Looks CAN Kill! (pics of my new beauty)

[Pheonixarcher]

Looks can kill! Firstly, when shooting instinctively, you only need to look at your quarry to be able to kill it. Of course there is a little more to it than that. Such as proper form, a clear shot, a finely tuned and sharp broadhead, etc. But most importantly, you must look at your exit hole through the vitals before the string is loosed! It really is as simple as that. The moment you allow yourself to believe otherwise, is when it becomes much too complicated.
  That being said, lets get to why I know you all are here. My new bow. It's a 58" Big Foot Sasquatch long bow, with 47# zebra limbs, and 52# copperheads. The flair back riser is made from a beautiful piece of zebra wood with a bocote flair footing and blood wood and black glass accents. The riser overlay, and the flush bolt overlays on the zebra limbs are also bocote. Both sets of limbs have black tail deer antler tips that Kirk darkened up with some of his magic. It also has an off set I-beam made from Brazilian walnut (Ipe).
 
 
 

[Pheonixarcher]

Wouldn't you know it! I finally recieved this beauty the end of last week, and I've been so busy with work lately that I've only been able to run a few hundred arrows through her. Most of these pictures are from the cashe of pics that Kirk sent me, so a few will be fresh and shiny out of the spray booth, and others will be of the matte 'hunting' finish. You'll also notice the custom grip that he made for MY hand! I'll get into that a little later.
 
 
 
The belly ramp caps are also bocote.
 
 
Some of these photos were taken at different stages of the build. You might notice the bocote start to darken up a bit. This bow is like a fine wine, in that it will only get better with age.

[stujay]

Like what I can see of the riser...any with the whole bow?  

[Sixby]

that is gorgeous. Love to see the copperheads and a full length pic of the bow. Sasquatches are so unique and hot looking.
Great job Bro.Kirk. I just did a grip just like that for Mike Storm.

God bless you all, Steve

[Pheonixarcher]

And now for the limbs. Both sets draw amazingly smooth. So smooth in fact, I'd have thought that Kirk missed the weight by a few pounds. These limbs are built to perform best at my draw length, yet there is not even the smallest hint of stacking! They are very pleasurable to shoot, and man do they perform! The 47# limbs make the arrows I had tuned to a different 51# bow look like limp noodles. And they shoot so flat that I have a hard time keeping the arrows low enough at 20 yards. And thats with about 10.5 grains per pound.  These 47#ers flat out shoot! I have shot the 52# limbs, but don't currently have any arrows that are stiff enough. There are no vibrations at all, and man are they quiet! A lot of bows have a fairly loud ring to the limbs, but these are just a thump. No ring, no twang, just thump! And I think the 52#ers might even be a duller thump! But I'm getting ahead of myself.
47# zebra back and belly
 
 
 
 
Check out these limb bolts!
 
 

[Pheonixarcher]

Kirk went the extra mile here, as he did with everything. He used a special base color under the skins to bring out their detail and color. I think they turned out quite well. A special thank you goes out to Sixby for supplying these beauties. Kirk, I'll let you give the details on the finer points if you want, and feel free to chime in or post any additional photos. Without further adieu... 52# copperhead backs with zebra bellies. You'll notice these bolts got the same overlay treatment as the zebra bolts.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

[Pheonixarcher]

You'll notice that these skins have a slight chameleon effect, in that they change color a bit in different lighting, and blend very well into their environment.
I think that's enough for tonight. I gotta get some shut eye. I'll give more details on how the bow shoots and maybe add a few more pics tomarrow.

[Hopewell Tom]

Those limb bolts are incredible! Well Done!

[rbcorbitt]

Beautiful bow!  Really like the offset I-beam!!  Need to talk to Kirk about that!!

Congrats!!

[katman]

OOOOHHHhhhhh AAAAAAHHHHhhhh, very very nice.

[jean-vincent]

i love it , you're a lucky man !!

[Trumpkin the Dwarf]

Oh man...just when I had my "need" list whittled back to one bow. Make it two now, curses!

Congratulations, you lucky dog.

[KentuckyTJ]

Nice!

[Igor]

That is a beauty!

Congrats!

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Glenn

[Basinboy]

She has nice curves

[Swinestalker]

If that is not a piece of art, I don't know what would be!

[Doc Nock]

Kirk never seems to rest on laurels.  Those limb bolts blended like that are stunning!

I thought mine was as pretty as it gets, but each new one posted has so many things that just make a man drool!

Best part is the shooting. I looked 2X at that grip! I recognize that configuration with the lower cut out on the thumb side!

I struggled with many bow grips for many years till Kirk took my situation under study and fixed the issue!

I remain indebted for my fine shooter and great looker... but yours exceeds even my standards!

Congratulations!

[SERGIO VENNERI]

WOW!!

[petalumapete]

WOW,

Beautiful bow. I had to go back and look several times. I have never seen attention to detail like that in any bow I have ever seen.
How the hell did he do the over lay on the limb bolts? Was that your idea?
Wait till ya take her out and let her rip on some yardage. Kirk makes one of the flattest shooting bows out there. You will be surprised.
Jeesee I can't get over it. Let us know how it shoots

Congrats

[landman]

Nice, but why do you call it a longbow?   At best it's a hybrid recurve.