Ron LaClair estate sale

rastaman · May 21, 2026, 08:02:12 PM

What some great stuff! Wish I could be there!

gifford, MO · May 22, 2026, 04:52:23 PM

That is going to be one heck of a sale. The back quivers seem to be calling to me, 'you need another back quiver'. :-)

Burnsie · May 24, 2026, 05:07:55 PM

You lefties are finally getting some love. Some great stuff.
RIP , Mr. LeClaire

Tajue17 · May 26, 2026, 08:02:15 AM

Very cool collection,, those back quivers at those prices wont last 10 minutes when that table opens.... I thought Ron had a small stash of Texas Commanche recurves, not that im lefty but would of been cool to see.

Ray Lyon · May 26, 2026, 10:52:39 AM

I did not see any Texas Comanche recurves in the shop. Ron used to be a stocking dealer for Robertson, Mieg's, Dave Talon out of West Virginia and Saxon.

David Mitchell · May 26, 2026, 11:15:04 AM

Ray, that would be Dave Paxton of Talon longbows out of WV.

Ray Lyon · May 26, 2026, 07:24:11 PM

Quote from: David Mitchell on May 26, 2026, 11:15:04 AMRay, that would be Dave Paxton of Talon longbows out of WV.

Yes sir, thank you for the correction. Nice shooting bow and interesting grip. I had one for a year or so and sold it. Picked up a couple of JD Berry longbows after that.

Ray Lyon · May 28, 2026, 01:01:33 PM

The Howard Hill Centennial is a 70 inch bow and weighs 52 pounds from Ron LaClair's hanging shop scale. These bows were not marked with weight or length when they were built by Craig Ekin. It is bow #79 out of 100.

Ray Lyon · May 30, 2026, 10:47:01 AM

And for the right handed shooter, there's a 43@28" version of this bow that will be at the estate sale at Compton's. Believe me, it's gorgeous and like new. Gregg Coffey build except this is a one piece version.

Ray Lyon · June 18, 2026, 07:52:36 PM

Bill LaClair has arrived and is ready to go for tomorrow morning at Compton's Traditional Bowhunter Rendezvous. Get a cup of coffee from Roger Norris of Traditional Woodsman right next to Bills setup and peruse the goods.

STICKBENDER98 · June 19, 2026, 02:06:22 PM

Wish I could have made the trip, one of Ron's throwing hawks has always been on my wish list. I shouldn't have procrastinated on getting one.

Jason

Roger Norris · June 26, 2026, 09:29:13 AM

Our booth was directly across from the LaClair booth at Compton.....it was sad watching so much history walk away. I am happy for those who got what they were looking for...but almost everything in that booth had a story attached. It was like watching the end of an era.

Ray Lyon · June 27, 2026, 07:52:57 AM

Roger,
I felt a lot of those things when Ron's son, Kevin Marshall and I were sorting through the stuff in Ron's shop. We had a lot of laughs and 'remember when' moments.
A couple of silver linings however:
1) Bill LaClair was appreciative of all who stopped by and told stories about his dad to him. Making his living in California kept him away from seeing what we saw and he loved hearing those stories.
2) The Ed Scott Owl Bow found a perfect home. A father whose daughter had attended one of Ed's bow making classes bought the bow for his daughter. She was extremely excited.
3) David Mitchell here from Tradgang bought the Northern Mist bow. He's been having pain from shooting and he shot the bow pain free for a day upon arriving home. (I shared that story with Bill and told him one of his favorite things was having a customer walk away happy with their purchase and he would have been pleased by some of these stories).
Bill still has more items to sell and will try to get to some more shoots or winter show as his schedule allows. I'll try to post notifications when I can.