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A Birthday gift from a friend

Started by Ron LaClair, March 09, 2016, 05:22:00 PM

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Ron LaClair

March 09, 2016, 05:22:00 PM
I just got this from my friend John Lee. John knew Howard Hill and studied under Howard on his method of building the original Hill bows. He made the last three bows for Howard before he died.

 "In honor of Ron LaClair's 80th Birthday on March 22, 2016 and for Dolly, Ron's beloved Beagle and constant Companion for many years. A copy of a Historic piece of Archery Memorabilia has been created in Bow named Dolly. Ron's love and promotion of the "true" American Longbow is renowned in Traditional American Archery History. Dolly, the bow, created for Ron is a duplicate of the laminated longbow Hill was making in California after 1932. Tempered Bamboo and Oregon Yew wood were bound together using Casein glue made from milk to a powder form then mixed with water. Before WW II there was no Fiberglass for backing and facing bows and only natural materials-wood, sinew, rawhide, horn or baleen were used. However, the forerunner of plastic, Vulcanized Fibre became available in the 30s and some bowyers used it for backing. Dolly has both Madake and Tea Stick Bamboo under the fibre with a Earl Ullrich flat grain Yew wood core. The glue is casein and the bow limbs, like back in the 1930s were reinforced with "size D" Silk rod wrap thread. Dolly is 67 1/4"nock to nock and 45#@27".  

Happy Birthday Ron !"  John Lee"  

   

   

This is Dolly. I lost her last June 2005-2015

   
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

#1
March 09, 2016, 05:42:00 PM
That's cool!

Happy Birthday, Ron!

Bisch

ron w

#2
March 09, 2016, 05:57:00 PM
:thumbsup:  Pretty neet stuff.....
In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities. In the expert's there are few...So the most difficult thing is always to keep your beginner's mind...This is also the real secret of the arts: always be a beginner.  Shunryu Suzuki

frank bullitt

#3
March 09, 2016, 06:06:00 PM
Cool bow! And with Earl's yew wood!

Happy 80th!

D. Key

#4
March 09, 2016, 06:16:00 PM
Happy Birthday, Sir. What a great present.
"Pick-A-Spot"

Doug Key

4dogs

#5
March 09, 2016, 06:20:00 PM
Very fitting!!  Happy Birthday Ron.    :thumbsup:    :clapper:    :clapper:
>>>---TGMM, Family of the Bow--->

Warden609

#6
March 09, 2016, 06:29:00 PM
Happy Birthday!! Enjoy!

Anointed Archer

#7
March 09, 2016, 06:31:00 PM
Wowser - that is awesome!
For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people's sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation.

newhouse114

#8
March 09, 2016, 06:36:00 PM
Hmmm, if I had know about this project I might have been able to supply some baleen for the backing.

DennyK

#9
March 09, 2016, 06:44:00 PM
Happy Birthday Ron!  Awsome birthday present!   :clapper:    :archer2:


Denny
Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.

WESTBROOK

#10
March 09, 2016, 07:12:00 PM
Happy Birthday Ron!

What a Gift! A true historical recreation by the man who knows.

  :thumbsup:

fmscan

#11
March 09, 2016, 07:37:00 PM
Ron, First Happy Birthday and many more to you... Second, love your posts, one of my favorite posters, Third, what a nice tribute to you from a good friend.

fmscan

#12
March 09, 2016, 07:39:00 PM
Ron, First Happy Birthday and many more to you... Second, love your posts, one of my favorite posters, Third, what a nice tribute to you from a good friend.

Steve Jr

#13
March 09, 2016, 07:52:00 PM
Happy birthday Ron, that's a very nice gift!
Steve Jr


Stalker Coyote FXT LB 58" & 48#@26"
Compton Traditional Bowhunters Life Member

Tater

#14
March 09, 2016, 07:53:00 PM
Happy Birthday..Ron.....congrats on the beautiful bow..!
Compton Traditional Bowhunters Charter/Life Member
Big Thompson Bowhunters
United Bowhunters of Illinois
TGMM Family of the Bow

Ron LaClair

#15
March 09, 2016, 08:19:00 PM
Thank you for the birthday wishes.

Here's Dolly the beagle and I doing what we both loved

 
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

Pheonixarcher

#16
March 09, 2016, 08:48:00 PM
Very cool! Happy birthday sir.
Plant a fruit or nut tree today, and have good hunting tomorrow.
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WESTBROOK

#17
March 09, 2016, 09:03:00 PM
All the ingredients of a perfect day right there!

Whitetailarcher

#18
March 09, 2016, 09:06:00 PM
Happy Birthday! Congratulations on the bow!

ChuckC

#19
March 09, 2016, 09:16:00 PM
Happy Birthday Ron

Dogs can be special things, especially special dogs.  

ChuckC
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