Thanks for the support guys. By the way 16ga. the bow going to AdamH is the twin to yours. If you will remember, the first one I built for you came in a little too heavy to reduce. I don't like to take off very much and consequently miss weight a little more than a lot of others.
Steve, I build my grips to order. Some are narrow others are not. Palm swell, no swell, whatever.
I know that there are a few on the rack that might feel narrow compared to a recurve, but not so narrow when compared to other longbows. Again most of these were made that way by request and missed weight.
I ask my wife and some friends that help me at the shows to pay attention to what is said about not just the bows but anything good or bad about the booth. Doing this allows us to make improvements in order to serve our customers better. What is heard about the grips is they are too big, too small, too wide, too narrow, too cheap, too expensive, too red to black, to well you know what i'm getting at.
I only wish that I could keep more variety on the rack. Of course I love to sell stock bows, but that reduces the options for those who havn't had a chance to shoot my bows and custom builds allow me to build the handle and bow just the way the customer wants.
Oh well, i'm having fun and thats what really counts anyway.
As far as looking like a widow. There is no doubt that my bows and many others resemble widows to some degree. Widow makes a great bow and they are as good a group of people that you could ever hope to deal with. They have many atributes that I like and if I weren't making bows for myself and others that I like equally as well, I would be shooting theirs today. I can only hope that one day I will enjoy the wide spread reputation that they have "earned" as a quality company with outstanding customer service.
As far as me shooting heavy poundage, I practice by lifting heavy burgers and dinner plates often.
Shoot straight and often, BigJim
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