Hi everyone
Picture the scene from my home here in Scotland .... 33 yrs ago I was just 17yrs old , I had just left school and started my first job . I had been shooting since I was 12 yrs old.
I bought The October 1980 copy of Bow International magazine , and there it was , right there in the centre pages , the most beautiful bow I had ever seen , the Fred Bear Signature Bow . The problem was it cost $1000 , not a chance of me coming up with that kind of money so the bow was just a dream for a teenager.
Years pass by and the jobs get better , meet and marry my beautiful wife , have 2 great kids and eventually get to the point where we have the house we always wanted and are settled.
Still a keen archer and I scan the small ads and the internet for bows of interest . I am now a true traditional archer , the fancy recurves and compound bows with their attachments and sights are long gone , The only way to go is a wooden bow and instinctive shooting.
Then 4 weeks ago it happens , a Signature bow is up for sale in Florida , only 5000 miles away from me but what is a few miles when you find the bow of your dreams ?
Bow number 188 , Right Handed and 60lbs draw weight , what could be better ....
Emails pass between me and the seller and after ironing out the problems as to how i was going to take delivery of the bow we eventually got there , and at last my dreams have become a reality . Now about to celebrate being 50yrs of age I have treated myself to the ultimate birthday present and my mid life crisis has been cured .
Many many thanks to Len Busbee at Traditional Archery Sales In Florida who supplied my piece of history , He has been outstanding in service and a true gentleman in every respect.
Needless to say my bow will never be assembled or shot , but as a piece of art you can keep all the paintings , I know what I want to look at.
My wife just shakes her head ..........
Topic: Long Time Coming (Read 789 times)
