Bow names?

[JEFF B]

i named my  horse Bow little weed. because it is so short  

[Tradcat]

I had a longbow that was 57 lbs at my draw length... I named her "hinds 57"
                                  Tradcat

I've only named two bows in my life.

The first was the first "fancy" bow I ever owned.It was a Sarrels recurve that I ordered up with exotic woods and snake skins on the limbs. Its name was "The Venom Stick". I soon learned that I cannot own a "fancy" bow because I am too rough on them and have since sold that bow.

The second bow I have named is my current go-to bow. It is a Sarrels Blueridge takedown longbow; 50#@29.5". It is a solid cocobolo riser with boo cores and black glass on the limbs. I ordered the bow before my first trip to Africa because I did not have a takedown bow. Bob called me up one day and said he had the bow nearly finished, but wanted me to come over and shoot it a bit to make sure the grip was satisfactory to me. I was standing outside his shop shooting into a haybale target when another customer came up and was interested in one of Bob's bows. After a short bit, the two came out to where I was and Bob introduced him to me saying:

"This is Bisch. He has killed more critters with my bows than the Black Plague!".

I instantly knew right then what the name of my new bow would be! "The Black Plague"

I have taken more critters with this bow probably then all the other bows I have owned together. It is living up to its name so far!

Bisch

[Friend]

One recurve is named 'Pascual' and the other is 'Satchel' after two of baseball’s favored all-time great curveball pitchers.

Camilo Pascual:  Ted Williams called Pascual's curveball the "most feared curveball in the American League for 18 years

Satchel Paige: Jack Brickhouse, a Chicago Cubs broadcaster, described the pitches Paige threw as "not quite legal but not quite illegal."

[nineworlds9]

My Stewart is named 'Brenda' which is a Germanic female name for 'flame'.  My Robertson is named 'Mojo' because coming from Dick in Montana it just oozes the hunt.  Plus my bow-buddy Jeff has one name 'Majik' so I had to.  Two Robertsons, Majik and Mojo, haha.  The Habu Jet I jokingly call 'Black Death' cause its so nasty looking, but haven't killed anything with it yet LOL.  Rest dont have names yet cause they aren't permanent editions.

[fmscan]

Had the name "Looney" for a USNA Grad and Lacrosse Player who was also a Navy Seal. He served 4 tours in Afgan. and Iraq and lost his life with days left before he was going to be mustered out. He had just gotten married the summer before and had their whole life ahead. I never want to forget even though I never knew him.

[Josh Perdue]

Originally posted by Ric O'Shay:
Two bows named, first one is "Sweet Sue" after my bride of 32 years and the other is "Hemothorax".

HEMOTHORAX has to be the coolest bow name Ive ever heard. It just says it all.

[Josh Perdue]

double post

[BWD]

Don't usually name them, but I had one with maple lams and black glass I called Moon Pie. Had another one named Brown 25, because it looked like....
Bought a bow blank I wound up naming Earl, after Earl Scheib, on account of all the cloudy glass and glue voids.

I had a bamboo 79@27" from Jerry Hill, great shooting bow, that I called 'little dutch' and my favorite string follow bamboo white glass bow that I built back in 1976, 88@27" with 3/4 inch of string follow, I called 'Old Crutch' because it seemed old even when it was new.

[BowHunterGA]

I have named a few bows, some bows I have let the bowyer name them and even others have been given a name by friends.

The named bows I have are as follows:

Northern Mist Classic with Cherry lams back and belly was dubbed "Cherry Bomb" by friends on the 3D course when a Surewood arrow hit a hickory tree and the arrow exploaded! The bow pulls 83#@28

Northern Mist Classic "Bona-Fide" named by bowyer
Northern Mist Classic "Fools Errand" long story
Pacific Yew Classic "Charisma" named after a chapter in "Bows on the Little Delta"
Pacific Yew Classic "Valiant" named after Ed Bilderback's boat
Flatwood's Custom Longbow "Taulmaril" named after a fictional bow from a fantasy fiction novel series

I have a few more "named bows" but these are the special ones!

[centaur]

The bow I'm hunting with this year is "Clear Creek Deerslayer". Another one of my Hill bows is "Sat Cong". If you were there, you know what that means.

[nineworlds9]

Nam reference?

[tmccall]

For me a name for a bow has to fit the bow.  Its something that gets adopted over time. The one I just handed down to my oldest son had earned the name Calamity Jane.  There's no real story to go with it, it just seemed to fit. We were always getting into trouble together.

My new one hasn't been named yet.  But we've been spending some quality time together on long walks through the woods terrorizing the stumps and I'm certain that her name will dawn on me pretty soon...

[mcgroundstalker]

My wife bought me a Black Widow TFV about ten years ago... Named it "Honey Bunny"... The rest of the bows I own havn't any names... Don't know who their father is?    ...

[Danny Rowan]

I name all of my bows, the name comes to me from the bow most times, but my newest Tip was named in honor of my late twin.

"Nakohe"

 

"Wickedly Precious"

 

"Yunnush"

 

"Black Betty"

 

"Love Potion #9"

 

[tmccall]

Danny, that bow wears the name "Nakohe" well, it is a beauty.  

I trust you will have great success with it and that the fond memory of your brother will be with you as you stalk your prey.  God bless.

[Keefer]

I have a Hoots recurve I named my "Chocolate Moose" because it has the most beutiful chocolate colored Ziricote with wide black wavy grains in the riser,Olive ash burl limb vaneers over boo cores and topped off with accents and limb tips of what else "Moose antler"..
Oh I almost forgot the stippling was Lees first Moose antler in the grip area....Makes me hungry for Chocolate Moose everytime I hold it....  

[David Mitchell]

My Anderson Hyak is named "Blackfoot" for some Native American heritage in the family.  My Anderson Skookum Classic is "Braveheart".

[Azwatasha]

When I first started naming My bows the first one was named "Money" because it was money on the spot everytime I shot, then the next one was "Mo Money" it too was on the spot, next one was "Alotta Money"... it cost a lot
finally I have "No Money" I can't hit Squat with it.