the "D" shape R/D longbow appreciation thread!

[ron w]

Wow, I forgot my Toelke Super "D" ,great bow. That's what happens when you have to many....LOL    !!! I wonder if this post will get to over 300 pages like the Hill one did!!  

[pdk25]

Great Northern critter gitter ain't too bad either.

 


 

It's the top bow.  Just wanted a full braced pic.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ron w]

pdk25....how do you like the jack-knife option?

[NomadArcher]

PDK25 That is a beautiful Critter Gitter.

[dnovo]

I have had quite a few of the "mild r/d" longbows. Robertson, JD Berry, Yellowstone, northern mist, and my current favorite, Mohawk. When I picked up a Mohawk last fall used, it immediately became my go to bow, at least until Vince got my new one done this spring.

[Rob DiStefano]

fwiw, there are no trad r/d police involved in this thread, and all longbows are good longbows if they work well for ya.  

so i leave it to each of you to decide whether yer r/d longbow braces to "D" or not - hey, it's all good.   :D  

but clearly, this moab of mine is not a mild r/d "D" longbow - it's an aggressive beast that thinks it's a recurve ...

 

 

[Shortlongbow]

I love my Robertson Purist. It's 64", 55#@26". 4 laminations of red elm with clear glass belly and back. Bocote riser.  It was my first custom bow and has accompanied me on many hunts. I killed two deer on the opening weekend of the year I got it. I think that has always contributed to my confidence level when hunting with that bow. Killed a nice doe with it this year. Shoots so nice with tapered cedars. I hunted with an aggressive hybrid bow for a few years. A chaparral kaibab deluxe. This bow is lightning fast and needs a much stiffer arrow at the same draw weight. Found myself going back to the Robertson. It's just solid and smooth. Recently obtained a recurve from another tradganger and will probably hunt the rest of this week with it. But my purist will be in the camper for a back up or for just in case I need my old friend. Now  I need a HH bow. My old Jerry Hill is fun to shoot but something happened with that bow that haunts me. Had something to do with a monager of a 6 pointer. But that's another story.

[Rob DiStefano]

fwiw, an interesting, but true fact ...

the ifaa used formulas and measuring devices to make sure all competitors were using CLASSIC "D" braced ENGLISH ELB or HOWARD HILL style longbows.

along comes jim & buddy from 21st century longbows and they design/build "the edge" longbow that's an AGGRESSIVE r/d longbow which braces to a true "D" longbow shape.  one fast mutha of a hybrid longbow - a wolf set among sheep, porsche versus beetle - you get the picture.  

well, it passed the ifaa longbow test and needless to say, if you didn't shoot "the edge" longbow, you were at a competitive disadvantage with your slower elb or hill (the ifaa classic target longbow event has target distances far beyond the scope of a true trad bowhunter).  "the edge" won the ifaa longbow champs at least once that i know of, but probably more.  

i'll leave it to y'all to think about that one!   :D

[RC]

A Mohawk. My Favorite. I've never actually met Vince ,only conversed on the net but anybody that builds a bow like this has to be a fine feller.RC

 

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[ron w]

RC, is there anything still alive down there?    

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