RED WOLF, my new Shrew Hill

[Ron LaClair]

Gregg dropped it off this morning, 66" 53#@ 28", bamboo core, Red glass on the back, aged Ivory glass on the belly. Curly myrtle wood riser, beavertail grip and a red B-50 flemish string. It goes by the name of   Red Wolf  

   

   

 

[deaddoc4444]

I LIKE IT    Red Is my FAVORITE  Color !!!!!!!

[Ron LaClair]

I LIKE IT Red Is my FAVORITE Color !!!!!!!  

Me too, red is my fire sign...  

[Marc B.]

Nice!

[WidowEater]

I wish more bowyers would offer a wider variety of glass colors.  More yellow and red would be nice for me.

[mcgroundstalker]

Very Well Done!

[Bob B.]

Ron, excellent looking bow!  Good on ya man, sweet looking Red Wolf there!

Bob.

[JohnnyWayne]

Very Nice  

[2treks]

Nice looking Stick Ron.
Hows she shoot for ya??

CTT

[David Mitchell]

The problem with getting more glass colors as I see it is two-fold.  Most guys still want to see lots of highly figured wood so prefer clear glass.  But beyond that, colored glass is not easy to come by now.  Traditional archery is still a very small portion of the archery market--extremely small in fact even though there are quite a few of us.  Gordon doesn't produce the variety they used to due to market demand or lack thereof. Steve Turay and Jerry Brum wanted to offer green glass to customers, but they had to buy a full production run of the glass before Gordon would make any--that set them back $10,000!!!!    :eek:    They split the cost....they call the glass Great Northern Mist green.  If you want it you have to order a bow from one or the other of them (I did and love my green glass NM Shelton), and I sure don't blame them for that.  They have to get some return on that sort of investment. As an old timer I still love the look of colored glass, black, brown, gray, green...and hey, Ron's red bow is gorgeous, but I believe most of the colored gloass bows still go to us "mature" guys.     :D

[ken denton]

Ron, do you feel like 53# at your draw is about perfect now after all the years with heavy bows?
Also how doe's Red Wolf shoot comparied to all the longbows you have shot in the past? Thanks, Ken

[Ray Lyon]

Hey, you said that was going to be a right hand prototype that was coming to camp for field testing next month!      

Looks good buddy.  Are you taking it squirrel hunting this weekend??

[Cody Roiter]

Originally posted by Ron LaClair:
Gregg dropped it off this morning, 66" 53#@ 28", bamboo core, Red glass on the back, aged Ivory glass on the belly. Curly myrtle wood riser, beavertail grip and a red B-50 flemish string. It goes by the name of   Red Wolf  

     

     

   

I'm in love Ron, The red mixed with the bamboo just sexy as #ell        Maybe I'll have to stop by soon and give her a go, And handle her a little      

   

Cody

[Ron LaClair]

She shoots so sweet that a spoon full of honey would  be sour in comparison..    

 

The soft hum from the string would be music to lull a baby to sleep..   :D




You could split wood with the wedge grip

 

The limb tips are so slim you could spear a carp with it.

 
 

[Ron LaClair]

The Red Wolf

 

[Mudd]

Nice looking... belay that... awesome looking bow!

God bless,Mudd

[WESTBROOK]

Now THATS a Purty bow!! Nice one Ron    

That red looks pretty fast, maybe I'll change mine to black glass with flames..  :D  

Eric

[Brianlocal3]

The Red Wolf. An amazing animal that was maliciously hunted down and persecuted due to human ignorance and miss understanding, but has now be bred back to where there are about 50 or so living wild again in north Carolina if my memory is correct.  Outstanding choice of a bow name, because it too looks beautiful, sleek and deadly.  It too is also very rare.

[Ron LaClair]

The history of the color red
http://www.webexhibits.org/pigments/intro/reds2.html

[moleman]

Great bow Ron!, the talent and skills of folks that I see on here always amaze me.