3pc Blacktail Columbian Envy got me

[medic77]

Well... I couldn't take it one minute longer.  I laid the money down and the wait will be unbearable but necessary to figure out what in the heck woods to use.  60" 55ish@26 takedown.  I can't get over the look of the T2's but the price is a bit steeper.

I haven't felt the need to get a new bow in a couple years having 2 Schafer 1pc recurves and a Thunderchild hanging on the wall... But.... The lines on this bow give me the tingles.

[maineac]

The wait is what makes it fun

[mjh]

I cruse the website looking at bows that might fit what I'm looking for.....sure would be an expensive impulse buy...but I wouldn't have to wait.....and it saves me money when a "nice" on gets away....

[medic77]

Well, I've learned what I "like" and "don't like" over the last 8 or so years of swapping bows.  I know I go thru longbow phases and recurve phases but most always prefer a longbow.  I will not get rid of my one Schafer recurve, that is for certain.  My Thunderchild isn't going anywhere either.  In fact she is visiting Big Jim right now for a bit of a weight reduction.  She's awfully stout and my elbows are screaming at me.  I think my macho ran out and sensible is taking over.  Ouch that hurts the ego.
 
I want a pretty high brace height, shorter 56-60 length and a pretty deep shelf that will hold an arrow while hanging for bowhunting.  I had a long talk with Alan at Blacktail (he's great to talk to) about the grip because I tend to like a thinner throat.  I've only ever ordered 2 bows in the past.  A Widow and a Centaur.  Both are gone.  Hopefully this one is right.  There just isn't any out there to try used

[Woodpuppy]

Congrats! 😎 I’m chomping at the bit too. Got my specs and wood figured out, but I need to have a long conversation about the trip. My newest Elite VL needs to go in for a grip reduction soon.

Let us know what woods you choose! Luckily the woods I want keep me out of T2 pricing.

[medic77]

What woods are you going with Wood puppy?

[Woodpuppy]

Well for starters, if a bow is worth building it’s worth having cocobolo in it! I’m thinking of footing a cocobolo riser with macassar ebony, and then red cedar limbs. Don’t know if I want footed limbs, if so reverse footed with the ebony. Pics of Blacktail cedar limbs are not real common, but the ones I’ve seen are drop dead gorgeous.

[Bldtrailer]

just try to get ONLY 1 

[Bldtrailer]

2nd is coco 1st rose wood (love  :thumbsup:red bows)

[Paul Shirek]

I am currently shooting this bow and love it. It's a Columbian longbow, one piece. I also have a take down on order...

[medic77]

All are looking goooood!

[2wfstlhunting]

Enjoy the wait and try not to drive yourself nuts looking at the web site pictures. I have both the one piece, and in 2017 ordered and got the takedown Columbia.  I tried really hard not to pester them and ran through pictures over and over again to try to decide on my woods.  I finally ended up with a B&W ebony bow with Gabon ebony riser and it is gorgeous.  They are very attentive to your emails and it came in within a few weeks of the initially estimated date.

[Woodpuppy]

The wait time now is nearly trivial. I waited nearly 14 months for my first one!

[tom cunningham]

Some of the Cocobola used today (Red?) does not have the same mass that some of us might be used to in the past.  Best to clarify in advance.......