| From: skookum bow
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| Date: 21-Sep-16 |
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Hi,
Traded a metal target riser with button and magnetic rest for a Howatt Hunter. My girlfriend saw it, shot it and I guess she considers it her`s now. Such is life!
Can anybody tell me what year that bow was made and what kind of wood was used for the riser ?
Thanking you in advance
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| From: skookum bow
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| Date: 21-Sep-16 |
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I know the 1 stands for either 1981 or 1991 or 2001 - but I don´t know which one it is.
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| From: 1942
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| Date: 21-Sep-16 |
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I think it is a 1981. I have an identical bow at 43#
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| From: Pdiddly
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| Date: 21-Sep-16 |
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1972 looked similar but with a curved stripe...I suspect it is a 1981. Certainly not a 1991 (laminated maple riser) or 2001 (different riser woods and tips)
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| From: GLF
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| Date: 21-Sep-16 |
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1942 is right. It's an 81. I bought one new in 80 just like it. That was one of the last "good" howatts for me to shoot. I little later they changed the wood, which is no big deal, but they also changed the grip. So after the grip change I never bought another new one. They customized grips I guess but that was never advertised so I didn't know.
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| From: skookum bow
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| Date: 21-Sep-16 |
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Hi,
Thanks for the answers. They won´t make the bow shoot any different, but they do satisfy my curiosity. I like to know such things.
Great site here with lots of helpful people and a wealth of information.
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| From: strshotx
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| Date: 21-Sep-16 |
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Does it have wood tips or black fiberglass tips?
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| From: skookum bow
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| Date: 21-Sep-16 |
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Hi,
Sorry, forgot to add a pic of the tips.
It has plain wood tips without any overlays what so ever.
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| From: larryhatfield
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| Date: 21-Sep-16 |
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Might want to stick with dacron on that bow.
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| From: skookum bow
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| Date: 23-Sep-16 |
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Hi,
Yes sir, I ´ll listen to you on that one.
Upon closer examination, the lims are 2lams of wood on the inside (maple? maybe - it is very light coloured wood) and a lam of black glas on einther side, right up to the tip end.
The tip overlays are wood, quite long and thin and they taper out to basically paper thickness on the end facing riser middle.
Guess I´ll try a 14 strand flemish Dacron string on this unit.
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| From: Pdiddly
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| Date: 25-Sep-16 |
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You could get away with fewer strands of B-55 as it's 35#. Would improve performance.
Larry Hatfield has often stated this.
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| From: skookum bow
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| Date: 25-Sep-16 |
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Hi,
I guess that I could. But it puts more strain on the limbs PLUS I use 14 strand strings on all my bows - from 30# to 55#. I have gotten used to the diameter and real skinny strings do not have the same "feel" to my string hand. I shoot 3 under with a real thin glove. Guess I could use real thick serving string to make up for the lesser diameter, but I guess I`m too lazy to give it a try. I like to stick with things that work for me.
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| From: George D. Stout
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| Date: 25-Sep-16 |
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Ten strands of B-50 or B-55 is more than enough for that bow. Folks were doing that in the 60's...and I used a 10 strand Dacron on my 34# Hoyt Pro Medalist, back in the late 1960's. It worked great and there is zero more strain on the limbs, since there is less string weight to move.
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| From: skookum bow
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| Date: 26-Sep-16 |
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Hi Mr. Stout,
Should I pad the loops and if yes, how many strands would you recommend or would you say a 10 strand flemish braid string is better?
I would have used ff string with padding but when a guy like Larry Hatfield, who probably built the bow, recommends Dacron, I will listen to his superior knowledge since I am a weldor and not a bowyer.
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| From: larryhatfield
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| Date: 26-Sep-16 |
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Skookum bow, I said that because those year models sometimes or mostly had some sharp edges at the tops of the string grooves in the nocks. The fact that the new Dacron strings at 10 strands or so can give very close to the speeds of using non stretch strings makes it easy to recommend that. If you know how to "round " out all the edges in the nock area Or glue a short Fiberglass cap on the back of the tips, you can use any string.
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| From: skookum bow
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| Date: 26-Sep-16 |
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Hi, Well sir, I know how to wrap some 400 grit sandpaper around a very small round chainsaw file to smooth out the notch grooves - but when it comes to doing other work on the tips I´ld rather trade some welding or polishing work with a competent bowyer in exchange. I don´t have any old broken limbs to practise on and it would be a shame to ruin a good bow - my girl friend would kill me to boot as she considers it her bow by now. Worse yet, she would make me sleep on the couch.LOL
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