I got my Peerless after only a 2 1/2 year wait. It was worth it. I will try to post pictures of it. The bow is subtly beautiful and unbelievably well made. Of course, Bill Howland is a perfectionist and only builds bows that are as close to perfect as can be humanly made. Bill has only made a few of his Peerless design since it is so new. I was one of a few people who had the privilege of testing one of his Peerless prototypes. It was fantastic, but not quite what I wanted. Bill did quite a bit of redesign work on the bow and then found exactly the woods I wanted. He customized everything about the bow in accordance with my wishes, including the contour of the grip, the specific design of the limbs, the angles of the limb pads and, of course, the specific woods I had requested. There is no bow in existence that is nicer than my Peerless. Here is a thread with some pictures I took of the prototype.
http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=077514;p=2 It looks great, but my Peerless puts it to shame, even though you probably won't be able to tell from photographs due to the subtleties of the wood grains. I have a bunch of Brackenbury bows (along with many bows made by other outstanding bowyers). The Bracks I have were made by Jim Brackenbury, a nephew of Jim's who used to work for him, Wes Wallace, Bill Howland, and probably another one or two guys who used to work for Jim. All the bows are nice, but the newer designs that Bill has come up with (Quest, Non-Typical and Peerless) are the best of the breed, as you might expect since they are the most recent designs.
Allan
Topic: New Bracks???? (Read 274 times)
