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Title: Need Help to ID a vintage Longbow
Post by: SkookumDon on February 29, 2020, 01:04:51 PM
I have an old English long bow that appears to be a factory model as the specs are stamped into the bow. Does anyone know what bowyer/company made this bow? The riser appears to be made of Lemonwood.
Thanks.
Title: Re: Need Help to ID a vintage Longbow
Post by: hardbern on March 01, 2020, 07:23:57 AM
How about Amarco ....this from the '56/'57 catalogue, p6, model AO 68 ?
(https://scontent-lht6-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/89002399_2864357040317753_917990126410268672_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&_nc_sid=e007fa&_nc_ohc=i-9IPsShUnUAX-WUs5q&_nc_ht=scontent-lht6-1.xx&oh=a14a9a2e3fd85e49c009c99a3734796f&oe=5EF46432)

How about a picture of the whole bow?
.... doesn't really look like an ELB
....too flattened/oval limb section & a nock overlay rather than a complete horn nock?

Title: Re: Need Help to ID a vintage Longbow
Post by: Pat B on March 01, 2020, 02:05:23 PM
Like I said in the thread on Bowyers Bench the bow looks like a lemonwood American longbow. The flared limb above the handle indicates an ALB and not an ELB. The stamped marking means(68) 68" long,(40#) 40#@28"(28) and it is a(M) Men's bow.
 I have an ELB style lemonwood bow made by York(formally Woodcraft Equipment Co) that was made between 1930 and 1940. I contacted York in the 1980's and was sent a copy of the original catalog. My bow was originally priced at $7.00.
Title: Re: Need Help to ID a vintage Longbow
Post by: SkookumDon on March 02, 2020, 08:03:13 PM
Here are some more pics [ You are not allowed to view attachments ]
Title: Re: Need Help to ID a vintage Longbow
Post by: SkookumDon on March 02, 2020, 08:03:59 PM
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Title: Re: Need Help to ID a vintage Longbow
Post by: hardbern on March 05, 2020, 04:44:09 AM
AO 68"
i still think it's an Amarco.

Catalogue that page came from doesn't have any decent pics & I don't have any earlier catalogues
to compare & it doesn't appear in '58 onwards.

If I could find it, there was someone on here or FB/TT/LW who had an Amarco set AYAS,
which included the same bow id AO 68 - if I/we could find that post it would give us a bow
to compare against -  I've looked around a bit but not found it so far ;-)