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Title: 86 year old stave
Post by: rainman on February 25, 2024, 04:04:04 PM: I got this stave at an estate auction pre coviid. The estate belonged to a gentleman who was neighbors with the Hoyt family. I believe the stave was cut for him by Earl sr. I picked up 4 wooden recurves that day. and 1 fiberglass bow marked Hoyt archery Bridgeton Missouri that could not be found in any of the early catalogs, I think it may have been a one off for this gentleman. I will post pictures as I progress on this bow. Stave cost me $10.
Title: Re: 86 year old stave
Post by: kennym on February 26, 2024, 08:05:35 AM: Wow that's a chunk of history!! :thumbsup:

You gonna make a bow with it or keep it as is?
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Post by: Mad Max on February 26, 2024, 08:13:25 AM: Cool story :archer2:
Title: Re: 86 year old stave
Post by: rainman on February 26, 2024, 08:24:03 AM: Quote from: kennym on February 26, 2024, 08:05:35 AM
Wow that's a chunk of history!! :thumbsup:

You gonna make a bow with it or keep it as is?

I am making a bow, I will post pictures as I go.
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Post by: kennym on February 26, 2024, 08:37:39 AM: I think Earl would be happy about that !! That’s what it was cut for ! :thumbsup:
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Post by: Burnsie on February 26, 2024, 09:04:40 AM: That stave looks straight as a die.
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Post by: Mad Max on February 26, 2024, 09:18:30 AM: A couple years ago I went to North Carolina to visit James Parker for a week and he had bought a shaper off market place and said lets go get it, This girl had several Hoyt bows in Original cases and piles of pin sites in different stages, you could see from the small machines her father was making them for Hoyt.
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Post by: Pat B on February 26, 2024, 09:50:52 AM: Cool stave with some good medicine in it already. :thumbsup: Can we see the end grain?
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Post by: rainman on February 26, 2024, 12:29:07 PM: I will post pick of end grain when I get off work.
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Post by: JW_Halverson on February 26, 2024, 04:32:33 PM: *spits in the dust*
*sniffs*
Ah'll give ya fifteen fer it and split the cost of shipping with ya. But that's the most Ah'll go! You know, seein's how it so old and ever'thang.
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Post by: rainman on February 26, 2024, 09:10:32 PM: [ You are not allowed to view attachments ] [ You are not allowed to view attachments ]
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Post by: Pat B on February 27, 2024, 08:46:28 AM: Excellent rings. Looking forward to seeing what you do with this cool piece of archery history. :thumbsup:
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Post by: Mo_coon-catcher on February 27, 2024, 10:13:17 AM: That’s awesome! Great find. It’ll be interesting seeing what colors will pop out when finish goes on. It looks like the color shift has gone pretty deep over the years.

Kyle
Title: Re: 86 year old stave
Post by: rainman on February 27, 2024, 11:50:05 AM: Yes Kyle, it is pretty dark already.
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Post by: Longcruise on February 27, 2024, 11:53:05 AM: For us neophyte self bow types, which ring will become the back?
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Post by: rainman on February 27, 2024, 12:30:47 PM: The ring next to my index finger or the second one. Both are good rings.
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Post by: Pat B on February 27, 2024, 01:01:03 PM: The ring that gives you the cleanest back. Usually in my experience the first one you uncover.
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Post by: DVSHUNTER on March 06, 2024, 01:06:26 PM: Cool stave Dan. I have one of earl hoyts selfbows if you ever want to look at it. Good luck with the stave. Those rings look pretty nice.