Schultz wasn't the interviewer, I didn't mentioned his name, simply identified him as interviewer. The interviewer was asking Garske if the fellow he mentioned just prior was Schultz, and Garske answered, "No, Stotler."
Frank Garske was a friend of Howard Hill, whom he met in 1939, though he had watched Hill shoot and perform beginning in 1935. Garske wrote a few articles for Archery magazine and built bows with Hill. He resembled Hill in size and features and shot heavy bows, and occasionally mistaken for Hill. He was a sculptor who live not far from Hill in California. He hung around with Dr. Kenagy, Hugh Rich and others of that era. A real man, maybe why he and Howard were friends, but there appeared to be some competitive drive between the two. Garske could hang with Hill physically.
Some more on the bamboo.
Bob Stotler Letter to Hugh Rich [1985]:
“In answer to your letter, I made a few yew wood bows with Howard before he obtained Bamboo then I made some bamboo bows with him. These bows were bamboo with bone fiber backs. They Howard made some with sinew backs. Then he made some with baleen [whale] back. I bought a bunch of baleen while in Point Barrow Alaska and gave it all to Howard for a xmas present; enough for about 30 bows.”
“I forgot to mention that Howard made a few tempered bamboo bows. He put the bamboo in an oven like box full of 100 watt lights and left them in until the bamboo turned a pretty tan color then he shut off the lights and cooled the bamboo slowly.
“This made for a much stronger strip, also harder. These were bows that he used in competition and exhibition shooting.”
Hugh Rich letter to Bob Stotler [1985]:
“I remember I [Hugh Rich] tried to tell him to put a thin layer of white hickory over the bamboo, to hold down the grain mix at the nodes and then protect the hickory with calf skin or fiber. All he said was, “It takes too much time”----I even talked to him about trapezoid limb cross section, and he said I was an idiot------
Winter 1990 “Traditional Bowhunter” – Interview with Bob Stotler:
Bob Stotler met Howard Hill in 1936.
“….Other free time would be spent at the shop learning the art of being a bowyer from Howard Hill, who taught me how to make yew wood, lemon wood, and Osage orange bows with and without backing. We made about 300 of those and then we made 1100 or so bamboo bows, both laminated with fiberglass and with various backings, such as baleen and others. We also made about 600 recurves of different shapes and configurations.”
I need to dig around some more and maybe I can find something else.
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