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Tom aka Elkman, sent me a longbow that he would like me to check out for him.
The first impression;
The way he packaged the bow was very impressive. He made a wood box that was inside the corrugated box for shipping. The bow was in that box, complete with instructions as how to open the box correctly.
The bow was completely wrapped in bubble wrap, very secure and well protected.
The bow was in the sock case inside the bubble wrap and when I got a look at it, it was a big surprise.
Tom had told me that the riser was Hickory and the limbs are Boo with Black Glass. So I was thinking, plain Jane functional.
It is far from a plain Jane, there’s much character to the wood as well as some very pretty accent stripes.
As far as how well it is constructed, the finish is flawless, and the fades are tight to the laminations. This is something that I have only seen in high end custom bows. Most production bows stop short 1/8” or more from being a tight sharp fit to where the laminations come together.
OK, so now I am impressed with the first impression, let’s see how a test drive will do.
It’s 47# @ 28” so I take a guess that it will shoot the same arrow as my K-Mag.
Put the string on, braced it to 7” and drew it back. Hummm, nice and smooth, not much stacking.
Come on Buddy. (That’s my Jack Russel Terrorist)
So out to the range we go.

Here is some pictures of the bow.

The first three shots at 15 yards.

So I shot a few arrows and deside to put the bottle cap down in front of the target and Let the 12 year old boy shoot it and see how accurate it would shoot.

Conclusion:
First of all I am very impressed with this bow. Very smooth shooting and with no silencers, its not very loud.
Another thing, my K-Mag is the fastest bow that I own and this bow shoots the same arrow with the same authority .
And the hard part for me to say; sorry Jose, (gulp) there's another bowyer that is in the same league as you.

Tom, you put it over the center field bleachers!!!!!!!

Wow. That’s some height praise. Looks like I may need to get me an elk seeker next. Looks like an early Flemish Dave string on that thing.

I would put this bow up against a Black Widow any day.
And yes it a Flemish Dave string.

Graps wrote: ↑Mon Sep 10, 2018 5:29 pm I would put this bow up against a Black Widow any day.
And yes it a Flemish Dave string.

Dang....