Yes, it is another Shrew I am adding to my already full bow rack. Since most of my Shrews are in the low to mid 50's, I decided I needed a special one around 45 pounds to keep shooting as I aged. My next Shrew will be a Shrew Safari at about 70 pounds, so my shoulders will be begging for lighter weight after a season of shooting the heavier bow.
John (Zradix) asked what the wood overlay on the back of the grip area is. Well, John, when I was working with Gregg and Ron on a mostly Koa bow (the one before the bow in this thread), Gregg found a beautiful Koa board that had it all. He sent me a picture, and I told him to buy it for my bow and for some of my future bows. He ended up making beautiful Koa veneers for the limbs and also used Koa for most of the riser laminations (along with phenolic and a curly maple accent). Part of the Koa board had a section of sapwood that Gregg said was virtually useless for a bow. I asked him if he could use it as a contrasting overlay for the back of the grip since the overlay is not part of the structural support. He thought it was a good idea and put the bow together that way. My Koa Classic Hunter is the bow I will be using for most of my deer hunting this year, and it is absolutely beautiful. I reorder Shrews as soon as one is built, so I usually have several on order and staggered about 6 months apart. I actually had two I ordered at the same time that were scheduled to be built this spring, but when I decided on the Koa bow, I couldn't figure out right then what I wanted for the other bow. I finally decided on a lighter weight Classic Hunter, and wanted to use the Koa in the riser and the highly figured Bubinga veneers on Kudu-tipped foam/carbon/mystery/uniweft limbs. I asked Gregg if he had any more of the sapwood from the Koa board, and he did, so I asked him to put on the Koa sapwood riser overlays like he had on my Koa CH. This moment is the first I have seen the finished bow, so all of you saw it before me. Ron tried to telephone me, but I was working and couldn't get the call. He knows me well enough that he correctly assumed I was fine with him posting pictures for everyone to see, and I am glad he did.
The Shrews just keep getting better all the time. I know I am a "Shrew Pig", but there is a certain dignity in Ron's term "Shrew Advisory Staff". Of course, Ray is not particularly into dignity, so he calls it as he sees it.
Allan
Topic: Pretty little Shrew (Read 1464 times)
