Toelke Kestrel bowbolt 50#@28...now 40#@28

[tippit]

Last post from me on radical bow weight reduction.  It doesn't make any difference to me if the bow is old, new, high end, or a beater.  If I like it and want to shoot it...it needs a diet.  If I have a really nice new bow that just needs 5# reduced, I'll send it back to the bowyer to preserver it's value.  I did that recently with a bowbolt Pika that Dan took from 45# to 40#.  It's still a Pika!

I pick this 52" Kestrel 50#@28 up extremely reasonable but I knew the bowyer wasn't going to remove 10#.  Usually when I take a lot of weight off I also take off the original markings so no one will be deceived by the previous weight or the original bowyer.  As stated in another post, I won't sell my project bows.  They are for me or the fire pit.  I'm having a blast revisiting and reworking these bows of the past or new bows of the present that are too heavy...gives an old man something to do along with bowhunting, flyfishing, forging knives, riding my mustang Annee, etc.

Toelke Kestrel bowbolt 50#@28...now 40#@28 with all marking removed...kinda like an illegal hand gun with serial numbers filed off    To remove 10 pounds I also narrowed the limbs very slightly and cut the riser back as it was to low wristed for me...tippit

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[PV]

Bow bolt,recurve, 10# !!Great work on a tricky conversion.Good luck picking a favorite      

[cacciatore]

[Elkchaser]

Great looking bow and nice work!!    

[Pine]

Nice .        

[Tyler C. Moore]

That bow rocks !! An Iowa buck is in trouble.

[Tyler C. Moore]

That bow rocks !! An Iowa buck is in trouble.

[ron w]

Last post on reductions.......I hope not, good stuff!!

[tippit]

Ron,
Since I went deaf over two weeks ago, I've reduced over twenty bows.  Not being able to use the phone or TV, it's kept me busy.

[awbowman]

Wow Jeff, looks like a new career may have begun.

[Dan bree]

Very nice !