HH bug got me ... Part One!

[Ben Maher]

Gidday Berliner !!!

Hope to see you some pics of you and your bows !

[sticksnstones]

Ah finally, I'm not the newest guy on the thread! Welcome to the gang Berliner! You can't find a nicer bunch of folks on the internet, hope you like it here!

Good news: I braced my 70" bow up to 7" and started get GREAT flight last night. I wasn't doing bad before but it went whisper quiet and was hitting hard! (Don't you love it when it finally comes together?) Now I'm wondering how far up I could responsibly take a modern Big Five? 7.25"? 7.5"? I just don't want to over do it. I'm sure at some point my group will open back up, but I want to be careful as I'm experimenting too.

Bad news, I now have severed a thread on my bottom loop on both strings I made for this bow. I cleaned out the grooves and looked for a rough edge but I think the bow is fine. Is it possible I made the bottom loop too tight? My trad mentor thought it looked too small but admitted he's never twisted his own strings before.

Oh yeah, I cut both strings and tossed them already.NICE D97 with slightly bigger loops is on it now.
Thom

[Greg Szalewski]

Congrats Bruce, you made meat. Post that up on the pbs site.

[David Mitchell]

Berliner, nice to have you here.  Check in often and feel free to share your longbow adventures.

[Mudd]

Originally posted by David Mitchell:
Berliner, nice to have you here.  Check in often and feel free to share your longbow adventures.

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I know I'll be watching for your posts.

God bless,Mudd

[Aussie Stickbow Hunter]

G'day and welcome to the site Berliner!!!

 Toddster:  

actually aussie stickbow hunter, they are, usually loose and arrow or two and like shooting fish if miss one, there will be more and they taste great around here. Kind like stump shooting you can eat, lol. Looks like you have a few animal might be worth coming down and stalking?  

Sounds like great fun to me mate!!!!    Come on down anytime and we should be able to get you out chasing some of our feral game.

Jeff

[Berliner]

Thanks Gents,

I am going to a 3D shoot the upcoming weekend in a wonderful area in south-west Germany (6 hours drive). Try to take some pics there and post it here.
My local shooting club is located closely to the Hamburg Airport. Well, we have lots of moving targets and practice aerial shooting every week.....    
Vincent

[David Mitchell]

Oh man, that's a good one Berliner.  

[tradlongbow]

Originally posted by Berliner:
Thanks Gents,

I am going to a 3D shoot the upcoming weekend in a wonderful area in south-west Germany (6 hours drive).    
Vincent

6 hour drive. That sounds like where I'm at in Florida. We have lot's of good club shoots but you have to travel.

Darren

[Berliner]

Darren, it`s a nationwide shoot. I don`t drive 12 hours every other weekend for a shoot. Usually we have lots of 3Ds within 1-2 hour drive. Actually Trad Archery and specially 3D is booming with an industry turnover growth rate of 20%+

And due to the current USD / Euro exchange rate it`s getting quite attractive to order stuff over the big pond.

[RLA]

I had to drop down a little in draw weight, heres the new bow. Gray glass & purple heart string fallow Big Five.

   

 

 

[Ben Maher]

That may just be the sexiest Hill I have ever seen .

Sweet I Man I love gray glass !

Awesome RLA !

[GRS]

Great looking bow! Nice color combination. If it shoots like it looks, you should be very happy. What is the length and draw weight?

Gerald

[2treks]

I have a few strips of grey glass that I have been saving for a special bow. I think I might have an idea as to what that bow may look like now. That is cool looking. Congrats,

Chuck

[Aussie Stickbow Hunter]

Nice bow RLA - congrats!!!

Jeff

[Peter O. Stecher]

WOW!!!  Grey glass is nice!!!  Happy Shooting!!

[Peter O. Stecher]

Hello Vincent, yes, a Howard Hill bow with bamboo limbs, made to your specifications WILL be faster! Shoot Straight!

[Berliner]

Hello Peter, it`s funny to communicate in English here, as our mother-tongue is German. Should we give the guys here some hard time....?    

"Danke für den Tipp. Ich plane einen Trip nach Österreich nächstes Jahr. Melde mich vorher, vielleicht können wir uns sehen?"

OK guys, don`t wanna be disrespectful and bore you to death. I just wrote: "thanks for the hint. I am planning to go to Austria next year, may we could meet then."

Let`s stick to English.

[Brad_Gentry]

RLA - That bow is GORGEOUS! Love the grey glass.

[Mudd]

RLA ...How cool is that?...Way!!...I'm saying...

Those pictures are as close as it gets to being bow porn.

Sweet looking bow, tell us how she feels.

Thanks for sharing!

God bless,Mudd