I recieved the new TallTines from Brian today, and probably ran at least 150 arrows through it.
The bow 60" long, 54#'s @28", sporting an drop dead gorgeous Ziricote riser, with highly figured Kingwood veneers, and horn tips.
There is no doubt that Brian poured his heart and soul into building this bow. I am a stickler on finishes, and grips. I have had other bowyers back up if you requested something different from what they are accustomed to doing every day....not Brian. He nailed every special request I had, and was more than happy to do it. Brian understands the word CUSTOM, and he's going to do his best to give you exactly what you want.
I assembled the bow, tied on a nock set, stuck a bear weatherest on it, grabbed a hand full of 2018 arrows, and started shooting....perfect arrow flight, no wobble, no fishtailing, no porposing, just a nice, tight, slow rotating ball of fletch to the target....zero tuning required.
Everyone probably remembers the TV commercial with GRANNY saying WHERE'S THE BEEF. Well....Brian is putting all the beef into his risers, that's where it went.
The trend lately seems to be with bowyers refining risers, building them smaller,narrower, shorter, and shorter, and this may have evolved due to customer request, and I'm not knocking that, but that isn't what you get with Brian's bows.
My riser is one of his shorter versions, 15 1/2" long, but it is all there. The first thing I noticed was the overall mass weight, and had no doubt about the bow being stable....rock solid.
I had seen a lot of pictures of Brian's risers, and thought I pretty well had that figured out....WRONG....I knew I was seeing a bump or hump on the front of the riser, which aids in positive repeated hand placement, but the riser wasn't anything like what I THOUGHT I knew beforehand. This is the most different and uniquely styled riser I have ever seen, and I've seen a bunch, just nothing that compares to this.
What Brain has incorporated into his riser insures a positive, reapeatable grip 100% of the time. I don't see how it would be possible to not get the same grip each and every shot.
Other bowyers may be sculpting their risers the same way, but I haven't seen it, if they are.
This bow is built like a Sherman tank, looks and feels to be bullet and bomb proof....It's all there guys. I hear people calling bows a HER, or a SHE....this bow ain't no her, and it ain't no she....it's all man, from tip to tip !!
I've owned a ton of bows through the years, and Brian's bows are the real deal. The bow is as nice, well built, and offers as much, if not more top notch craftsmanship than any bow I have ever seen.
I don't own a chrony, so I can't give data on speed, but it will hold it's own with any recurve out there.
It shoots great, looks great, points dead on, more stable than you can imagine, and all at a working man's price, then throw in how easy Brian is to work with....well....you guys had better hurry if you're thinking on buying one.
I have a feeling the end of the waiting line is waaaaay on back there already.
Yeah....I like my bow, and I like the guy that built it.
Billy
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