Kevin,
Those bows are eye-popping, drop dead, gorgeous creations by two of the best bowyers in the business. What a find! I kind of have a combination of those bows, because I have a Blacktail Snakebit that has the beauty of the Snakewood and the unbelievable artistic craftsmanship that no one has mastered to the extent Norm Johnson has in building bows that constitute absolute works of art. Of course, Dale is nipping at Norm's heels in the beauty department and is his equal in the function and performance categories. You are indeed a fortunate man to have added such fine bows to your stable of thoroughbreds.
Mark's comment that there must be $500 in the bowyer's cost for the Snakewood in the Dye bow is probably accurate, because I have never paid even close to as much for any other bow I own as I did for my Snakebit, nor have I been so glad to pay so much in order to have that bow in my collection. I love the checkered grip on the Dye and have talked to Norm from the very start about doing that to the grip of my Snakebit. Norm suggested I wait awhile to see how the Snakewood does, because it is very subject to checking (cracking) and would be hard to repair in any area where there was checkering. A year or so from now I will probably get the checkering done. That pattern on the Dye grip looks to be just about perfect. I wonder where Dale gets his checkering done?
The Silvertips may be a little jealous, but Dave sure builds a great bow too. I think your two new bows will feel right at home. None of your bows have any reason to feel inferior. I was a little surprised to see you say that all the bows on your rack prior to these two were Silvertips. What happened to all the other nice bows, including those you had been searching for and finally found? All sold off and gone?
Allan
Topic: A couple of new additions to the bow rack :) (Read 1192 times)
