I met a man from Arkansas in September- he's a fine knifemaker....his name is Jimmy Crowell...during a class I was fortunate enough to take from him he shared with me that his uncle was Bob Swinehart of all people...and so that began a two week long discussion about longbows and hunting. I got to see some Bob Swinehart memorabilia....Jim was later adopted by a stepdad- otherwise his last name would be Swinehart. A nicer person you will NOT ever meet, in my humble opinion- and he, like a couple other Arkansas folks, are very helpful and always willing to share and offer guidance to fledgeling knifemakers.
He invited me to his home for a few days for some extra learnin'-(I'm guessing he felt like I needed some remedial help- which I did!) Anyway, I fixed him up some with arrows and field points, tuned his Zebra longbow up for him and we shot arrows every day I was there.
He lives in a pretty remote area...with few folks close by...one day he mentioned there was a young lad that came over fairly regular and hung out...about ten years old...and the wheels started turning in my head that maybe I should try to outfit the young man so Jim would have a shooting buddy....so that's what I did.
As soon as I got home I got with two of the best of the best here on TG- who don't really do things to get in the limelight...but just want to do good things for others...
Kenny Yoder- aka 4RUNR donated a beautiful Kota LB, and Johnny Gottler- aka JAG donated a set of arrows. Allen from Lefties R Us completed the package with a great new string and I packed it all up and shipped it out.
JD Russell is the young lad's name...and Jim says he's now keeping every arrow on the bale...which after only a week is quite an accomplishment to my way of thinking.
Hats off to Kenny, Johnny, and Allen because THAT is what the spirit of traditional archery is all about right there!!!!
Topic: a returning shooter and his lil' shooting buddy- and two great guys from Tradgang (Read 930 times)
