In the next month or so I'm going to be ordering a new Dale Stahl T/D recurve. It will look very similar to the bow in the two pics below with some minor exceptions. It will be 62" with his long riser and I'm going to ask him to shoot for 46-47#@28". I've found that weight range to be my comfort zone.
The exceptions? I prefer Bocote over Curly Maple.
So, the riser of the bow I order will have Bocote where the Red Cocobolo is located on the bow pictured and it will have Red Cocobolo where the Curly Maple is located in the pics. As for the limbs, everything will be the same except for substituting Bocote veneers over Actionboo cores for the Curly Maple veneers.
There will be a couple of other differences as well, where the riser pictured has Red Cocobolo arcs and stripes through the Curly Maple, I will ask Mr. Stahl to leave them out of my bow. And I'll talk to him and see if he can put Bocote over Red Cocobolo for the riser accents on the backside of the riser.
I've owned 5 of Mr. Stahl's bows and like the reckless trading and selling fool I am, I've let them all go. One of them had to go because at 57#@28" it was way too much for my right shoulder. The very first one I owned I sold to the owner of The Archery Shop where I go to shoot every Saturday. I've tried for the better part of 6 years to get it back from him.
He just laughs at me. He used to keep it hanging on the wall, I think just to tease me! I would take it off the hooks and shoot it a half dozen time or so everytime I went to the shop just to remind myself of how well it shot. :(
Bill
Topic: New Dale Stahl T/D Recurve Arriving Next Week (Read 462 times)
