questions on 3 longbow makers

[bowheadhunter]

I picked up used Belcher longhorn longbow ,thinking of Al-Trad but cannot find any reviews on his longbow or recurves,other bow maker is Eagle Wing custom longbow his bows are a piece of art,,any input on the 3 bow makers I listed ,,

[Phillip Fields]

The Belcher longhorn is a great bow. The Longhorns were originally made by Jeff Massie of Texas. When Jeff got out of the bow building business, he sold the tooling to Belcher and worked with him to get him started on the longhorns. Belcher had been a bowyer for many years before he took over the longhorn. I have 3 of the Massie Longhorns and my wife has one of them. I have taken many deer, pigs, javelina, and African Plains game with my longhorns. I'm not familiar with the others

[bowheadhunter]

Thanks Phil the seller said longhorn bow likes wood arrows best he sold me a doz from the Arrow-Smith have not got the bow its on the way 48# at 28" 64".Now I got get a few custom strings from people here and bow stringer and see what brace needs to be. .

[Phillip Fields]

I shoot carbon off mine. I shoot them at 6 3/4" to 6 7/8" brace heigh. I've got a 62", a 64", and a 66". My wife's is 60".

[heartlandbowyer]

Don't know about the first 2 bowyers but Steve (Sixby) on here Eagle Wing sure seams like a great guy to me. More than willing to answer me when I pm' him with questions. Haven't had the pleasure of shooting any of his bows but I'm pretty sure KirkII (Bigfoot) has done some testing and reviews of Steve's bows. I've also had nothing but good dealings with Kirk and I'm sure he could give you more info on Eagle Wing Steve.

Good luck,
Cory

[bowheadhunter]

phil= thanks I  like carbon arrows ,heartland thanks checking out al-trad they sent some pictures, and waiting on eagle wing,,

[bowheadhunter]

brother just got a "martini toby" recurve  take down made in PA very nice bow 60" at 55# never heard that bow lol..horn limb bolts with martini glass scribed on them that looks cool.

[bowheadhunter]

looking for a custom Flemish string 62" for my Belcher longhorn ,,,

[threeunder]

I'm a huge fan of Eagle Wing Archery.  Sixby is, indeed, an artist when it comes to building a bow.

Mine is not a longbow, but I have no doubt his longbows are just as excellent.

Here is a link to a thread about it:

 http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=133704#000000

[bowheadhunter]

emailed  EagleWing  no luck so far,,could use his phone number we want his frontier longbow nice bow I like the design,,,looks noise free almost,

[bowheadhunter]

thank u for the thread link,,

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Originally posted by bowheadhunter:
emailed  EagleWing  no luck so far,,could use his phone number we want his frontier longbow nice bow I like the design,,,looks noise free almost,

Besides Steve being a close personal friend, his bows are top shelf quality. Every one of them he puts his heart and soul into.  Eagle Wing bows Rock!

Here's his phone number (541) 531-9217  Tell him Brutha Kirk sent you ...

[bowheadhunter]

Kirkll MANY THANKS WILL DO,,,

[picapica]

If "Al-Trad" is Al Kimmery, He's well regarded locally here in western Oregon, seems to make a nice bow, and has worked with other local bowyers like Wes Wallace.  I don't have one of his bows, so I can't speak to the shooting experience. He's evidently more of a phone person than a computer person, so a call will probably get you further than an email.

[bowheadhunter]

funny you just talked about AL-TRAD I just brought a very nice longbow is a work of art dare great price and they are great people answer the phone and emails,,I cannot down load pictures ask for hhtp or something like that just not good with computers ,I love post a few pictures of that AL-TRAD longbow

[bowheadhunter]

well on a roll KIRKLL thanks just called Steve at eaglewing getting frontier 66 longbow great guy talk to he did not rush me a real hunters hunter.

[bowheadhunter]

Just talked Steve again the Frontier is 68" not 66",
he a cool guy after talking more I just ordered a new model he starting to make a 2 piece take down longbow hybrid that's only 54" double carbon limbs great for me packing in Sitka and our cabin in Kasalof Alaska 54"@53#.

[Sixby]

I appreciate Bro. Kirk and others for their reccomendations and appreciation of my wonderful personality. Tongue in cheek. But I really do appreciate it. Joe is living my dream and even offered to let me stay in his new cabin and moose hunt. What a deal . I wonder how many bows that is worth? I bet a bunch.
The new bow is a model I have not even put on the market but have built and tried several of them. My max length is 54 and I am testing the 52s which is what I designed the bow to be. I don't believe anyone is building a 52 in hybrid 2 piece takedown but someone may be and I just don't know about it.
It seems to me it would be a perfect bow to pack in and hunt wild country or as a blind bow. Amazingly this little bow shoots like a big bow. I wonder if the static tips have anything to do with that? Maybe so. Anyway I am loving mine and between the Temptress I got from Pearl Drums and this new bow I have got my hunting season taken care of. BTW I am thinking some mac ebony is going to be involved in this bow for Joe. Anyone like mostly black bows? He says not fancy but hey. You all know me. I just can't help myself.,


God bless, Steve

[bowheadhunter]

52 inch my mistake even better,,lol

[bowheadhunter]

Steve please try  get your address and phone number listed on your web site,I emailed you a tracking number for Frontier 68" ..