EB Holcomb Bow Pics

[tippit]

If you look closely, Here's what one of Ed's P2 versions can do!  Brian Vincent good friend of Ed & myself...Doc

 

[Steve Crowl]

Don't be showing his PII's or you'll have everyone drooling. His PII's are really sweet. He brings a few to Denton Hill every year to show around. He makes a great bow for a plumber.

[joe vt]

Shooting differences between the Mcllough and the Holcombs..............

I would say the biggest differnece is the grips. My Mcllough has a very narrow throat. The Holcomb's have a sharp radius throat.

Shooting wise, all three are great performers. They draw very smooth, pretty dead in the hand after string is loosen. I have not fooled around with string material on the Mcllough and thus it is the noisiest. Actually I tried dacron on the Mcllough and the hand shock was pretty significant....but the bow became hush quiet.

They are all stable and accurate. I will give a slight edge to the Mcllough for pointability. The grip on that bow just puts your hand and arm in auto mode when drawing.

Craftsmanship is out standing on all three. These two bowyers have real talent. I really like pretty bows with pretty veneers. But I find the Holcombs with color glass are very pretty. Perhaps it's the romantic thing, being that they are replicas of a bow built in 1959.

hope this helped.....

[joe vt]

Frank and Tom, thanks for the compliment on my photo's.

[tonto]

you would have to look hard to find a nicer guy than Ed. I have one of his 59s only wish he had the orange glass when he made mine.
Dean

[joe vt]

tonto, the orange glass is pretty neat. i have it on the belly of one of mine. it adds a nice touch for sure.

[Precurve]

Is this orange glass still available?

[tippit]

I might be mistaken, but I think Ed got that orange glass from Bowdoc...Doc

[PJMoose]

Hey Doc, is Ed going to be at the Stockbridge shoot, May 17-18? He's been going there for the last 10-11 years...

[tippit]

I don't think he would miss it.

[d. ward]

Hi guy's..we actually got the orange glass form the same manufacture.There was a limited amount and we purchased all they made and split it 3 ways...As far as I know there was never anymore done in that color autom rust as I recall...I do not remember if Ed had any left last spring when Tom and I were at his place...But Tom can supply you with Ed's home phone number...bowdoc

[Tom Phillips]

PJ,
Ed " Fuzzy" Holcomb will be at Stockbridge shoot.i spoke to him yesterday and he may accompany me to Whittingham Shoot end of month in Jersey.Ed is a good friend of mine.

[Tom Phillips]

The last piece of Orange glass I obtained cost me $50.00.  Cool stuff.

[jackdaw]

hey guys, saw this old thread and jumped on the bandwagon and ordered myself an Ed Holcomb "59' repro. wenge with a cocobolo "I" beam, maple lams under brown "bear style" glass...no purpleheart.....white with red linen micarta limb tips....53#....thanks to joe for all that great photography....jackdaw

[joe vt]

ohhh john you are going to be a happy archer. i am glad ed is back making bows. my 59 replica just is an amazing shooter.


are you going to have the glossy finish?

[joe vt]

here is a pic of my holcomb with the leather grip added.

[jackdaw]

joe, that is the finish ed likes to put on them.i switched the handle lamination and limb tips to black micarta/cocobolo......ought to be a beauty.....any full length pics of yours joe???? thanks...john....ps...you do your own leather grip????

[jackdaw]

oh yeah, talked to ed today and he told me others have read this thread in the last day or two and have been ordering bows...a "57 and a 1960 bear....the guy is great...see what you photos have done joe!!!!!!....thanx again...jackdaw

[buckster]

Here is my first Holcomb bow, just traded for it from JCAR.  It has never been strung or shot and it's so pretty I have had it several weeks and still haven't shot it.

I am having a LRU D-10 Purple Haze string tied soon by Allen Shafer and will look forward to seeing how it shoots.    

 
 
 
 

[jackdaw]

This thread just doesn't get old..!! Love my Holcomb's....