Hey folks, not looking for a debate about these bows but rather intial comparisons from folks who have or do shoot both. I currently shoot a 62inch 54 lb takedown FF recurve. I have shot this bow exclusively for 5 years and I have never really contemplated getting another bow. I went through many before I shot my first tip, sold all of the others, and called Windauer to place the order. Recently my uncle was hunting in Iowa takin down a hang on, dropped it and it fell and busted the tip off oh his Norm Johnson recurve. 14 hours from TN with a busted bow. Luckily he had taken a longbow with him that he could use the rest of the trip. This got me to thinking. I do not have a back up bow that I would like for using to hunt big game. Got a pile of "fishing" bows but not another custom curve that I like. I am either considering ordering another set of limbs for my Shafer bow, another complete shafer recurve, or possibly one of these Tall Tines recurves that are seeming to gain some popularity. My first visual impression of the TT curves was that I liked the mass in the risers, looked like they would be a very stable bow, and folks seem to like them. I know exactly what I would be getting with another shafer bow, but I guess the wants are getting to me a little. I spoke with Brain a little about his bows and from first impression customer service seemed like I would be be dealing with a person similar to a Windauer, which a man couldn't ask for nothing better than that. I know both are good bows, but from you all who think Dave's recurves fit you just right and have shot one of Brian's recurves, should I set up a test drive or stick with another silvertip. Which ever route I go I will go with a dymondwood riser, bamboo core limbs, 62 inch in the 52-56 pound range. Plain jane woods with heavy mass for a solid dead in the hand stable feeling bow.
Thanks, Adam
Topic: Silvertips and Tall Tines (Read 797 times)
