Here is a picture that Beth took the time to send to me along with a very nice explanation of the bows and the timeframe involved.
They go left to right...........
1) This red bow is a 56" Savage Deathmaster made by Bob Savage for Paul in Aug of 1974. He made it prior to his BC hunt that year and went on hunting with this 67# bow for a couple more years to come. I believe he took a moose, sheep and goat with this bow and other animals in that time frame. Paul at this time was learning from Bob and I believe helping out in his shop. This bow had glass running the whole length of the target side.
2)This green bow was built by Paul most likely in that same time frame. Had history on this bow and have misplaced it. A friend of Paul gave this to us so I will get with him and get that information again. I do know that it is 56" like the red one but does not have glass down the front. The riser is built out of phenolic.
3) The is a very early 60", 87# Silvertip most likely made from Paul's shop on his farm. It has a maple riser and again no glass down the front.
4) This is another early Silvetip built by Paul probably in 76' or 77'. As you can see it has a flared contour so to speak in the upper part of the riser. If you look ahead you see he eventually got rid of that contour. This bow is slightly longer than a 60" but not quite a 62". It has a shedua riser and a very narrow thumb rest overlay.
5) This bow #431 was built in 1982 sometime and made out of bubinga. Most of Paul's one-pieces you see of that era were built out of bubinga with black glass.
6) This bow #1119 was built in the beginning of 1986 and you can see he has switched to using laminated wood in the riser and was offering clear glass in the limbs in addition to the black glass.
7) This is a current 60" Silvertip made by Dave.
8) This is #9 TD recurve which would have been probably built in 80 or earlier. Our records go back only to the #400 and on so can't confirm that for sure. Here again he was using laminated wood. Rarely did Paul build his take-downs with exotics.
Topic: Original Paul Schaefer Bows (Read 5987 times)
