally posted by pavan:
Yesterday, a fellow that picked up a used Wesley from somewhere stopped by. He was in the area and was planning on RAGBRAI. He pulls this bow out, a 50 something 68" Wesley Hill out of a cardboard tube. He wanted to know if the bow seemed alright and if was good enough to use. It was built by Craig, some years back and in a few words, good enough to use?
Give me a break, that bow was fantastic. Maybe it was the padded fast flight string, but at 18 or so yards it grouped arrows like magic with a very nice feel. With just a few shooting tips, Billy was convinced that his old compound was dead and gone. The part that irks me a little, when I convinced him to short up his draw an inch or so and make certain of his anchor on release, his arrows would not fly. So I took out a dozen that had just finished for one of my bows, cutting them to his draw and adding six broadheads, they flew absolutely perfect for him. He left with the arrows, most gratefully I might add, without offering any money for them and now he is out sweating his butt off on a bike and in a tent on his ride with 30,000 other crazies across Iowa.

Looper · July 23, 2012, 10:58:00 AM

Pavan, you should have just made him one arrow and given him the specs for him to order a dozen.

David Mitchell · July 23, 2012, 11:17:00 AM

Pavan, you are just another example of the generosity of folks on this site. Your kindness will be long remembered. You did the right thing.

Trad Longbow Joe · July 23, 2012, 11:35:00 AM

Pavan, a good deed will not go unrewarded

Keep the faith!

July 23, 2012, 01:57:00 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by David Mitchell:
Pavan, you are just another example of the generosity of folks on this site. Your kindness will be long remembered. You did the right thing.

x2

July 23, 2012, 03:21:00 PM

It's no big deal. He helped me get on private land out east years back and we have kept in touch about once a year since. He is a real natural tight wad, I think his wheelie bows were bought at garage sales for next to nothing.