Martin Nimrod Take Down

[damascusdave]

I have a chance to buy one of these bows...never heard of that model before...it does look somewhat like the Hatfield Takedown and has ball bearing limbs similar to a Martin Lynx Take Down that I once owned....can anybody tell me anything about this bow please?

[damascusdave]

ttt

[damascusdave]

take this up one more time

[knobby]

I recall seeing an ad for the Nimrod in what I think may have been "Alaska Bowman" magazine. It was being sold by an archery shop in Chicago. I've never seen one, but it did look to be somewhat related to the Martin bows. I always thought they looked like an interesting T/D bow, but I like most T/D's. If the price seems fair, I'd bet it's a nice shooter.

[knobby]

Dave,
 I just went and dug out my copies of Alaska Bowman. The full page ad was in the Fall/Winter 1979/80 issue. The Nimrod was available in 62",64",66",68" lengths with draw weights from 50-80#. The ad only had sketch of the bow instead of a photo, but the look of the bow must have caught my eye because I remembered the ad.  

The ad was placed by East Side Archery LTD.,
3711 E. 106th St.,Chicago, Ill., 60617

Sounds interesting to me.

[damascusdave]

Thanks for that information Gary...a very important piece of information to help sort out this puzzle...Larry Hatfield cleared up a bit of the mystery, after first saying that the name was a new one to him, on another site from a picture of the bow...the bow is actually a Martin Warthog take down that Damon Howatt made for Martin...the only place the Nimrod name appears on the bow is on the limbs...one might guess (which we do a lot of with old bows) that East Side Archery may have commissioned a run of bows so marked at that time...this bow is indeed 62 inches with two sets of limbs, one set marked 65 pounds and the other set marked 70...kind of amazing that they were available to 80 pounds, eh

DDave

[damascusdave]

And another piece of the puzzle just fell into place for me....those limbs are serial numbered ESA 131 and ESA 133...could it be that ESA stands for East Side Archery...I think so

DDave

[knobby]

I think you've probably hit the nail on the head with the ESA. It's interesting to trace the history of that bow, as I never gave it any thought as to who may have manufactured it.
 I've never met the man but as far as I'm concerned, Larry Hatfield is a living legend of archery. The Damon Howatt line of bows has always impressed me.
 So now you get to decide if you need another bow. (If you can handle that weight, of course you do!)

[damascusdave]

My truck made the decision for me...thought it was fixed and then it went completely dead on me last night...got it going again this morning but I have an idea that it is going to be costly to fix properly and I really need it for work right now...maybe 15 or so bows is enough anyway...the bow ought to be back in the *********** classifieds soon...you could also check out my thread on there entitled "Question about the Martin Nimrod Takedown"...it is a pretty interesting story...particularly interesting is the comment my Jim, the fellow offering the bow for sale, that he knew Rene from East Side Archery

DDave

[damascusdave]

Just bringing this thread back for information related to a current thread

DDave