New Tom Parsons/Kimsha Mattawoman longbow. Oh yeah.

[Ghost Dog]

Tom Parsons is one of those rare bowyers who is a truly masterful craftsman. Tom has been building bows for close to 25 years and has built every conceivable traditional bow and continues to offer a wide range of bow designs.

Here is a Mattawoman straight limb longbow that Tom just made for me. It is 66” long, 58.3# @ 28”. The core is five laminations of bamboo with gorgeous elm burl veneers and a AAA Bolivian rosewood riser. Tom's fit and finish is incredible and he still does everything by hand. A truly handmade bow is becoming less and less common.

The bow draws exceptionally smoothly and  provides a tremendous amount of energy for the arrow. Pound for pound it out performs every “Hill” style bow I have owned, and looks sooooo good doing it!

   
   
   
   

[DEAN]

BEAUTIFUL

[longbowman]

Absolutely beautiful!  Is this the same Tom Parsons featured in the book "Just Another Old Bowhunter"?  Also, what is the grip material?  What does he get for a bow like this?

[neargeezer]

Better than NICE!

[Shaun]

Bob, that is a sweet one! Nothing like a good straight bow well made by hand. Nice pics a usual too. Thanks for sharing.

[Ghost Dog]

The grip wrap is called beaver tail, but honestly I don't know if it is real beaver tail or just textured leather. I will ask Tom.

As far as cost I am not sure if that is something I should post in this forum, on top of which there are a lot of options with Tom's bows so talking with him would be the best way of finding out his pricing.

I don't know if Tom is featured in a book, but the title sure fits him.  

[wv lungbuster]

Very nice.

[ripforce56]

Ditto on the Very Nice! Love the limbs!

[Ben Maher]

Sweet !

A beautiful bow !

[maineac]

A beauty for sure.

[AdamH]

Very Beautiful & Very Graceful lookin "Real L/B" , Good luck with her ...

[jsweka]

Now that's a bow!!!

[Cookus]

Nice looking bow!   I really like the grain of the wood in the limbs!

[Hatrick]

Tom does do some really nice work and yes, he is the same Tom Parsons featured in Tom Kidwell's book "Just Another Old Bowhunter."

A book well worth reading. One of the best I've read in the last couple of years.

I had the pleasure of dinning with Tom Parsons last year at Denton Hill. We talked quite a bit about bow design among other things. A very interesting man.

[Mac Hicks]

Great looking bow Bob.  Tom sure does build a nice looking and shooting longbow.  Wish you had ordered it about 5 pounds lighter so I could buy it if you should get tired of it for some unknown reason......  

[David Mitchell]

Bob, that is one beautiful bow.  I talked with Tom quite extensively at the Baltimore shoot a few years back.  I have done several bowyer interview articles for TBM and will have to say that TP understands the "mechanics" of bow design as well as any bowyer I have ever talked with.  He is indeed a master at his craft.

[slowbow]

So simple and beautiful..., and yet gorgeous!!!

On the first pic I can get an idea of what you mean by that Tom's fit and finish is incredible.

Wish you years of pleasure with this bow, Bob!

[Ragin Bull]

Nice       Very nice indeed  

[Malery Oxendine]

Nice looking bow. I really enjoy talking to Tom. You can have a lot of fun if you ever get to shoot with him. I have two of his bows.

[stringstretcher]

I sure wished you guys would not swell his head any more than it is.  Tom is a great guy, have know and shot with him since the late 60's, and one thing you never want to do with Tom is bet against him making a shot.  He will clean your pockets out. The only problem is that when you see Tom, you will usually see his running buddie, Johnny Buck.  Now that is a whole nother chapter for anyone's book....