Compton's Surprise

[59Alaskan]

First off, congrats on having such great friends!

Those are fabulous bows and that knife is downright cool.

[owlbait]

Mudd, it has to do with THIS band of characters!     I pm'd Chuck dozens of times trying to get him to commit to building me a new bow. I e-mailed South several times about the wood. Kevin is my best friend and he has made knives for Chuck. Apparently, I almost walked in on him finishing this knife. Chuck even commented about wheter I had a KH knife   :D   They did good keeping it all a secret though.

[Jake Allen]

Very nice; bows and the knife.
I am proud for you!

[owlbait]

Thanks Jake. I hope the broadheads were what you expected. I'm still smiling at splitting the difference  :D  I'm just amazed at the wood patterns Mother Nature provides our bowyers to work with.

[LimBender]

Mike,

I'm thinking that Stalker bow and rainbow arrow are gonna get you noticed at a shoot.    

[owlbait]

No problems in Michigan but down there in LSU country  

[awbowman]

That thing is prettier than the flowers for sure.

[owlbait]

Hey Fred, my photographic skills are lacking, so I hoped the posies would help. No luck, eh?

[KHALVERSON]

mike
im glad you like the knife
i had a heck of a time keepin it hiddin from you on several ocassions
know you need to politly ask chuck for the riser cut outs
i think i can coach you thru a forged knife for an owlbait original

[2treks]

Mike,Kevin and I stood in front of the Stalker booth talking to Ryan and his wife,Mike was accusing Kevin of a cospiracy with me and the new Longwalker bow.(Mike pm'd me for 2hrs the night before dropping hints about a new bow,it was all I could do not to spill the beans),Ryan said something about all the wood from Mikes Stalker was run thru the chipper after South finished the order. So I ran back to the trailer and picked up the knife and came back and said "Ryan,not all of the wood was chipped up".ryan replied,"OH! is that the Knife" So it would seem that Kevin had nothing to do with the Longwalker bow conspiracy, BUT! Kevin,Ryan,South and myself had Everything to do with the knife conspiracy. And it turned out to be Mikes Birthday. What a good day that was eh Mike?
A BIG thanks to South for getting the wood out in time and to my man Kevin for his skills at the forge. I was just a logistics manager for that deal. sure was fun though!

[Arwin]

Beautuful bow!!!!!!!     I have to try one of those sometime.

[owlbait]

It was a great birthday and a great surprise! I thought Ryan's comment had to do with my choice of woods! Good bunch of guys, if you ever get a chance to meet these four characters, step up and say Hi. Sounds like if Chuck has the wood from my new bow that I might get a tutorial for forging my own knife!    

[2treks]

please phrase your answer in the form of a question, politely!

[owlbait]

Chuck, do you have the cutouts from my "NEW" "PROSTAFF EDITION" Longwalker so that I might be schooled in the art of knife forging?

[2treks]

I'm sorry what was that?

[tracker1]

Owlbait, thank you for selling Chuck his bow back , I bought it back from him at Compton and I'm loving it.  My first osage bow.  Smooth as butter and fast this might be my shooter for the season.

[owlbait]

Dear Chuck, Master Bowyer, would you be so kind as to provide me with the left over material from my most special bow so that I might attempt, with the coaching and graces of KHALVERSON, to make a knife to match my ProStaff Edition LONGWLAKER? Please?  

[Archie]

That's a pretty bow!

 

[2treks]

Sure, no problem buddy!

[owlbait]

Tracker1, that is a GREAT shooter. I just wanted one that was made for me and I was diggin' the "Pure Michigan" idea. I headshot a couple squirrels with that bow and my best shot was a 14 yard headshot on a blackbird. I know you will enjoy it. Get an oliverstacy string for it if you can, they are the bomb!