Sovereign Archery

[Festivus]

How did John make his tips static? Did he put a wedge of material in between the tip, have a radical bend in the recurve (geometry), or a combination? Thanks.

[Caitlin B]

I have 3 of John's bows. 1 childs bow and 2 adult. I'm not sure about the weights or lengths but they are the best bows around.

[JV Rooster]

I realy liked the looks of his longbows.

[tecum-tha]

@ heydeerman: That means he is not eager to sell it anytime soon :-))
Can't blame him. A while ago I picked up a LH Trident, which is a fine bow from John also.

[heydeerman]

I know.    

Every time I think of it  

I feel like  

I should be hit in the head  

with a hammer  

[Raging Water]

Originally posted by Festivus:
So what I am gathering is that some people had trouble stringing them.

I assumed that they were a challenging bow to shoot. I never bought that and never really believed it. But there were people implying that.

How were they in comparison to other bows in other shooting qualities?

I know they had great speed and smoothness. Just wanted to know other shooting qualities.

Pics too if you have them. Thanks.    

No more difficult to string or shoot than my Jack Kempf Kwyk Styk. So, that says a lot right there.

Mine is and 82# at 28" and I have no trouble stringing it with a Webster Stringer.

Matt

[Raging Water]

Here is a link to my 82# Ballistick


 http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=111180

Matt

[clone]

I have had 3 ballistiks, still have 2.  Not that bad to string in my opinion.  Did have a limb break once (I think I wore it out).  I have a Verawood riser and Bacote riser, have currently 57" limbs, both sets bamboo, one 60# and one 65# at 28".  Very fast, very smooth, and very very quiet.
Once I slammed a bow handle in the rear door of a suburban 5 days before an elk hunt.  I called John immediately, had a new handle before the hunt.  
John's #1 priority was his family.  I never had a phone conversation that lasted less than an hour.  A fine man.
The thing I always notice about his bows is that when I've been shooting another bow for a while and switch to a ballistik, the bow is so much quieter, and it shoots 20" higher at 40 yards with a heavy arrow!

[Caitlin B]

I have 3 of John's bows. 1 childs bow and 2 adult. I'm not sure about the weights or lengths but they are the best bows around.

[vernon]

I owned 2 of John's bows, both ballistiks and loved them.  The first one was a beautiful gray bow and I shot it constantly and took quite a few animals.  I broke one limb on that recurve and at the same time I found another guy in my hometown that had neck surgery and could no longer shoot stickbows so he sold me his ballistik, perfect timing.