50's style recurve?

[Gregg S]

Any thoughts or suggestions on them would be appreciated. Are they any harder to be accurate with then a standard recurve or longbow?

[Biathlonman]

I think they are the best of both worlds. Light like a longbow with recurve performance. I've tried most and still think the Toelke Chinook is the best.

[tarponnut]

That's all I shoot. I have a Northern Mist Ottawa and a Wild Horse Creek Mariah, both amazing bows. Besides having the Classic lines most of us picture when thinking of a traditional bow they are real performers and a dream to carry.
Personally, I don't notice any difference in being accurate between 50's style recurves and bigger riser recurves.
I've owned a couple Kohannah Kurves, too. Excellent bows.

[Ray Lyon]

The real deals are great.  I put a 1957 Bear Kodiak 64" 48# beauty in the St. Jude's auction complete with all the trimmings and hope it fetches a good price for the kids.  I've got a 1955, 1958 and 1959 Kodiak as well. The 1958 is an incredible shooter and needed no restoration. I picked it up for $120 off the big auction site. It's a factory camo version with some of the camo wearing off, but still ready to hit the woods. Arrows are Sitka Spruce tapered from Hildebrand.

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Here's what it can do at 18 yards:
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[Scott E]

I love my Toelke 64 Super Static.

[Blueridge]

Recently got a Black Widow PSR X that I'm real fond of. Same grip as their longbow and shoots great. Taking it to Quebec in a few weeks for spring bear.

[Sean B]

I've had the PSR, the Chinook, the Kohanna, the LW Banchee, and the Super Ghost.  They're all great shooters. I've also had a 58 Grizzly. They were all great shooters.

[tarponnut]

No doubt that the real 50's and 60's bows are great.
I used a 1960? Bear Polar in a bow pass around that shot as good anything.

[Frank V]

I've got two, one is the Fox "Breed" built by Ron King of Fox archery. It's a fantastic bow quiet, fast, shoots where I look. My other is by a bowyer most will probably know of Tim Meigs, it's a replica compas Kodiak, dual shelf, & pretty fast & quiet. I like them.

[Wheels2]

I bought a 52# Peregrine and really loved the bow but had to sell it as it was just too much for me after a very long absence from traditional.
Ironically, I know where there is a take-down, hinged handle Peregrine laying on a rack.  60" and 53#.  Bought new and only shot for about 50 arrows.

[Gregg S]

Thanks for all the replies. I was worried about their accuracy just because most recurves built today have the mass in the risers. I have no problem with accuracy shooting a longbow that weighs next to nothing but thought that it would be good to hear some opinions from guys that shoot these recurves. I think that there will be one in my near future.

[Prairie Drifter]

Maddog has one for sale in the sponsor's classifieds .

[Gregg S]

Thanks for the heads up on the Maddog. I'm looking for 45#'s though.

[Fletcher]

Wheels, it sounds like it is time to hit the gym.  

[Anointed Archer]

If you can talk Steve in into building you one the Northern Mist Ottawa totally rocks! I have owned two and they are extremely accurate and fast.

[sveltri]

The Maddog bow for sale in the sponsor classifieds is a sweet bow.  I have an almost identical one.

[trubltrubl]

I have a QUARTERMOON LONGBOW  recurve ( Bert makes both longbow and recurves)..called the "mongoose" with the small riser and it is light and shoots like a dream..........Accurate..a picture is worth  a thousand words... 30 yard shot from the ground on nice fat doe