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HH bug got me ... Part One!

Started by longbowben, January 07, 2011, 01:08:00 PM

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Ben Maher

Ron ... put me down as ya first order !
" All that is gold does not glitter , not all those who wander are lost "
J.R.R TOLKIEN

Ron LaClair

Thanks Ben, would you settle for 2nd? I got the first order a couple hours ago.   :readit:     ............... :campfire:
We live in the present, we dream of the future, but we learn eternal truths from the past
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.
Life is like a wet sponge, you gotta squeeze it until you get every drop it has to offer

bc

Ron emailed me Charlie's post. Truth is, Charlie's had bow building burning in his heart for a long time - Ron and I simply threw a few more logs on the fire. Good on ya Charlie, I'm proud of you.

bc

ChrisM

Yep I got the order first  :bigsmyl:   Now I just need to get with Ron and see what kinda wood and glass and such he plans on using.  I thinkn I will really like the "2X4" handle.  Can't hardly wait.
Gods greatest command:  Love your neighbor as you love yourself.

Steve Clandinin

Cant wait to see this!Carry on Ron!LOL
Quote from Howard Hill.( Whenever he taught someone to shoot) "Son make up your mind right now if you want to target shoot or hunt as theres a world of differance between the two"

2treks

Dawg gone it Brian is that you? Longtime no see brother. I hope all is great with you and yours. I guess it is fitting to say that you,Brian Cole, sold me my first "Real" Longbow after I got out of the U.S.Navy. A slim and trim 76# Tim Meigs Hill style Longbow with about 3" of setback. Mr.Ron sold me my #2 Real bow,A wee little bugger called a "Shrew".More easy to shoot at 63# I THANK YOU both,Kindly.
Charlie(as my old friends call me).
C.A.Deshler
United States Navy.
1986-1990


"Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter."
~ Francis Chan

Nate Steen .

Ron,

what an itch to scratch!  That's the spirit:)  after seeing bows produced and named after other Hill enthusiasts,  it'd be neat to see a model line named after Mr. John Lee....."Lee Special"  or something like....  He along with you have done alot for keeping the straight-stick flame flickering.

there's something about the simplicity of the Hill longbow that holds it's allure with us....

there's new life in the Hill thread!   a new bug has bitten!  :thumbsup:

Nate Steen .

When Ron's puts up his classy straight-stick photos, it reminds me of the photos I was struck with so many years ago, which fanned my Hillstyle flame.....   guess who?





Nate

Ben Maher

Nate ... that top photo of John Schulz is one of my all time favourites ... Saw it in a copy of Archers Digest years back .

Nice one !

If I can get in early and get me a Shrew Hill style my collection will be near complete .
At present I have
4 Howard Hill
2 Belcher Union Jacks
1 Northern Mist
1 Dave Miller

I need these to complete my straightb limb collection ...
*1 Sunset Hill    :coffee:    
*1 Shrew Hill    :goldtooth:  
*To find my original Schulz lefty that I sold or a replacement    :dunno:  
* Tim Meigs
* Frank San Marco
" All that is gold does not glitter , not all those who wander are lost "
J.R.R TOLKIEN

Ron LaClair

Nate, you put a smile on my face, thank you.   :D
We live in the present, we dream of the future, but we learn eternal truths from the past
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.
Life is like a wet sponge, you gotta squeeze it until you get every drop it has to offer

SAM E. STEPHENS

You guys have gave me the itch , I got a signed  by Howard Hill first edition of      
( Hunting The Hard Way )about 10 years ago from an old fellow and read it again in the last few days. So now I found me a Big 5 that is on the way should have it in a week or so , Im sure I will have questions it is all yalls doing is what I am telling the wife,,,,,,Sam,,,,,,
HUNT OLD SCHOOL

Mudd

It can be very hard to keep one's tongue at times...lol

I wish I had come to the knowledge of what Hills and/or Hill style bows do for my psyche sooner than I did...Oh never mind that.. no time for regrets when the future is ahead of me.

Thanks to those who share so much with the rest of us novices.

God bless,Mudd
Trying to make a difference
Psalm 37:4
Roy L "Mudd" Williams
TGMM- Family Of The Bow
Archery isn't something I do, it's who I am!
The road to "Sherwood" makes for an awesome journey.

dragonheart

Welcome aboard Sam!  There is nothing like shooting a Hill style bow at game animals.  Once you take game with a straight stick it will be hard to go back.
Longbows & Short Shots

dragonheart

The photos on this thread are great.  There is nothing that comes close to the allure of the long straight stick.  Laclair, Schulz, Hill, it gets you excited about the archery all over again. I think it sturs up the roots of the longbowman in each of us.
Longbows & Short Shots

Nate Steen .

Ron,  you've put a smile on my face and a dream in my heart many times over the years starting back in the 80s.  I'm very glad to have you back 'in the thick of things'...  :clapper:  
thank you, sir....

Nate

You think the guy in the t-shirt has enough arm for that 'Big Enough' bow.

Looper

Ron, have you ever built any Hill-style bows? If not, I, for one, would like to see your interpretation.

David Mitchell

looper, I remember seeing a longbow called the "LaClair Special".  I don't know who made it but it was a Hill style longbow.
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Overspined


Ron LaClair

QuoteRon, have you ever built any Hill-style bows? If not, I, for one, would like to see your interpretation  
My interpretation would be a bow in the style that Howard built with the narrow wedge type grip, like John Lee makes now.

   
   

     
Quotelooper, I remember seeing a longbow called the "LaClair Special". I don't know who made it but it was a Hill style longbow.  
David, the "LaClair Special" that was made for me by Saxon Archery was a longbow but it was not a Hill style bow.
We live in the present, we dream of the future, but we learn eternal truths from the past
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.
Life is like a wet sponge, you gotta squeeze it until you get every drop it has to offer


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