I lead a traditional archery club at the high school where I teach and this year I have a young lady who is ecstatic about archery. She just can't get enough. Well, one day she brings in the old recurve bow that's so badly twisted on the bottom limb you couldn't get a string on it if you wanted you. She really wanted to shoot this thing, and I told her I'd take a look at it. She said it was her grandmother's, and that it was really special. Well, come to find out her grandpa gave her the bow, and he was an exhibition shooter back in the day! We're talking about the crazy stuff I can only dream of doing. So, I took the bow home and after about two weeks of tinkering got it back into shape (and boy was it rough to begin with!) It shoots great. I gave her the bow on Thursday, and she cried when she saw it. She's going to see her grandma and grandpa over Thanksgiving, and has agreed to bring back some pictures and tape an interview with him about his shooting days.
P.S. If anyone can give me some insight into who made the bow, I'd appreciate it. She didn't know. The maker's/company's initials stamped into the riser are C.T.B. It draws 26#@26" and is 66" ntn, both of which are also stamped onto the riser. It has a four-digit serial number imprinted as well.
Topic: "Your Grandpa was a what?" (Read 939 times)
