| From: yahooty
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| Date: 27-Jan-15 |
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I have an older custom make recurve bow made by Doug Knight. The limbs have a slight twist that I believe I have straightened. More importantly the bow is just heavier than I want to pull (65#). Last I heard and as far as I know, Mr. Knight is no longer making bows.
I thought about selling the bow, but now I'm thinking I may want to keep it if I can get some lighter limbs made. Does anyone here know of a bowyer that would possibly make limbs for a bow that isn't theirs?
Thanks
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| From: fdp
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| Date: 27-Jan-15 |
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Talk to Mike at Mad Dog or someone like that and see if he will make you some. Have you thought about putting a set of Samick or Trad Tech. limbs on it?
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| From: KyPhil
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| Date: 27-Jan-15 |
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Isn't a doug knight recurve similar to a wes wallace, stalker or brackenbury? If so then I would say that one of those bowyers would do it.
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| From: yahooty
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| Date: 27-Jan-15 |
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fdp, I have thought about some modern limbs, but I just don't have those skills. I spend most of my days swinging a sledge hammer, hahaha.
kyphil, I'll check with someone. But is Brackenbury no longer with us?
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| From: camodave
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| Date: 27-Jan-15 |
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If you think about it adapting a set of limbs to a riser they did not create could very well be just as much work for a bowyer as creating a complete bow...I think you might just as well get a bowyer to build you a bow and maybe shape the grip similarly...there are a number of bowyers who will consider reducing the draw weight of a set of limbs by up to 10 percent...you can sell the Doug Knight bow to defray some of the cost of the new bow
DDave
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| From: yahooty
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| Date: 27-Jan-15 |
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DDave, that's really what I originally wanted to do. Maybe I'll give that another shot. I'm actually way more comfortable with a long bow anyway.
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| From: buddyb
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| Date: 27-Jan-15 |
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Do you have pictures of the bow you could post?
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| From: yahooty
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| Date: 27-Jan-15 |
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I'll take some detailed pix of the riser and limbs when I get home.
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| From: yahooty
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| Date: 27-Jan-15 |
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I did have one on my phone this at least shows the riser with the alignment pins and the main hole that the bolt goes through.
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| From: Tomarctus
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| Date: 27-Jan-15 |
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I got a Savora TD riser that I'd like to do the same with... Similar pinned/screw limb connection... I'm all ears too!
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| From: grizzley21
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| Date: 27-Jan-15 |
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doug knights bows are totally different than wallace brakenbury bows,,, i have 2 different bows from doug,made in the 1990's, one looks like the one in the photo above but made of cocobolo,nice bows..............
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| From: Tomarctus
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| Date: 28-Jan-15 |
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So with all the warfing that is going on these days, and the availability of ILF limbs... How hard could it be to align, drill and tap a new set to fit? Really? Those limbs *are* intended to be "adjustable" are they not? So the angle could stand to vary somewhat, right?
What am I missing here that an ILF guru could enlighten me and others on?
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| From: Backcountry
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| Date: 29-Jan-15 |
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It seems as though many bowyers are reluctant to make limbs for bows other than their own. Those that will may charge a premium, based on my inquiries.
I'm still looking around for limbs to fit on a Howatt Hatfield riser with its unique parallel pins and bolt attachment system. Anyone?
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