How many custom bows you've had & what's your keeper?

[Jim Reamey]

BlackHawk Longbow
Bearpaw recurve
Bighorn Grand slam recurve
Bighorn Ramhunter longbow
Bob Lee T/D longbow
Bob Lee T/D recurve
Black Widow MA II
Black Widow SA II
Black Widow SA III
Black Widow SAG recurve
Black Widow SA II
Morrison T/D recurve 60"
Morrison T/D recurve 58"
Jodie Cole Longbow

Now have three Howard Hill Wesley Specials and another one on order.

God Bless!

Jim

[jesse cales]

been shooting 6 months.
        kabekona
        mosshorn
        sagauro
        jodie cole
my favorite,toss up between kabekona and mosshorn

[donw]

like someone said earlier, i'm 'conservative';

bob lee
wes wallace one piece mentor
great plains takedown longbow
had a bw a while back

[Lippe]

wapiti t.d.
massie longhorn
palmer recurve
adcock 3pc. t.d.
lutkenhaus lb
widow psav

enjoyed all of them - only have 4 left but i'm always lookin for another

Lippe

[Danny Rowan]

Oh Lord,

Longbows

Cari-Bow Featherhorn(2)
Cair-Bow Silverfox (5)
ElkRidge Pilgrim II
Elk Ridge Pilgrim
O.L. Adcock pre ACS(2)
O.L. Adcock ACS
O.L. Adcock 3 piece
O.L. Adcock 3 piece ACS
A&H three piece ACS
Morrison Cougar
HH Wesley Special
Harrison HHC
Harrison El Lobo(3)
Harrison HSS(2)
Super Shrew(2)
Supershrew Samurai
Super Shrew Gold
O.L. Adcock ACS Hill style
Robertson Buffalo Bow
Howard Hill Wesley Special
JD Berry
several different self bows
Stotler Gamegetter
Dryad with bowbolt
Zipper SXT
Acadian treestick


Prob a few I forgot about

Now have

Schafer Silvertip t/d longbow
Cari-Bow Silver Fox t/d longbow
Cari-Bow Slynx longbow
Brackenbury Quest t/d recurve
Schafer Silvertip t/d recurve and one on order
Dale Dye Trails End t/d recurve
Brackenbury Peerless t/d recurve on order
Huntsman t/d recurve on order

Previousiouly owned recurves

Morrison t/d recurve(2)
Dale Dye t/d recurve(4)
Rivers Edge t/d recurve
Morrison Shawnee recurve(2)
Morrison Cheyenne recurve(2)
Brackenbury Quest(4)
Bear green stripe t/d
Bear Type 1 A riser(2)
Bear Type 1 C riser
1961 Bear Kodiak
1957 Bear Kodiak Special
1962 Bear Grizzly
1960 Bear Grizzly
Jack Howard Jet(4)
Robertson Falcon t/d recurve(3)
Robertson Perigrin t/d recurve
Robertson Fatalstick t/d recurve

Is that enough, LOL

Keepers, the ones I have now and a couple that are gone. My go to bows, The Silvertip recurve and the Quest, but the two Cari-Bow longbows are becoming favorites also. But I do shoot all of my bows on a daily basis.

Danny

[Tree man]

A Windwalker and 6 Owls-They are all keepers.

[McGeeM]

I've had three, one blew up on the first day of an Ontario bear hunt. I still have it.
Ancient Spirits Kadiak
Monarch Raghorn
I still have them both. The kadiak is my main bow.

[Tony Phillips]

Appalachian Archery Elk Mountain Recurve (broke)
Appalachian Archery Flatbow (traded)
Appalachian Archery Elk Mountain Recurve (sold)
Lofton Longbow (traded)
Lofton Longbow (traded)
J.D. Berry Serpatine Longbow (traded)
J.D. Berry 50's style Recurve (gave away)
J.D. Berry Longbow (traded)
2 H.H. Wesley Specials (traded)
2 H.H. Cheetahs (traded)
H.H. Big 5 (traded)
Cascade T/D Recurve (traded)
Cascade T/D Recurve (traded)
St. Charles T/D Longbow (sold)
Wapiti T/D Recurve (traded)
Wapiti Spike T/D Longbow (sold)
7 lakes Longbow (traded)
7 Lakes Longbow (sold)
Mosshorn Longbow (traded)
Saxon Recurve (sold)
Shrew Recurve (sold)
Horne 3 piece T/D Longbow (traded)
Zebra Longbow (traded)
Great Northern Critter Getter (traded)
Great Northern Bush Bow (sold)
Robertson Buffalo Bow (sold)
Chek-Mate Thunderbird (traded)
Chek-Mate Longhorn (sold)
Rodney Wright Firehawk Longbow (traded)
Predator T/D Recurve (sold)
Saluki Scythian (sold)
Navajo 3 piece T/D Longbow (sold)
Legend Longbow (traded)  
Sentman Longbow (traded)

I'm sure I'm missing a couple.

