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Author Topic: What is your "HOLY GRAIL" bow?  (Read 1313 times)

Offline FerretWYO

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Re: What is your "HOLY GRAIL" bow?
« Reply #40 on: June 21, 2010, 01:41:00 PM »
Pronghorn Ferret so far it likes me the best.
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Re: What is your "HOLY GRAIL" bow?
« Reply #41 on: June 21, 2010, 11:19:00 PM »
I am always facinated by this topic. One great attribute which contributes to its mystery is that it always remains just out of reach. Today it is even questioned what the biblical holy grail really is. Now what are they actually looking for?

The quest for the perfect bow is enjoyable, intriguing and may be the most rewarding part of the journey. Let the search continue.
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Re: What is your "HOLY GRAIL" bow?
« Reply #42 on: June 21, 2010, 11:32:00 PM »
Im digging my 1970 Bear hunter takedown.
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Re: What is your "HOLY GRAIL" bow?
« Reply #43 on: June 22, 2010, 06:08:00 AM »
the holy grail for me will be the selfbow i make after having taken a primitive deer with it.

the border black douglas looks good!!
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Re: What is your "HOLY GRAIL" bow?
« Reply #44 on: June 22, 2010, 07:05:00 AM »
Clint I'm with you..it "will" be my selfbow ...
my paddocks are lined with osage trees ... I'll save you a stave or two and we'll get a'  building. I'd love to make a really good selfbow ...that then would by my ultimate "holy grail" bow ...
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Re: What is your "HOLY GRAIL" bow?
« Reply #45 on: June 22, 2010, 08:09:00 AM »
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Actually a holy grail bow is one you don't own and want to own and are on a mission to obtain it.  What I see are favorite bows, not holy grails.
:thumbsup:  Reddogge hit the nail on the head.......

Mine just happens to be a really nice original 1960 Bear Kodiak somewhere between 50# and 55#.  I own a 60, but it's lighter.  She's out there somewhere.....I just have to find her (and an owner that's willing to part with her at a reasonable price).
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Re: What is your "HOLY GRAIL" bow?
« Reply #46 on: June 22, 2010, 09:50:00 AM »
I don't know if I can ever do better than this one, I've had it for three years now and no matter what I shoot or buy I come back to her, she just "feels right" all of the time........Morrison Shawnee with bamboo recurve limbs, eastern diamondback skins, half pinecone grip, she is fast and quiet.......

 


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Re: What is your "HOLY GRAIL" bow?
« Reply #47 on: June 22, 2010, 10:13:00 AM »
So far its my 62in PSA X, i have not shot another bow that performs as good as this one for me.
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Re: What is your "HOLY GRAIL" bow?
« Reply #48 on: June 22, 2010, 10:55:00 AM »
My Holy Grail would be a Dean Torges Firestick, mid fifties at 28", black and red stained bamboo, which I believe is what he was shooting in Masters of the Barebow.  I don't think he takes orders for bows anymore so if the grail is meant to be unobtainable, well... that would make it a good choice.  That is the most beautiful bow I've ever seen.
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Re: What is your "HOLY GRAIL" bow?
« Reply #49 on: June 22, 2010, 03:00:00 PM »


 

Blacktail "Snakebit" footed with wenge and lacewood limb veneers.

 

Blacktail VL Elite  love the highly figured myrtlewood.  

These bows are beautiful to me. But more importantly they are great shooters! They have it all to me.
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Re: What is your "HOLY GRAIL" bow?
« Reply #50 on: June 22, 2010, 04:27:00 PM »
currently the ony I own, and likely replaced by the next one I shoot....   :saywhat:
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Re: What is your "HOLY GRAIL" bow?
« Reply #51 on: June 22, 2010, 04:46:00 PM »
The only bow I ever shot that required no break-in is my Thunderhorn Coup Stick longbow. I can pick it up after months of shooting something else and put the first arrow right where I'm looking.

My new Brackenbury Quest and I are bonding nicely. I shoot it better than anything I ever touched, after a few warm ups.
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Re: What is your "HOLY GRAIL" bow?
« Reply #52 on: June 22, 2010, 05:01:00 PM »
I'm still on the quest for my "Holy Grail" bow, but I think I know where to find it now.

I either have to find the "Lost Creek" or the "Black Creek" where I am supposed to consult the Banshee.

Seriously...I think either Chad's Lost Creek longbow or The Black Creek Banshee will encompass everything I want in a bow. I will have to shoot both to find out for sure.

Who knows? The quest could still hold more adventures even after shooting those bows!


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Re: What is your "HOLY GRAIL" bow?
« Reply #53 on: June 22, 2010, 05:15:00 PM »
As a collector any Bear Type 1 TD A or B.
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Re: What is your "HOLY GRAIL" bow?
« Reply #54 on: June 22, 2010, 06:05:00 PM »
For a longbow I have really been happy with the Fox Royal Crown. It is very easy to become accurate with it. It does have a recurve grip which I like. It is smooth to draw and through the shot.

 

 

 

...then there is the first bow I have built...

 

 

 

I love the 50's style recurve. This was my first. I love shooting it and am very happy (and surprised!) that it came like it did. These are my "keepers"....so far!   :biglaugh:
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Re: What is your "HOLY GRAIL" bow?
« Reply #55 on: June 22, 2010, 06:33:00 PM »
62" 52@28 Schafer Silvertip is what I have.  The "Grail" would be one with the same specs, but fancier woods.  It'll probably be my retirement present if I make it there.

 
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Re: What is your "HOLY GRAIL" bow?
« Reply #56 on: June 22, 2010, 07:40:00 PM »
I think mine is my Holcomb 59 repro.
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Re: What is your "HOLY GRAIL" bow?
« Reply #57 on: June 22, 2010, 08:13:00 PM »
My 1968 Damon Howatt Monterey. Brazilian rosewood riser, 62" and 49# @ 28". The finest shooting bow I've ever owned bar none, and boy have I owned some bows. I did re-finish this baby last fall and put some micarta tips on.

 
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Re: What is your "HOLY GRAIL" bow?
« Reply #58 on: June 22, 2010, 09:23:00 PM »
My Morrison Dakota pictured here in Quebec waiting for the bull moose that was tearing up this meadow.


 
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Re: What is your "HOLY GRAIL" bow?
« Reply #59 on: June 23, 2010, 03:39:00 PM »
Bear T/D 62" 60#
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