Toelke Whip & Chinook, Who has both?

[highcountry]

I have one of Dan's Chinooks.  Love that lil' bow. It is 60"   I have a few of other bows similar, well a bunch  (BW, Java, Anderson and so on) But I have never shot a Whip. Read a lot about them.

 Anybody out there in Trad Gang land that have both a Chinook and Whip.  If so, can you give me your thought between the two.  Getting old and need to bring down the weights. I switch between longbows and recuves just fine.

 One of these days going to have one monster bow sale for all the bows that have just too much pull now. Sucks getting old. 

Thanks HC

[Maclean]

I have both. Plus a Pika. My Chinook is a 58", 52@28 takedown for elk hunting, nicest recurve I've ever shot. Fast and silent. My Whip is a 64", 42@28 one piece for form work, 3D shoots and small game (although I would have no reservations about hunting deer sized animals with it). The Whip is the nicest R/D longbow I've shot. Smooth past my 28.5" DL, fast, accurate, and the most quiet bow I've shot. Highly recommended, and Dan's turnaround time is one of the shortest in the biz at about 4 months.

[EHK]

Not yet, but own a Whip, have a Whistler coming this week and a Chinook on order, so will be able to give a better comparison soon.  I will say though that I always got along better with recurves than longbows, but I love my Whip - enough to push me to order the Whistler as well.  Mine is 64" and 44# @ 28 but feels lighter than some 40 pound bows I own.  I've only shot a spike with it so far, but clean pass through.  It's smooth as can be, and with a quiver, has just enough mass to not feel skittish.  As others have said plenty of times, it's also incredibly quiet.

[trad_hunter]

ive had both and at the same time i only shoot ASL bows now but the chinook is allot easier to tune and shoot and is a great shooting bow, the whip is a longbow so apples and orange and is a bit tougher to shoot and not as easy to tune. Recurves are naturally more forgiving in my opinion.