My new Bigfoot Stealth #001, pics

[JamesKerr]

Beautiful bow!

[cmh]

In the process of interviewing for two different very well paying jobs....... I hope one of them comes true so I can order Stealth #13 ..... My lucky number  

Nice looking stick, Gery!

Bisch

[drewsbow]

very nice bow Gery    

[katman]

Pete, no G-10 I beam, plenty of mass with the bocote and the harmonic dampeners.

Chops, all my bows are designed to hunt and plans are to use it this fall on whitetail. The pics posted are from Kirk before the final finish and she is MUCH less shiny now. Performance is very good, with both 10.3gpp and 11.1gpp. I will not post chrono numbers, been there done that, no good comes of it. Lets say it does not take a back seat to my ACS ILF longbow rig.

Thanks for the nice comments, I agree Kirk did good here.

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Originally posted by Hermon:
"D" when strung?  It may just be the angle, but it looks like the tips flip just a bit.

You've got a good eye Hermon. The tips are flipped just a tad on this one....

BUT.... The "Stealth" as well as my "Flatliner" one piece design i also build to NFAA long bow specifications which ARE a true "D" shape with a shallow V cut shelf not to exceed center cut.
I do this by leaving out the tip wedge at lay up and putting it on the belly side of the limb after straightening it. Kind of a "Perry Reflex" design in the tip area.

I'll have one of those to look at closely in the near future. I have 5 more in various states of completion right now i'm getting ready for the NALS event on the 4th of July.

[Moreammo]

Good lookin stick!

[Richie]

Awesome  

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Originally posted by rbcorbitt:
   

OK, Kirk!   Tell us all about it!      

Ok Bob......I take it you are referring to the "Harmonic Damping system"

This is something i've been working of for the last 6-8 months off and on for my take down bows. Most of my TD models are pretty dead in the hand as it is, but i've had some that were 100% Phenolic risers and others with G-10 I-beams that still had a slight harmonic buzz to them.... I've had several customers of mine that are very sensitive to any minute vibration at all, and so i came up with a solution.

I thought i would incorporate this system into the Stealth design to help offset the hand shock commonly associated with  long bows with small risers.... There are tons of guys out there that really love the looks of the riser on the Hill style bows, but still want a bit higher performance and less hand shock...

Without going into great detail, I've used a combination of weights suspended in silicone & G-10 garolite in the grip. You can just see the G-10 inlay in belly of the grip in this photo....

It's nothing short of incredible the difference this system makes....

 

[rbcorbitt]

Cool stuff!  

[pete p]

absolute beauty. always fun to listen to a bowyer who is an innovator and is dedicated to tweaking the stick and string...

[mahantango]

Kirk, that is one beautiful, graceful longbow.Are you coming to ETAR this year? I'd love to shoot one.

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No i'm not going to make it out east this year. But I am going to have a display at the North American Long Bow Safari in Oregon on the 4th of July weekend.

[katman]

Update on the Stealth, the accuracy I have with this bow is unmatched with anything else I have shot. What is happening at forty yards amazes me, groups like 20 yds used to be. I think the mass in riser and limb stability combine for an extremely forgiving bow. I may have finally found 'the one', of course I am waiting on Kirk to build my SS. I was really loving my new Taipan but this bow is really something, might be listing the Taipan soon.

More eye candy of some pretty bocote.

     

[ARCHER2]

Gery,
If you don't quit posting this kinda stuff, you're gonna make folks go in debt! Lol......
You got yourself a winner all the way around brother. Congrats!
Charlie      

[katman]

Thanks Charlie, hope your liking the bigfoot hybrid, she is a great bow also with some very nice bocote.

[Doc Nock]

That ole boy, Kirk, does find some pretty intense bocote, doesn't he?

then he must whip it a lot to make it well mannered.

Even with some neck challenges and stuff of late, not shooting for many months...it did a nice job this weekend even in MY hands! I love that danged thing!

 

[ARCHER2]

Doc,
That is a beauty you have too brother! Katman, I am loving the hybrid. That thing shoots like a rocket! I like it so much I just bought another one. Little lighter weight, but with carbon backing, and bamboo cores. I'm anxious to see how she behaves. I think she's gonna be hot!
Charlie

[Doc Nock]

I don't think I ever heard any Bigfoot owner saying their bow had to take a back seat to anyone shooting... his bows harness all the energy stored... and put it where it belongs...into the arrow! I had to go up in spine although I dropped in draw weight on mine!          :eek:    

And, yeah, Charlie, I at least think that is a very handsome bow he made me with the Waterfall Bubinga I-beam combined with the Bocote...

   
   

But looks don't mean squat if it doesn't perform!

I paid for performance, and got that and a fine looking bow to boot!

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Sorry i neglected getting some photos posted for you Katman..

Here's a couple with the leather grip...I took a leather cleaning brush and roughed this one up for more texture....