Happy Day -- New to me (AGAIN!!!) Silvertip

[Curtis Haden]

A while back, I did some selling and swapping for a 62" Tip courtesy of Ralph Harris.  The bow was 57@29, which is just a tad heavier than I like, but I have wanted a Schafer for sooo long.  I jumped all over it and we came to a mutually agreeable deal.

First, let me say that Ralph in no way mis-represented the bow.  We talked on the phone before finalizing the deal, and he told me it had some use marks.  That was ok.  Well I got the bow, and just fell in love with it.  What a sweet shooter!

The finish bothered me a little bit, because I like a nice looking bow as much as anyone, but more importantly, I didn't want moisture working into the limbs or riser and doing damage.  So, I called Dave and Beth at Schafer bows, and they agreed to re-finish it for me at a reasonable price.

Got the bow in the mail today, just 3 weeks after I sent it to them, and WOW!  The new finish seems to have darkened up the walnut stained riser, which I really liked.  A nice looking bow just got a ton better!!!

Here's the bonus...  I asked Dave to weigh and re-mark the limbs at the appropriate weight for a 28" draw.  I'm guessing that it lost a couple pounds when he was sanding it, because it came in at 52@28.  Perfect!  Yippee!!!  WAA-HOO!!!

 

[House]

Now that sounds like a win win situation if I ever saw one.  Congrats on the bow Curtis

[MJB]

[CDR]

Gotta love those Silvertips!!!

[Curtis Haden]

Shoots just as sweet as I remembered.  Only had time for a couple pics... Back to the arra-flingin!!!

[yellow bow]

:cool:

[Big Ed]

Great looking Tip!!!

[loyd]

to bad its not a lefty loyd

[Benny Nganabbarru]