About a year ago an oldtimer who took a liking to me and tolerated me enough to let me hang around passed away.
Rusty led one of those lives that you hear about. From logging in Canada when he was young to serving his country and shooting on the marksman team to shooting Olympic Style Archery competitivly to being a Certified Archery Instructor to running an archery pro shop he had some stories.
Recently I stopped by to see his Mrs. and check to see if she needed anything taken care of since the weather was starting to finally warm up. We sat a while talking about nothing and everything when she excused herself and went in the back room.
She came back with a couple bows that had belonged to Rusty and ask me if I would like to have them. Rusty and I shot and hunted together often and she knew they would be cared for.
Never expected the bows and would give it all away to share the woods with that old fart again. A pair of bows I will cherish till my time comes.
Warren Joseph Charles Barth
July 3, 1939 ~ March 29, 2010
Appalachian Archery Savage River TD 62"-54#@32" and a Middle Mountian Longbow 68"-55#@32" custom made for Rusty several years ago. I believe they are Walnut and Locust and heard him talk about having carbon fiber in the limbs.