This weekend was pretty well filled up, so I only got to spend Friday. Very interesting afternoon, though.
Ron W. got me interested in a dual-shelf Chad Holm bow with his posts about his St Jude's longbow and later River Runner, so I ordered one from Chad. Chad was hurrying to complete the bow before Comptons so I could pick it up instead of paying postage. As sometimes happens when we rush, he was working late, cut the shelf in on the right side of the bow, flipped it over and started roughing in the grip for a lefty. Oops - no more dual shelf. He said he would start again on my dual shelf, but would have the permanent lefty with him at Comptons shoot if I wanted to take a look at the wood combinations.
I made my way over to his table and recognized the bow immediately from the woods he told me he used. I picked it up and said to myself "Self, you just did it again!" "You don't really need this bow". "Chad doesn't expect you to buy it." "But, you know it's too pretty to leave it lying on the table and you're going to walk out with it". I still have my order in with Chad for a dual shelf to be delivered in January at the Kalamazoo Expo, but it will be a dark bow - dark riser and black glass limbs.
Chad and I were talking when another guy walked up. Chad asked me if I knew him and I had to admit I didn't.
Would you believe Ron W., all the way from NY and the one who planted the idea of a dual shelf in my brain in the first place. What an interesting guy to talk with. And, he walked back to his car in 80 degree temps just to get his dual shelf so I see how it felt to draw it from each side.
What a great site this is. I keep meeting people I've talked with via keyboard and they just never disappoint in person.
Oh, the bow I bought?
Rather pretty I must say. Cocobolo riser with bubinga stripe and waterfall bubinga veneers on the limbs.
Topic: Compton Rendezvous - short but interesting visit (Read 506 times)
