Dave lived only about 40 minutes from me so I was in his shop often. I had Dave build 3 or 4 bows for me but I don't have any of them now as they became too heavy for this old guy. The last time I saw Big Jim's used bow rack this summer, he had a left-handed Talon which at one time had belonged to me--53#@28. They were excellent ASL style bows, and Dave was an ardent follower of the work of bowyers from years ago and was a wealth of information about longbow design. I wrote an interview article on Dave which TBM ran years ago. He was overwhelmed with calls for brochures and information because there seemed to be a great desire for those kinds of bows. He also made a copy of the 59 Bear Kodiak which he called the Talon Swift which was a great little bow as well. Dave was a fine bowyer but short on business management which hurt his business reputation a good bit due to delivery time issues. Dave had heart trouble and reached a point where he decided that he would not have any more treatment for it, and he was found deceased in his home where he lived alone in a small cabin he built himself. If you can find one of his bows, I think you would find it a fine example of the American style longbow.
Topic: Talon Longbows by Dave Paxton (Read 932 times)
