Author Topic: Toelke curlew 56" (Read 812 times)

Smawman · « **on:** November 12, 2022, 08:03:32 PM »

I just bought a Toelke curlew 56" recurve from a member on here. Does anyone else own one? If so, could I trouble you for the brace height range and the string length? Emailed Dan and he gave an educated guess on brace height, but had no idea on string length. Said it's been way too long, and he didn't build very many of those. Any help is appreciated.

Jim Wright · « **Reply #1 on:** November 12, 2022, 08:48:59 PM »

If it helps I owned and shot a good bit of 3d with a 60" Curlew and if memory serves my brace height was 7 3/4" so I'd try 7 1/2". And a string 3-4" shorter than the bow length usually works.

Terry Green · « **Reply #2 on:** November 12, 2022, 09:12:15 PM »

Did it come with a string?

Smawman · « **Reply #3 on:** November 12, 2022, 09:14:55 PM »

I haven't received it yet, and he is unsure if he can locate a string. I've got a couple of 52" and a 52.5" strings,but I am not sure if that is a good place to start

Terry Green · « **Reply #4 on:** November 12, 2022, 09:49:00 PM »

It wouldn't hurt to try the 52.5 incher,, that would be a split of the recommended lengths of 3-4 inches mentioned by Jim Wright above.

Smawman · « **Reply #5 on:** November 12, 2022, 09:52:20 PM »

Ok. I'll give it a try. I'm sure it will be close, I was just hoping for someone to chime in and say, yeah- I've got one of those, it's this length...