New to me Habu pics

[Danny Rowan]

I have been wanting to try one of these for a long time, just never found one I liked in wood choices. Until now, found this one on another site and just had to buy it. Not in my hands yet but she is a beauty.

Zebrawood riser and lams,64",55#@28"

 

 

 

 

[Over&Under]

That is a sharp looking stick Danny!  Good for you!

[2treks]

Is that an R1 Danny?

[Danny Rowan]

Chuck,

On the riser it says "Habu WZ", it is a recurve.

I do not know what "R1" means

[2treks]

I don't either. what does WZ stand for?
Mine says HABU R1 and is a recurve also. If you need another let me know. 53#@28"
Chuck

[Danny Rowan]

I think the WZ has something to do with it being made out of zebrawood and maybe wenge for the riser point accents, not sure just know it is a beauty and hope it shoots well for me. Of course it could mean "Wild Zebrawood" for all I know, LOL, no , do not need another.

[2treks]

I may spoil your theory but mine is brown action wood,     Have fun shooting it. they work good.
Chuck

[Lee Robinson .]

IMO, this design was the best shooting bow Chris has ever made, bar none. I had a couple like it...one grey laminate and one brown laminate. Both were tack drivers and very stable and accurate bows, but a tiny bit noiser than I like. They were not noisy as far as recurves go, but I have primarily been a longbow shooter, and like whisper quiet bows. Back when he made mine, they only cost around $650-675 or so new. I don't remember exactly. Times have changed as he now charges about $1000 more than that and I don't believe his newer designs are as forgiving as this bow's design was. I suspect you will be very happy with it.

I don't remember exactly, but I think B1 (or R1 or whatever letters he used) stood for brown laminates, and G1 or R2 (whatever he used) stood for grey laminated maple, then he also had a camo (mult-colored laminate), and later he expanded into the zebra woods, bocote, and cocobollo...which he used other designations for. I am sure the "Z" in the WZ does indeed in some way stand for zebra wood, but I would be surprised to hear that he used wenge (which is a black and dark brown wood). I believe the "points" on all his risers were fiberglass, and not of wood. I could of course be mistaken about that though. The center of your riser and the "fadeout" material in your limbs appear to be of walnut color so I wonder if that is what the "W" stands for.

[Danny Rowan]

You are probably correct Lee. You say "Back when he made mine", how old do you think this bow is? No big deal, just wondering. I believe I will be the third owner of this bow.

[Bill Sant]

Danny,   That bow is a tack driver.  Shot it a few times when Jan brought it to trad night at our local range.  If it were a little bit lighter draw you wouldn't have got it.  LOL   Jan takes super care of his equiptment and you won't be disappointed.

[Brock]

I bought a grey Habu from Lee back in 90s...then promptly fell in love with the bow but hated the color so ordered a brown one just like it in 1998...took deliver in 1999.

My says Habu B1 which was for Brown....I think the next series is where he started including exotic woods instead of just the laminated action woods....so around 2000+ he went to the others like Lee mentioned....same bow setup just exotic woods offered.

My Habu is a sweet shooter...

SN 94199      B1

You will love it...I think mine was like $700 back then....not sure the new ones are twice or three times as good to tell you the truth.  They were already so smooth drawing and great shooters.

Lee...do you still shoot the Senteman Moosejaw?

   Habu B1 made 1999  

If you look on bottom of riser end...the number will tell you the year it was made...if he is sticking to the old logging...mine is 91499...made in 1999

[Lee Robinson .]

I think he made those bows from around 1995-2002, but I am not sure on the exact dates.

I have owned two of his recurves one brown and one grey. I forgot about owning the grey one, but I do remember that I didn't like the grey as much as the brown. I just couldn't remember owning one until Ron mentioned that he got it from me. LOL. Loosing my memmory of details as I age I guess.

I also owned one of his "vemon" longbows. It too was an excellent shooter, but it had some handshock. He stopped making that bow I think less than a year after its introduction and went to a death adder. I never owned a deather adder or shot one. I have shot the vyperkahn though. I think the original habu recurve, like the one above, was his all around best bow.

Ron, Yes...I do still shoot Moosejaw bows but I have encountered a problem. I only have 2 right handed ones and I am switching to left handed. Unfortunately for me, Gary is no longer making bows so I haven't been able to find a replacement just yet. I have been disapointed with several bows recently in the switching over process as I DEMAND that a bow be able to bareshaft. I have actually taken my right handed moosejaws and right handed HH Big Five and successfully bareshafted them shooting off my hand on the opposite side of the riser, but still haven't been able to find a bow of another manufacture that I can bareshaft with. I don't think I am asking too much, so I am currently in the process of learning how to make a bow for this very reason. Guess what my design is like (with some minor alterations). Wish me luck.

[2treks]

Well I just looked at mine again, I was mistaken as it says HABU B1. Made in July 2000. They have an 18" riser vs. 16" riser that he uses now. Mine looks just like Brock's.
Chuck

[DannyBows]

Awesome wood in that one! Sweet!

[Raging Water]

WZ = Wazup!

WZD = Wazupdog!

[PAPA BEAR]

origannly posted by raging water:

WZ = Wazup!

WZD = Wazupdog!............  :D                    :D

[jonsimoneau]

Danny, I saw that bow too and very nearly bought it.  You're going to love it.

[Nakohe]

I thought you were broke. All that head banging about Chris Surtrees bow. LOL

[Nakohe]

If you don not like it, send it to me.

[Bullfrog 1]

Danny, did you get the Acadian yet?  BILL