lets see some pics of your favorite longbow

[David Mitchell]

snag, I own and enjoy the "recurvy" "longbows" like my Treadway Black Swamps, but I refuse to call them longbows.  They are hybrids--sort of like a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey so you don't call it either horse or donkey, those bows are a cross between a longbow and recurve. They are great shooters and I like mine a lot, but I only refer to my Hills and other Hill style bows as longbows.  And it's not because I'm a purist or snob, I shoot all sorts of bows  and love anything with a (single) string that shoots arrows.  I just have been around archery a long time (like over 50 years) and I tend to use terms we have always used in the past to describe bows.  Bear and some other companies came out with hybrid designs in the 50s and they were referred to as "semi-recurves" and I think that was an appropriate name.  Here is one of my favorite longbows--a Northern Mist Shelton in green glass.



This is a picture of a Shelton on the left and a Hill string follow Big Five on the right showing the difference in the amount of string follow between the two.

[LoneWolf73]

Voodoo Elk Riser Longbow



Cari-bow Silver Fox

[curlis]

Like that elk!

[WESTBROOK]

Originally posted by snag:
I think they need a new category. Instead of longbows and recurves there should be longcurves or rebows...some of these so called LBs are just a recurve riser with r/d longbow limbs.
Some of these longbows are looking more and more like a recurve.

Ding, Ding, Ding...We have a winner  

[Chortdraw]

[JamesKerr]

Originally posted by Chortdraw:
     

Sorry Chortdraw but that is a recurve see where the string touches the limb below the nock on the upper limb and I assume on the lower limb. That is what seperates a recurve from a hybrid.

[beachbowhunter]

this is my current favorite cuz I made it! Wenge and Zebrawood.

 

 
 

 

[Robertfishes]

(Helens favorite) I built this 66" D/R longbow for Helen 2 years ago using KennyM's 62"/64" design. Helen uses it for longrange (out to 70 meters) target archery. Zebrawood veneers, amberboo tapers, over 26 layers of fiberglass in riser for mass weight.                

[Robertfishes]

I built this one for me, Bubinga riser, amberboo tapers, figured bubinga veneers, my standard tip overlays of two 030 glass, black phenolic, 015 wood veneer.            

James Berry Morningstar
 

[JDBerry]

Pavan your getting better looking all the time!!..James

I am the invisible man, I  wear those leather gloves so my wife knows where I am.

[MnFn]

One of the nicest I have owned. Pronghorn with Tonkin bamboo limbs. Very quiet and fast enough.

[JB74nola]

[hybridbow hunter]

Lynx LB

 
 

 

[Whitetailarcher]

This a great thread.  Thanks for sharing.

[bowhunter@54]

Mine are not high end but still good shooters

[bowhunter@54]

Originally posted by bowhunter@54:
Mine are not high end but still good shooters Here's my The Stick by Howatt 55#@28 .     . And here's my GT Hawk by Greatree Archery.     . And here's my wife out wabbit hunting with her 1969 Indian Archery Cochise 40#@28

[bowhunter@54]

Sorry still new at this posting

[Steve Jr]

Nice bows Guy's thanks for sharing