Randy Dehnel

[Flinttim]

The Mongoose is a wonderful bow. I do believe mine is the prettiest LB I have ever seen.. Randy did not just make bows, he made art.

[slowbowjoe]

I bought a Mongoose for my daughter, years ago. I was amazed at how sweet a bow that was. Passed it along to someone when she outgrew it. He got it for his daughter. I feel good about that.

I wish the best for his son and grandson, reviving the Saxon bows.

[Tajue17]

and don't forget Randy made the shrews for a bit I'm suprised Ron hasn't posted.

[slowbowjoe]

Tajue, Ron did post on another site. Wasn't the kindest thread over there though.

[Flinttim]

In fairness, Ron's comments were concerning who designed the Shrew and were made before Randy's death.

[slowbowjoe]

Flinttim, I appreciate that note. For my part, I was not referring to Ron's comments, rather the way so much of that thread went.

[StickBowBrat]

Thank you all for your kind words regarding my dad and his bows. There were many twists and turns along the way for him but he remained true to his love for Traditional Archery and the valued the community of people that keep the tradition alive.

[Flinttim]

Troy, I asked Levi this and I'll ask you. Do you know anything about your Dad making some bows for maybe some sporting goods outlets or other places? I just bought a bow that was obviously made by your Dad and appears to be basically an American Recurve with some handle differences and it's signed  "Wisemans Frontier" on one limb and "Grizz" on the other. It's the typical Randy Dehnel fit and finish and carries his and a helper's initials in the serial number. When everyone catches their breath and you have the time, I'm just curious. Thanks, Tim

[Wapiti Chaser]

Prayers to the family. The first custom bow I ever had made was made by Randy for my daughter. Although she's out growin it I'm sure she will keep it forever.

[mike g]

My first long bow was the Saxon American longbow....
   At the time he only made them 64", I wanted a 66" and the company I bought it from, Told me he dose a lot of business with Randy and he will ask if he will make a 66" for me, We'll he did, So I had the first 66" American long bow....
   I won a lot of 3D shoots with that bow....
Not long ago I was thinking of getting another one.
   R.I.P Randy....

[Ron LaClair]

Randy made my Shrew bows for awhile. Before that he made a line of "Signature" bows for me, both longbows and recurves. Randy was a good bowyer and a great guy. His passing is a big loss to traditional archery.

Here's my wife and I hunting together with a couple Saxon bows.

   

[Ron LaClair]

Tim, "Wisemans Frontier" was owned by Larry Wiseman. It was a small black powder and traditional archery shop here in Michigan. Randy made bows for them for a time.

[Flinttim]

Cool, thanks Ron. Knowing a bow's story is always a fun thing.

[Ron LaClair]

Tim, I emailed you a little more info about your bow.

[Tajue17]

Originally posted by slowbowjoe:
Tajue, Ron did post on another site. Wasn't the kindest thread over there though.

thanks slowbowjoe,, this is belated to your reply to me because Ron posted just above this post but my original post above was not a dig towards Ron but more to the fact I was wondering if Ron even knew yet, Randy made some shrews so I figured there might be more of a personal connection.

[slowbowjoe]

Understood, Tajue.

[Terry Green]

Godspeed. ....prayers for the family