Camo and trad bows?

[Swamp Yankee]

Of the dips available, Preditor Fall Grey looks the best to me.  In all honesty though, I prefer "as is"; be it clear glass over wood, colored glass or even black metal risers.  Camo only looks good to me on a compound bow; maybe it helps to hide the hidiously "ugly" inherent to "those" bows ;-)

[Stumpkiller]

Can you dip just the limbs of a one-piece?  Be a shame to cover up the wood of the riser section.  I'd be most apt to just have a neutral gray with no pattern; even better a gradual shading from one edge to the other (like  a sapling).  The limb is only 2" wide or less and tapering.  How camo does it need to be?  Too much detail and from a short distance it just looks dark, anyway.

Any kind of wood grain will just have a Formica look.  I worked in cabinet shops and at a furniture manufacturer for 10 years - imitation wood looks like imitation wood.  It has no depth or grain "movement" in the light.  

On a used bow my first thought is "what flaw is he hiding"

[hardwaymike]

Hey wingnut can you dip arrows? There is some of your camos that would make a plain poc arrow look really cool. jmho

[wixwood]

I love the look of the wood!! To me the ultimate would be an effective non glare finish that still shows the beauty of the wood. I use limb covers during elk season but got busted this year on the reflection from the gap between the riser and covers........thats MY story.

[mooseman76]

I like wood as well, but there are two dips that I'd like.  One is takedown bow limbs taped on the wedges and tips so I could get the limbs to look like those Schafer limbs above, but still have the wood riser, wedges and tip overlays.  

The other one I'd like to see is solid black.  It probably wouldn't be of much use in a new bow that you could have made with a phenolic riser and black glass limbs.  But an existing bow or a used bow purchased it is a nice option to have the bow dipped black rather than spray painting it.  Just my $.02...Mike

[Oliverstacy]

Originally posted by wingnut:
How about some of the other patterns . . . like stone?

Mike

Mike,

I liked the WTP-210 and WTP-211 in the stone line.

I also like several of the Mothwing patterns...if you could find ASAT (I've only found one company that had it) it might do well.

But as someone on here said...it might appear to be a cover-up of some sort (even if it was purely cosmetic).

Josh

[kawika b]

ASAT

[hvyhitter]

I looked into dipping a set of banged up limbs and liked the Nat Gear or some of the fuzzier/neutral patterns better. Sold the limbs first. I like limbskins myself, ON,OFF...ON,OFF....ON,OFF.....

[RUSTY1]

Originally posted by BigJim:
We have a pattern that is of the older style. It looks quite good on trad bows too.

Bigjim

Jim, You have a pic of that?

[RUSTY1]

Originally posted by Stumpkiller:
Can you dip just the limbs of a one-piece?  Be a shame to cover up the wood of the riser section.  I'd be most apt to just have a neutral gray with no pattern; even better a gradual shading from one edge to the other (like  a sapling).  The limb is only 2" wide or less and tapering.  How camo does it need to be?  Too much detail and from a short distance it just looks dark, anyway.

Any kind of wood grain will just have a Formica look.  I worked in cabinet shops and at a furniture manufacturer for 10 years - imitation wood looks like imitation wood.  It has no depth or grain "movement" in the light.  

On a used bow my first thought is "what flaw is he hiding"

I'm pretty sure you can mask off where you do not want the film to be.

[bofish-IL]

I would like to see some fish scale designs. Carp - Leopard shark - Tiger shark - Gator Gar

[Orion]

There's no doubt that some camo dip patterns can just about make a bow invisible in the woods, but put me in the category of ambivalence toward dips, regardless of the pattern. They look nice and maybe even add protection, but they're not something I would do with my bows. I prefer black or brown glass, or clear glass over figured veneers, and sometimes snake skins. Whatever floats your boat.  

[highPlains]

This is my favorite for coyote hunting. Haven't had one come in close enough...yet! That's a 52" Wing Thunderbird with sage brushy looking camo dip.

If I set it down in the sage I would lose it, it looks good.

   

[highPlains]

Double post I don't know how to delete...

[wingnut]

Mostly I'm looking at it for the current ILF black limbs.  Something to dress them up a bit.

I do like those marble patterns at the end of the Camo section.

Mike

[Covey]

Originally posted by GMMAT:
I love my camo bow!

   

I have one just like it ( my riser is walnut color ) and I love the camo limbs. Dave puts some kind of screen under the glass, so it's not exactly like dipping. I have seen some cool looking dipped bows though! Jason

[The Whittler]

Scenery would be cool. You could have trees, sky, mountains, it could be endless.

[kenn1320]

Mike, what would the cost be approximately for a set of medium ilf limbs? I might be interested if the price is right, but If Im ordering limbs from you, I want to see the wood. Of course in person I might think differently. Hope there are some at the zoo.

[limbow]

Duplicate this and you may have a winner  

 

My longbow
 

 

[LimBender]

Limbow, those pics changed my mind about camo limbs!