Right now I have:

Saluki Scythian
Saluki Genghis Sport
Ragim Impala Deluxe
H.H. Big 5 on order

[sleepyhollow]

Tony, I still have the buffalo bow and am still shooting it  

[Tony Phillips]

Steve,

  That's good to hear, I'm sure there are a few more of my old bows being shot by someone else on the Trad Gang. I hope my wife doesn't see this list.

[albertakid]

Man you guys are making me feel way better about the bows I have had around here!!! Lets see

Bear Kodiak Magnum
Two Fedora 560 takedowns
Snake Backed osage self bow
Rivers Edge take down recurve
Morrison Take down recurve
Black widow Ma II
Schafer Silvertip
Centaur Long Bow

and a few more I am having a hard time remembering right now

Sold them all though and only have a Quinn Stallion and a DAS on order once the DAS gets here will hang the Quinn up and save it for my boy as the DAS is the best I have ever had my hands on I figure I only need the one. All though I would love to have all of them, just can't afford to have them sitting around.

Jordan

[REM]

Jeffery Royal Hunter Recurve
Great Plains Longbow
Treadway Longbow

[Justin Falon]

Schafer
Robertson
Morrison
Fedora
Hill
Mahaska
Kohannah (a very under-rated longbow)
Shrew
Mosshorn
Bighorn

Now I am BROKE and have resorted to making my own straight limbed longbows. They are hill style I suppose but bear my own company name:
Warrior Longbow Co.
I will probably not shoot recurves anymore since I discovered the beauty of the longbow!!!! You should too!!

[Guru]

I've only had 6 bows (all custom)since I started shooting trad equipment back in '86.

Schafer Silvertip '86
Lone Pine Longbow - 2
Kempf Kwyk Styk '97
Morrison - 2


I will never sell the Schafer that Paul built for me.Means too much to me,and it shoots unbeleivable!

I also will never sell my Kwyk Styk,IMHO the all around best shooting bow I've ever shot!!!

I can switch between the 2 without blinking because the KS grip is an exact copy of the Silvertip....

Lone Pine and Morrisons were all sold.....

[Foam Steak]

1 Schafer Silvertip RC
2 Pronghorns LB
2 Robertson Purist LB
1 Robertson Prarie Falcon RC
1 Morrison LB
1 Soveriegn Ballistik RC
4 HH LB
1 Furgeson Royal Safari made by Furgeson LB

I usually just shoot longbows anymore.  My favorites are Hill, followed by the Purist.  I wish I would have kept 1 of my pronghorns for hunting out of a ground blind though.  They are great bows as well.  

I am only going to keep 1 recurve and that is the Ballistik.  It is the best recurve I have ever shot.

[bayoulongbowman]

4 selfbows, Acadian Woods LB , Wilderness LB,Lighting LB, Herters Rc, Geoge Nagle LB a keeper!...Winterwind RC, Jeff Massey LB my favorite! OLD Red Wing, American Archery Recurve by Art Lala....and 20 or 30 more that just didnt cut it...fixing to order a few new bows after my shoulder is 100 percent! marco#78....     so many bows...so little time....

[bowhunt]

Grwat plains 1 piece
4 Fredericks longbows
4 J.D Berry longbows.
2 superguosts
2 Robertson Vision falcons.
1 blacktail
3 javamans
1 fred Anderson Hyack
Dwyer Classic and defiant
2 ACS s
3 Stotlers
Vinson Minor Cane Dragon
Liberty Chief
1 treadway
Matlock recurve
3 salukis.
Morrison Dakota
Northwind recurve
Great Northern bushbow
Howard Hill big 5
5 widows.
Centaur.
Ancient spirits recurve
Saxon Hawk and Selkirk
3 shrews and on and on and on.Currantly shootin a Liberty and Thunderhawk and Centaur.

[ShootStraight]

Bob Lee Signature
Black Widow PMA III

The BW is a keeper.

[Kip]

Bob Lee Sig.                                              Checkmate Hunter 56" sold both of them and ordered another Bob Lee bubinga micarta and 3-sets of limbs.Last one I hope.Kip

[vermonster13]

Bob Lee Stick Bow
Black Swan Classic Carbon
Palmer td recurve
Ed Mikuta td Recurve
Kishma Mattawoman LB
Dave Wallace Mountain Bow
Wes Martin Boo LB
Several Bears, Samicks, Hoyts and PSEs