New Hill Wesley Speacial

[Lonala]

Aloha guys and Gals,just ordered a Wesley Speacial 64" 55# @27" Black Glass back and belly Bocote tips and Riser.4 weeks out and I cant wait.........Ordered from Craig,What do all of you do to control the anticipation?Besides look at the Bows on his site?Im at a loss for words..See ya and Straight Shootin.  

[jsweka]

Make sure you post some pics when you get it.  I just love looking at eveyones Hill (or Hill style) bows.  I can only imagine how the wait is killing you, but 4 weeks is really good compared to a lot of other bowyers.  Hope you enjoy it.

[Gil Verwey]

Read Craig's book or other Howard Hill books. That will really fire you up.

[GingivitisKahn]

Pics when you get it!

[Mudd]

Get yourself a plane ticket to the midwest.

The temps here will get your mind off of anything but figuring out how to stay warm...lol

Personally I feel better just reading your thread, it made me think of my time in Hawaii.

The warmth, the sand, and a beautiful mountain stream that I drove a rental car up as far as I could make it go without wrecking or seriously breaking something.( A very young soldier will try anything, no matter how stupid is sounds now!)...lol

I feel warmer already!!...lol

I second getting pictures posted when it arrives.

God bless,Mudd

[longbowben]

Yes pictures when it shows up.I cant wait for mine also waiting stinks.

[Rob DiStefano]

good howard hill stoke - "hunting the hard way" and craig's book on howard.

[Ric O'Shay]

Given Craig's ability to produce bows and keep to his delivery time, you won't have long to wait. Compared to some bowyer's delivery time, you could almost hold your breath till your new Wesley is delivered.      

Patience, patience, patience........

[straitera]

Hillbros (longbowben too), rummage around online at howardhilllongbowmen.com or something to that effect. Great history of the bows themselves plus personal comments from longtime Hill shooters. Plenty here too. Hope you enjoy it as much as I have for these past 33 years. Pix please. Welcome.

[Overspined]

The last bow I ordered from hill in Nov took less than a month! Crazy

[longbowben]

Stratera thanks i have been on that site for about 2 weeks.Mine is a used bow coming from australia should be here soon.But im not allowed to touch it untill Christmas .

[Rik]

I suggest spending some quality time making several batches of tricked-out arrows to feed to your new Hill when it arrives. It's going to be hungry after that long flight!

And no new bow should go without a brand-new quiver.

Between making the arrows and stitching up a new quiver, the time will fly by and before you know it you'll be holding a bow-mailing tube from Montana in your hands.

YOU LUCKY DOG!

[Rik]

Oops, you snuck a post int here while I was typing.

I guess I should have said "Bow-mailing tube from Australia."

If the bow is from Australia, I'll bet it's already trained to kill.

[Ben Maher]

Rik, your right on the money brother ! The Wesley special Ben is getting is a lil' hog machine ! A great bow that Ben will have to post pics of with .... standing next to a freezer full of fresh whitetail steaks...

Lonola...pics when it gets here mate !

[greyghost]

Congrats on the new bow.

Well, I am used to hurry up and wait. So when I ordered mine a couple weeks ago and was told I should have it before Christmas I was shocked. That is great turn around time. Only a couple more weeks.

But in the meantime I just got word my South Cox recurve was shipped this past Friday.

So in the mean time I have been hunting and dreaming.

Life is good!


Earl

[Benny Nganabbarru]

Yeah, I do have a soft spot in my heart for Wesley Specials! Sometimes delivery time can be as little as two or three weeks, even to Australia!

Here're some pictures of mine:

[longbowben]

Very nice!!!!!!

[Lonala]

Aloha everyone and thanks for the tips on passing time,I got boo arrows waiting for the wesley made a Bamboo quiver out of a 3 in. piece of bamboo from the rain forest here on the island.And yes I will post pics of my new family member.Got an idea why dont ya all come to Hawaii and have a Howard Hill Bow party.weather is great 80degrees sunny water is nice and blue about 72degrees.We have snow on Mauna Kea 13000 ft.Can ski in the morning and golf in the afternoon and Hunt all day long if you want.Im on the Big Island and the volcano is erupting here.Good place to hang out.Well boys keep um strung or keep um hung catch ya later See Ya Ron

[Lonala]

Hey nice Hill and Great hog Mate...See Ya Mate.Aloha Ron

[Dick in Seattle]

Congrats Lonala and Longbowben...    i like the idea of making a new quiver while you wait.   Gotta help pass the time.

I'm on the wait train myself.   Craig said he is going to start my Robin Hood this week.  First new Hill for me since I started building two years ago.   I'm passing the time rebuilding an old form that has a reflex Hill on one side and a string follow Hill on the other.   Hope to be pulling a layup off of it about the end of this week, maybe early the next.   Going to go for a totally bamboo bow... natural bamboo back and belly with two lamboo cores and laminated bamboo riser, clear glass.   Finishing that off ought to get me through till the new Robin Hood gets here.