From bad to good

[Three Arrows]

Things started out this year on a bad note for me.  Work started to slow down and I ended up cancelling 3 bow orders.  Then it picked up right after I cancelled my orders.  I managed to get a really sweet Morrison recurve out of Bob's 'in-stock' list.  After I shot the bow one weekend, I smashed three fingers on my right hand at work and could not shoot much for a while.  Last week, I managed to shoot some in the frigid Northeast Ohio weather.  I even saved up enough money to go to Kalamazoo to get a new longbow until... work called and I had to go on an emergency waterline repair.  This ended my chances of heading to K-Zoo.  But a bright note came today in the mail!  A brand new 60lb @ 28" 64" nock to nock JD Berry Scorpion!  I had not shot longbows for about eight years prior to today.  I made up a new 15 strand TS-1 string for my JD Berry.  James is definitely a master longbow maker in my eyes.  The bow is very meticulously crafted from nock to nock.  Anyone who has a JD Berry bow can attest to the beauty and shootability of James' bows.  All this for only $425.00 to my doorstep!  Take a look:

[LEOPARD]

Nice looking bow! Glad it turned out good for you!    

[bayoulongbowman]

is that 64 or 66incher??? I love longbows!

[Three Arrows]

It is a 64 incher Bayou.  Very stable when shot.  Light in the hand.  And a quick bow.  The main core of the limb is Wenge.  The limbs are multiple lams with maple, black locust, and zebrawood.  James puts a nice funky nock on all his bows that look like the horn nocks on old English bows.  Reminds me of a Stillwater longbow I once owned.

[yamapup]

The prettiest bow I've ever owned was a JD Berry.