you finish recurve?

[pintail_drake2004]

Hey gents, I haven't posted much in a while, but I still read on a regular basis. I'm the type of guy who studies things for months before I leap into it. I have searched the web looking for an "you finish recurve" something that my brother and I could work on together. With us being several hundred miles apart, and only having 1.5 days together once a month, I'd like to find an almost finished recurve, in the white if you will, that we could finish on our weekend. Do any of you gents know where a guy could find such a project? I've looked at binghams projects, but that is a little more in-depth than I want to get into right now.

To make sure this remains traditional archery related, I've included a couple photos of the woodies I made for this season, with marble dip:
Spined 65# Larch


Spined 57# Cedar

[Jayrod]

SWEET looking arrows ...congrats on a finejob!:thumbsup:

[Biathlonman]

Check with 7 lakes longbows, he's got a recurve I bet he could set you up with as a U-finish.

[attack]

Checkmate was selling infinished bows. And yes he is still making bows. Try calling Boormans in New Westminster BC.

[7 Lakes]

We do recurve blanks, I'd be glad to talk over just what you're wanting.  I have a few blanks already glued up, who knows, maybe just what you're looking for. Mike

[Kopper1013]

3rivers had half finished long bows I'm not sure about recurves though. Very nice arrows by the way

[Cavscout9753]

I'm going to second 7 Lakes. Not because I have done one, but I have had several email conversations with Mike and he is a great guy. Very helpful and he just genuinly wants you to love the bow AND the proccess. Plus, from a reviews stand point you'd have a pretty difficult time finding an unhappy customer from either his u-finish bows or the ones he finishes. Either way, 1) excellent arrows! Now I can't wait to see the bow you guys do! And, 2) Super cool idea with building it with your brother. I wish my brother would go trad, he just hasn't learned to be comfortable with "failure", and trad archery is just too humbling for some. Good luck!

[Blackhawk]

Another option would be to locate a classic (Bear, Pearson, Shakespeare, etc.) that needs some TLC.  Spend your time together with the cleaning, sanding, and spraying.  It's very rewarding to see an oldie come back to life.

[damascusdave]

I know at one time Dan Toelke told me he would be willing to sell me an unfinished bow...you could do a lot worse than his Super Static

DDave