HH bug got me ... Part One!

[tradlongbow]

Marco-

I sent you a pm.

Jesse-

Beautiful bow, how many lams are in the limbs?

Darren

[swampthing]

4 lams Darren.

[Rossco7002]

Swampthing,

That's nice looking! Who made it and what are the specs?

[toddster]

well shot another doe last night with a howard hill head, found her today.  I must not be getting them as sharp as the i thought.  I didn't get a pass thru, which I did with Ace from the same bow.  On good note, Nate made me one great meat gathering stick.

[Oliverstacy]

Originally posted by tradlongbow:
Phillip-

The Cocobola riser looks really good between the Osage limbs, congrats

Darren

+1...love the contrast!

Josh

[swampthing]

That is a custom Miller Longbow. "The Hawk" model, 66", no glass, all bamboo, with a Myrtle riser and a gloss finish. With 8.5gpp it is silent!

[mikebiz]

The Miller "Hawk" is the concave/convex no glass model, correct?  How do you like the CC/CV compared to other flat lamination bows?  I'm hoping to order a CC/CV "Expedition" early next year.

[flint kemper]

Jesse, the good stuff Right? Mike, slightly stiffer draw in my opinion due to the Concave/Convex, quicker to me as well. And yes the Hawk is no glass CC/CV. Get in line they are popular bows.

[EastTexasRedneck]

Thanks Guys. I was really pleased with the way the bow came out. I knew that Craig and co. don't make ugly bows, but it surpassed my expectations. I feel like a kid on Christmas morning. Swampthing, that is a NICE bow.

[swampthing]

You know it Flint. Madake on through.  Yes it is stiffer, ridiculous to string, but once you got it, man it puts out an arrow. All the speed of a glass bow, but none of the glass induced thump.

[flint kemper]

I saw one with Tonkin he built as well. SWEET. Just like Howard built and shot. My dream bow.

[swampthing]

I can't imagine stringing Howard's 84# version! Not without "assistance."   :mad:

[flint kemper]

I think after talking with David what Howard was trying to accomplish and he did it with Concave/Convex.

[swampthing]

His personal, laminated bamboo ones of course, bows had it. Glass or not.
   Aside from the speed increase from the stiffer limb, I can feel that the bow wants to be pulled straight and true, kind of like the limbs force themselves straight. Much stiffer side to side. Talk about a stable limb. On an 84#er I know I would not be able to torque the string, not to mention draw it right now. ha ha

[flint kemper]

Yes you are correct. Alot more go into these bows than people know. They had it going on is  all I can say.

[Nate Steen .]

due to the thicker nature of the all natural limb, you have more torque resistence.  With the addition of fiberglass, you can go to a flatter limb, which isn't as torque-proof.  The old bows that had glass added to them had very thin glass, so the limb could remain thick....  that's one of the secrets of a thick, hill style bow.

[flint kemper]

Nate and the fact that it was woven glass and formed to the limb as well to go over the nodes not the flat stuff used now.

[Red Tailed Hawk]

Just when I think I might be getting reformed you guys have to post pics of amazingly beautiful bows.

Congrats on the new bows guy's. I know they shoot even better than they look.

[Rossco7002]

That all bamboo and myrtle with the rust colored grip is fantastic looking. Depending on where the 'real' draw weight ends up on the Half Breed I've got on order I may well consider getting myself in line for one of those CC/CV beauties in the New Year.....

[mikebiz]

I have heard that David makes his own glass to add to the belly side of the CC/CV bows because the belly is not flat.  The whole process is very involved, thus Howard's reason for abandoning the technique for production bows.