I visited the P & Y museum in Chatfield, MN a few years ago.  They had hundreds of bows from yester-years.  Lots of different designs tried over the years thats for sure.

Here's a few that have come through my shop..
Sander's Swift:

Staghorn Classic:

"THE MONSTER"  Unknown origin..the largest recurve I've ever seen. Its a shooter too!

Those are neat!
Thanks for the pics!

An early 60's custom Kodiak Special I have:

Chad is right.The Pope and Young museum has alot to look at,and it all changes every couple of years.Its a realy neat place to visit.
Bill

My York Constellation. A work in progress....

YORNOC....
Nice looking bow.
I actually think they're neat looking.
In the pics it looks like there are holes in the "horns". Are they holes? If so do you put different weights in them?...Maybe stuff some sims antivibe rubber in there.....

They are large brass machine screws, and yes you can adjust weight and/or install dampening devices in them. When made, there werent too many options for anti vibe like today. Cool bows back then for sure.

That's so cool.
     

How does it shoot?

That swift is neat too. Talk about a forward handle.

Take a look at the Black Swan limbs...those are crazy!  Love to shoot one...

I knew there was non-typical horns category but non-typical bow?! Thanks guys.

Hey Hatchet!, I actually got to hold one of those crazy things! I was at Hornes Archery,Mark had it hangin' on the wall,we asked about it and he said he made it!(man he's talented!)Early compound it looks like to me.Call Mark and talk to him about it,he's a great guy to talk to.

Killly....hahaha! You're awesome.

You say radical? LOL  How about the WonderBow



I wish I had better pictures of it. It had an adjustable draw weight that You changed by moving a metal clip on the riser.

It kind of looked like a reverse Penobscott bow.

Bretto, so far you win!

A German bowyer have a few weird looking
What shall we say, Master craftsman on acid.
Bue--.

http://www.rudiweick.de/
Go to Bogenunikate and click on the list at the top of the page.

Wow, Buemaker, beautiful work on those bows.

Bue...AWESOME!!!

Those pics do not disappoint!

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