The only I.D. on the bow in right on the front of the bow in the riser cut-out. It says "NSNI"




The handle is glued on with two colored spacers.





The rest is a piece of felt held in place by the handle wrapping.





Aside from the finish being all cracked up, it looks sound. Any ideas?

Looks like a paper-backed lemonweood American Archery ?? long bow,I believe the letter are WSNL.I must say thats one of the heaviest draw weight models I've seen in some time.bowdoc

What does WSNL stand for?? Any idea of the year?

I will have to do a little digging to find the code for the letters....But I am pretty certin the bow is around 1950-1955...If you are planing on stringing it with that draw weight.Being lemonwood,I would make sure and rub the limbs with your hand a little before stringing.Kinda warm it up.Then draw it about 10-12 inches 10-15 times then 20 inches a few times.I will try and find the code for the letters later today....bowdoc

RGK,

  I don`t know anything about this bow, except one of my older brothers had one identical to yours. I remember every detail as if it was just yesterday. I was just a kid and couldn`t pull it back no matter how I tried. Thanks for the memories! saddlesmith

RGK,

  I don`t know anything about this bow, except one of my older brothers had one identical to yours. I remember every detail as if it was just yesterday. I was just a kid and couldn`t pull it back no matter how I tried. Thanks for the memories! saddlesmith