HH BUG GOT ME - Part Two!

[Tim Reese]

This is my first ASL bow and am hooked!!!! Look out everyone

[Tim Reese]

Love the wood on this.

[Tim Reese]

Rocky Mountain Juniper

[Yooper-traveler]

Nice bow Tim......

[Deno]

That's a beauty Tim...


Deno

[Tim Reese]

Thanks. Now I need a Northern Mist also.

[evgb127]

Thanks. Now I need a Northern Mist also.

Sounds like you got bit pretty hard. Welcome to the club.  Beautiful bow.

[Tim Reese]

There is just something I really like about toting one of these out in the woods.
I’m sure most in this thread understand that feeling. Loved my recurves but just enjoy these a lot more. The Hill heads I got on a trade so I just need a good back quiver now.  In talks with Craig from Howard hill archery now on one.

[Sam McMichael]

That is a really beautiful bow. I have two juniper bows, but I wouldn't mind having one from Northern Mist. That photo indicates you have put together a great hunting rig.

[luvnlongbow]

I started playing with the ASL idea around 2014. Was going to order one then had to delay when I had bypass surgery. When I recovered I git bit! Hard! Since then I have picked up two Sheltons and a classic from Northern Mist and just picked up a string follow from Brian McBroom. Now thinking about a Hill from Craig.

[Tradcat]

Hey luvnlongbow which model do you like the best and why ? Thanks

[luvnlongbow]

Tradcat I like all of them. However I tend to like the Sheltons a bit better than the Classic. Much smoother draw and on the shot IMHO. However the Classic is a great bow also. It's a tad faster too if that is important. The Mcbroom I like also but haven't had much time to shoot it because I just recently got it. What time I have had with it looks as if it is going to be a great bow. The workmanship in all of these bows is superb and I don't think that you can go wrong with either bowyer.

[Tradcat]

Thank you sir! I’m leaning real hard on a 66” Shelton. My DL is like 26.5”. Hard part is deciding on all the wood combos. I know it’s all aesthetic but I like earth tone colors. I’m either going to do a dark red cocobolo riser with bamboo cores and a yew veneer OR a dark Bubinga or Myrtle riser with tempered bamboo cores and clear glass... maybe brown glass if it’s dark enough. Decisions,Decisions??

[Tim Reese]

I want a brown glass bow next. I have 2 black glass bows already but really am in a brown mood. They look ol school to me. Even if there not. Lol. Just like the look.

[Tradcat]

Do you prefer colored glass over the clear and why ? Thanks

[Rob DiStefano]

Do you prefer colored glass over the clear and why ? Thanks

the color of glass is pure personally subjective aesthetics, no more or less.

historically, there has/had been build issues using clear glass and that led a lotta folks to going with black or other colors.  my hill big5 has clear glass over 'boo, is more than 2 years old, and is doing just fine.  i think the dayze of bad clear glass are long over.  if i were to order out a new hill it'd still be with clear glass because i like the look of 'boo grass grain showing, though i've had several with black glass over 'boo with dark stained edges, and very dark cococolo risers.  it's just subjective aesthetics.

[evgb127]

Well said Rob.  I once had a guy tell me that black glass was the “fastest.”  He allegedly heard it from a bowyer but didn’t recall who... 

[Tradcat]

I also heard black glass was the best performance. Guy called it scrim glass

[Rob DiStefano]

the past issue with clear glass was that it clouded at spots rather than show all clear.  it was a cosmetic issue and not a specific strength issue.  i haven't heard of that clear glass issue cropping up again, but it would be a good point to discuss when ordering a new bow.  i've kept a record of every bow i've owned since 1953, and i'll sheepishly admit to 119, with probably every color glass one could imagine.  as to performance, where one glass color or type will be significantly better than another.  i won't talk about carbon fiber or ceramic as they are a totally other story, however.  i'd venture to say that if there are differences of glass color (of the same brand and lot), most wouldn't feel that difference.  i also haven't seen where one color is more durable than another, either, though all can get scuffed up fairly easily when you take her for a jaunt in the bush.  a good bowyer knows his backing and facing glass with regards to what kind of material it is and what corresponding thickness would be required to will render a final specific holding weight range.  it's all good, really.  as long as it's a long bow, all will be just fine.       

[fmscan]

Guys,
Yesterday I ordered a Northern Mist Ramer, at 73 yrs old probably my last bow, we've all said that I know! I ordered a 41-43#, 66 inch, w Flame Birch veneers and walnut riser, bamboo core with antler tips. Soooo hard to pick veneer woods cuz I love them all including solid brown and green. Ive never been a good shot so I went for the most forgiving bow, string follow and forward handle.
I spent a lot of $ on a high end wonderful recurve a few yrs ago but I love carrying a longbow and they cast an arrow differently. This thread has been VERY helpful in my decision to get this bow. Thank you all.
Steve was a pleasure to talk to and this will be a long 6 months.