A&H Archery milestone

[mlmealey]

Way to go John, quality product from a great guy

[Van/TX]

Congrats John        Good luck...Van

[SHOOTO8S]

Congrats John and Larry! Can't wait to see whats down the road!

[stykshooter]

Got mine Fri. 62"65@28 and was surprised how quiet it was right out of the box. Great shooting bow and better than I thought.

[Guru]

John, I did very much appreciate the chance to finally get to shoot an ACS when I hunted with Terry last month,thank you for the opportunity sir!

I would like to try out a wood handled 3 pc. this time, under 60"....do you have anything like that available 55-60#?

[Woodduck]

I 'preciate your work.
I'm a satisfied customer with the one I received.
It's my fun bow, 'cause it's a lightweight; but sends 1916s with authority.
Thanks

[John Havard]

Everyone, thanks again for your support and kind words!

Curt, you bet.  We'll be able to find something for you to try out under 60" in that weight range in the near future.  I deeply appreciate your posts that feature you and your son shooting bows together.  They are very special to me in particular, but also to all of us here at the TradGang site.

John

[Mike Orton]

John,

Has my Lignum Vitea dryed out any yet?  Not in a hurry, just wondering if the material got checked up....

[John Havard]

Mike, the riser block was laid up about a week ago and should be in the CNC in a few days.  After a little checking and drying the blocks we cut for the riser ended up appearing very stable.  The sawdust from that wood is by far the most waxy any of us have ever seen.  If the Smooth-On can bond effectively to that wood it can bond effectively to any wood.

[amar911]

John,

The A&H ACS CX was the first longbow I ever shot after shooting recurves for the last 50 years since I was 5. I never thought I would like a longbow as much as a recurve, but your bow changed my mind. I bought the riser second hand from Shane Collier (a great guy) and got the limbs within a few days from Larry. That was about a month ago. From the first time I shot the bow I shot it as well as any of my recurves. It is as fast as any of my other bows and faster than some (based on similar draw weights).

Yours is a bow I will keep from now on. I have other favorites too that I also would not part with, but it is good to know that your bows compete with any measured from all performance standards. There is one area where you excel against all my other bows, and that is in the slim design and weight. Even though I have big hands your risers fit me well and I shoot very naturally and comfortably with them with almost no hand torque. If there is one minor item that is inferior to some of my other bows it is in the beauty department. There are definitely other bows out there that a much prettier, but for practical purposes yours look just great. I would rather have a great shooting bow than another pretty face, and that is where I see your bows.

If someone only wanted a single bow to hunt with, I would consider the ACS CX to be one of my top choices, and I know others who feel the same way. Thanks for all your good, hard work in getting these bows out to all your customers. I enjoy working with you guys and I really enjoy the bow. I hope you sell lots of them along with your new recurves.

If you can get the same kind of stability in the recurve as the ACS CX along with better performance (more speed), I can guarantee you I will be sending you a purchase order for one of those recurves. Do you have any idea whether there will be a speed increase for the same weight of bow, and if so, how much to you expect?

Thanks,
Allan

[JC]

John, so you guys are also doing risers out of customer provided wood? If so, you really need to advertise that, that's a strong selling point for a truly custom bow, imho.

[John Havard]

Hey Joe (somebody ought to make a song with that title - sorry, I couldn't resist!), we've talked about that but what if the wood chosen isn't suitable for a riser?  Who takes responsibility for a failure?  We definitely guarantee any of the exotic woods we offer but would need to consider the possibility of being sent an unsuitable riser wood.  Something to think about though.

Referring back to one of your original questions - I see that we have a 64" set of limbs rated at 67# @ 28" in our "In Stock Products" section on our website.

[JC]

Sure wish you'd have had that prior to my new foam/carbon Morrison limbs, that's why I sold the A&H. Great bow though. With the new lengths and weights you guys are offering, I may just have to start saving for another.

Understand about the wood issue, wonder how the other bowyers get around that?

[Terry Green]

Joe........I got a 67#er right here you can shoot.

Let me know when you wanna pic it up!

[JC]

Too late Terry...I've found the one I've been searching for and I'm a one bow man...for now anyway  

[WidowEater]

this is one of the few bows i havent tried out from a michigan based bowyer.  Im going to try real hard this year though.

[Lefty]

Congratulations John!  Hope to see you and Larry and Compton in a couple weeks.

[Guru]

John, Thank you for the kind words about the hunts with my son...I really enjoy sharing them with folks like you that I know will appreciate them    

 You let me know when you have something I can give a good workout...thank you sir!

[John Havard]

Will do Curt.

[fatman]

John, any idea when you might have some of the short limbs (58") available?

thanks

Kevin