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Title: Steve Abbott
Post by: Dan bree on January 29, 2014, 11:41:00 PM

Reading the other site tonite  that Steve Abbott passed away ! God bless  he's sharing the camp fire with many greats.

Title: Re: Steve Abbott
Post by: DesertDude on January 29, 2014, 11:59:00 PM

Going to miss him......Rest well ol friend....

Title: Re: Steve Abbott
Post by: stickem1 on January 30, 2014, 02:02:00 AM

Very sad. Prayers sent to his family.

Title: Re: Steve Abbott
Post by: OBXarcher on January 30, 2014, 06:25:00 AM

God bless.

Title: Re: Steve Abbott
Post by: Bob B. on January 30, 2014, 08:08:00 AM

Steve was a hell of a guy who really loved archery.  He was a devote lover of Yew and made some great bows.

This is a loss to our community.

Bob.

Title: Re: Steve Abbott
Post by: Red Beastmaster on January 30, 2014, 10:00:00 AM

This is so sad.

I've been shooting his bows for many years and recently bought my 4th one from him. We talked at Denton Hill last summer and renewed our friendship. It was very good to see him again.

Steve was a heck of a nice guy who made beautiful bows. I am glad I knew him.

My prayers to his family.

Dave

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Post by: JDBerry on January 30, 2014, 10:18:00 AM

Steve, RIP. We are going to miss you and your works of art....James

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Post by: ironmike on January 30, 2014, 10:35:00 AM

fine man,made some great bows for me and my boy..sorry chris!

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Post by: McDave on January 30, 2014, 10:40:00 AM

Steve was one of those guys you always look forward to visiting with. I think he was probably younger than I am, too young to go, for sure. Sad to hear.

Title: Re: Steve Abbott
Post by: mike g on January 30, 2014, 12:18:00 PM

Wow,way to young....
    I met Steve a few times at shoots, It was always a pleasure to talk with him....
    Steve, say hi to Mr. Hill for us.

Title: Re: Steve Abbott
Post by: Kris on January 30, 2014, 01:09:00 PM

Always enjoyed talking with Steve.  Owned several of his bows and really appreciated his work.  Super nice guy...gone way too early!  Sad.

Happy hunting my Friend!

Kris

Title: Re: Steve Abbott
Post by: LongStick64 on January 30, 2014, 01:14:00 PM

Oh Man what sad news, never owned one of his bows but I always looked over his website. Maybe one day.
Rest in Peace....

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Post by: Pat B. on January 30, 2014, 02:29:00 PM

Condolences ....

RIP

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Post by: Sixby on January 30, 2014, 02:44:00 PM

My Thoughts and prayers to his family.
God bless, Steve

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Post by: Duker on January 30, 2014, 02:50:00 PM

My prayers to Steve's family   :pray:

Title: Re: Steve Abbott
Post by: Shifting Shadow on January 30, 2014, 04:21:00 PM

It is sad news to hear of Steve's sudden illness and death. I am shocked! Steve was very kind to me. After I bought my first Abbott longbow Steve offered to stop at my city on his way out East to a shoot so we could have coffee together. He also donated bows to our troops in Afghanistan.

It says in bold letters on the Abbott longbow home page:

Keep on Shootin' Steve!

Title: Re: Steve Abbott
Post by: Jwilliam on January 30, 2014, 06:54:00 PM

I was able to visit Steve's shop last year on vacation. Talk about a great guy !!! Gone way to soon.


Bill

Title: Re: Steve Abbott
Post by: bentpole on January 30, 2014, 07:12:00 PM

Wow shocking. Anyone know what happened? I always say you can tell how well a bowyer builds a quality bow by how many you see for sale on the Classifieds. You never see Abbott Longbows there.

Title: Re: Steve Abbott
Post by: Ric O'Shay on January 30, 2014, 07:15:00 PM

Sad to hear this news. Prayers for his family.
Danny

Title: Re: Steve Abbott
Post by: Tradcat on January 30, 2014, 07:16:00 PM

My Thoughts and prayers to his family.
God bless. Steve's bows were beautiful...sad day
                                  Tradcat

Title: Re: Steve Abbott
Post by: RainyDayBows on January 30, 2014, 07:16:00 PM

Always enjoyed talking with Steve and his long bows are so smooth.

Title: Re: Steve Abbott
Post by: ironmike on January 30, 2014, 07:25:00 PM

i've got his old ones(from 25 years ago)and his newer ones..when he saw how much i like my 71# oldie, he found me one just like it lefty and semt it to me..i shoot both ways and having a match is wonderful.. a very thoughtful man.

Title: Re: Steve Abbott
Post by: MCNSC on January 30, 2014, 07:59:00 PM

Sad to hear. I had one of his bows for a while, it is one of the few that I think about sometimes and wish I had kept. I bought it used but called Steve to find out a little about it. He was great to talk to, seemed like a heck of a guy.

Title: Re: Steve Abbott
Post by: varmint101 on January 30, 2014, 08:18:00 PM

Prayers for his friends and family!

Title: Re: Steve Abbott
Post by: legends1 on January 31, 2014, 12:21:00 AM

Steve will be missed by a lot of people in the archery world and by the bowyer community. We shared a lot of thoughts about traditional archery. I had a great visit with him when we met up in Indiana at last years IBO Traditional World. I learned about his condition about a week ago and feared for the worse. Prayers to the Abbott family.