| From: Cool Hand Luc
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| Date: 12-Jul-14 |
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I have a Damon Howatt (HUNTER). The witting on the bow says- 55# @ 28" HH 5388 AMO 62. Below that is the Damon Howatt brand with the bow pointing down and pulled back with the letters d and h with the arrow between them. Then below that the name Hunter is on the bow. I would like Help to to Identify what year of bow this is. It has no Martin Archery markings anywhere on the bow, so I wonder if it was made before Howatt sold to Martin. It is a beautiful bow and compared to newer recurves it is really beefed up. It has a Threaded bushing to mount a stabilizer and it also has a threaded bushing on the back of the SHELF I guess for a Quiver. Any HELP would be appreciated.
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| From: George D. Stout
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| Date: 12-Jul-14 |
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A photo is needed since the numbers repeated themselves with each decade.
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| From: Blackhawk
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| Date: 12-Jul-14 |
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Tell us the woods used as well as any stripes and maybe some can get close. Most likely, based upon the number "5" in the serial makes it a 1975, 85, 95, 05...so a photo for us is important.
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| From: Cool Hand Luc
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| Date: 12-Jul-14 |
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Sent you both a Private Reply. Thanks again
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| From: Pdiddly
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| Date: 12-Jul-14 |
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The presence of bushings would indicate it's fairly recent as in 80's or 90's. As George said first number is the year so 85 or 95...does the riser have multiple layers of light brown wood and a vertical stripe?
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| From: Pdiddly
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| Date: 12-Jul-14 |
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If the riser is purpleheart then it's a 1995.
If it's multiple layer as I described in my prior post it's a 1985...here's a description by Larry Hatfield I pulled from another site..
"we built a lot of them using vacuum dyed brown 1/10th veneer maple rutland plywood made up for us. that was 1985-1994."
That riser is very striking as the multiple layers produce interesting patterns...some like them and some don't...matter of preference...any Howatt Hunter is an excellent bow.
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| From: Chief
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| Date: 13-Jul-14 |
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Cool Hand Luc, I have twin Damon Howett Hunter bows, 55# that I bought at a garage sale I believe it was 1984, and the lady said her husband had them for a few years. No threaded bushings anywhere on these bows. So I would guess your bow is post 1984. I still shoot them both, they are smooth, quiet, don't stack and they like to kill deer. :^) I love these bows!
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| From: Seeker
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| Date: 13-Jul-14 |
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I picked up a Recurve at a swapmeet today. It is a Browning Monarch 45# 68". It has 1A171-8 over the top of the weight @ length with A.M.O. below the weight & length. I'm wondering if it could have been costom made for someone. With it I also bought a Quiver. It's a King with the #3124kr written on the bottom.I believe it is pre 1990 because it has a Sam the Olympic Eagle Archery pin on it from the L.A. Olympics. Any information would be greatly appreciated.
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| From: Blackhawk
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| Date: 13-Jul-14 |
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I believe it's a 1975.
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| From: Pdiddly
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| Date: 13-Jul-14 |
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If you show a picture of the printing on the limb with model, serial number, draw weight etc that would be helpful. I agree it's likely a 1975.
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| From: Cardinal
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| Date: 13-Jul-14 |
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Martin did not mark Hunter model recurves mfg at the Howatt Plant with anything other than the drawn bow DH Howatt logo and that particular drawn-bow logo was not in use during Damon's time, so your Hunter is a later Martin bow, but made in the old Howatt plant by some of the same workers that were there when Damon Howatt retired. I didn't think the front bushing was factory-installed in 1975 (your bow is certainly not earlier than that) but my catalog covers 1972-73 so I'm not certain as to that altho my guess is 1985 for your bow with the straight accent stripes & front factory bushing and Tropical Hardwood riser. The side bushing may have been owner-installed; either it is a plunger mounting hole if it goes all the way thru to the sight window or could have been for mounting a Bear-brand arrow quiver of the kind that also used a lower-limb spring clamp.
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| From: larryhatfield
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| Date: 13-Jul-14 |
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i think it is a 1995. the bushing is a berger button insert.
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| From: Pdiddly
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| Date: 14-Jul-14 |
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A question to Larry to improve my knowledge...So did they make Hunter's in 1995 that were not purpleheart and with only one stripe? Thanks very much...Peter
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| From: camodave
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| Date: 14-Jul-14 |
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My understanding is that not all purpleheart stays purple...some of it takes on a browner tone over time
DDave
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| From: camodave
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| Date: 14-Jul-14 |
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I just checked my usually reliable source and I have thinks turned around...purpleheart tends to start out brown and change to purple over time...that riser may simply be on the browner end of the colour spectrum for purpleheart
DDave
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| From: Pdiddly
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| Date: 14-Jul-14 |
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This bow threw me completely...my 1975 estimate was based on it not being purpleheart with usual two stripes but it was with some misgiving as I have a 1973 Hi-Speed with the curved stripe and I didn't think things changed that fast as I think some '75's had a curved stripe. The wood didn't look like that era... Add in the bushings to the confusion and I ended up way off...a great learning experience with Dave's post on purplehearts.
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| From: Frisky
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| Date: 14-Jul-14 |
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The 95's turn a nice red-brown or purple-brown. The bottom bow in the photo is a 95'. The early ones had a single, multi-layer accent stripe. Later, they added another stripe.
Joe
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| From: Pdiddly
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| Date: 14-Jul-14 |
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Thanks for that clarification...nice to learn!
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| From: Pdiddly
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| Date: 14-Jul-14 |
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Here's a pic of the purpleheart Hunter's I've seen...
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| From: Frisky
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| Date: 14-Jul-14 |
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Notice the thin, second accent stripe in the above bow. I'm guessing they went with that somewhere around 200 to 300 bows into production. My number 140 doesn't have the thin stripe.
Joe
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| From: Cool Hand Luc
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| Date: 14-Jul-14 |
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Thanks everyone for all the help. It may not be as old as I thought but it sure looks like an older bow to me. I really appreciate all the help and I can't wait to harvest my first deer using Traditional Equip. Trad bows have changed my hole outlook on Bowhunting.
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| From: Pdiddly
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| Date: 15-Jul-14 |
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The transition from the belly side of the riser to the limb is also much less angled on the later bows with two stripes. The transition of the upper limb on the back of the bow is also totally different between the two.
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| From: Grizz
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| Date: 15-Jul-14 |
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Well said luck.Traditional bowhunting is incredible its like Christmas to a child and it happens every day.
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| From: bowjack
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| Date: 15-Jul-14 |
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Pdiddly,
For some reason that Hunter in your picture looks familiar.
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| From: Pdiddly
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| Date: 15-Jul-14 |
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I just pulled the pic off of eBay...noticed one was for sale from that era...is it yours?
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| From: Pdiddly
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| Date: 15-Jul-14 |
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Actually I did not get the pic of the plywood Hunter off of eBay...I just googled 1985 Howatt Hunter and found this in Images...I have a 1992 Howatt Hunter but no pics of it so did that instead. Great bow!
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| From: bowjack
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| Date: 15-Jul-14 |
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It was a bow I owned at one time and I have that same picture that I took of it in my files.
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| From: Pdiddly
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| Date: 15-Jul-14 |
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Small world!
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| From: Pdiddly
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| Date: 24-Nov-14 |
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TTT so Marc can see this thread...
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