I would like to see everyone's most beautiful bow. Post away fellers

Howatt Diablo

Ben Pearson

hmm im not able to post pictures,probaly doing something wrong

That's the prettiest, from Dale Arner. My Super Necedah is a close second.

Here is one that I made. :-)

My most beautiful is my 1972 Bear Super Kodiak.

Eddie Francisco Rapture longbow

Starting my beauty

Wow those are some amazing bows guys! Keep em coming!

Vine maple self bow by the late Bob Mckimpson

Can't decide..?

My Blacktail T2 Sitka with a Whippenstick close behind. Both are great shooting bows.

Ibehiking, nice. He knows how to layout a riser.

Brad, that Blacktail Sitka is exciting.

Here is my Javaman's Helmsdeep with tulipwood.

Here is a Humingbird Kingfisher with Cocobolo that I saw for sale. Luckily for me, it was not left handed. It reminds me of a Fox Triple Crown.

A Ben Graham creation....Hummingbird Kingfisher Elite

Last one. cleenrelese's Tiger maple, Macassar Ebony, and Purpleheart.

1963 Bear Kodiak Special "my way"

yep I see lots of beauties! love this kinda thread!

Some of the early to mid 60's Howatt Hi-Speeds were made with extraordinary wood, also some of the earlier Hunters.

Whitewolf Wind Warrior

Shocked no one has posted a Freeman Bow yet. Guess I get to be the first.

How about another Hummingbird.

-Bones

Here is my Super Necedah, vintage beauty!

Some real beauties here I don't remember seeing in other threads. Keep them coming guys!

Wow drybones. That is the coolest hill bow I have ever seen

Wow drybones. That is the coolest hill bow I have ever seen

Here are 2 of mine. Fred Anderson ”Hyak” and A “Hoot Owl” by Hoots.

Big jim, Buffalo

That Super Necedah definitely has that classic, understated good looks!!

WhippenStick.

I love threads like this!!!!!!!!!

I think I am still under an injunction not to post photos of the most beautiful bow, a 1962 Browning Diana, so here is a glimpse of a 1964 Howatt Hunter that,as Elle woods would say, is "not totally unfortunate-looking."

Here is a reasonably priced Falco Trophy made for me all of the way from Estonia. It has cocobolo, bamboo, a gloss finish, and a full pistol grip. Long and smooth it is 44# and 66 inches long. I should shoot it more.

Speaking of turquoise glass Howatt's...this 1961 Howatt Monterey is beauty incarnate!

Another angle...

Tall Tines gray and walnut. I keep this picture in my Future Build file.

Here is an Ancient Spirits three piece, a Pronghorn with yew and dyed walnut, and a Black Canyon with purpleheart and I think wenge. I lifted these pictures from the web, I mean no disrespect to the owners or the manufacturers.

Rose Oak Ultra D

Blacktail

Some beautiful bows guy's.

A rather plain old Howatt Hunter

Freeman longbow. 66 inch , green glass

It’s so hard to pick just one....

The other side of my freeman

This cocabola 1pc is a beauty

This is probably the prettiest dymondwood bow in my herd

This 1pc Original Schafer is a stunning classic

2 ACEs.

Fedora 560. Circa 1972. Just refinished by Mike.

Another Fedora. 560 takedown in red mallie burl and bubinga.

Here's some Howatts

Thanks to Brandon Stahl!

One of my favourites. Blacktail Legacy.

Phenolic Covert Hunter with buffalo horn overlay

Way too hard a choice...I have half a dozen that always look just exactly right to me. But this St. Joe River bow and these cedars sure look nice together.

Beautiful bows guys! Congrats for your taste.

Here is one of my favorites, Bamboo Ipe bow made by Ryan O'Sullivan. Serial number 001.

A oldie but goodie, Super Diablo

Another angle of the Super Diablo

Will...those zebrawood SD's are lookers...nicest bow made in that time period by Howatt.

And trust me on this....Longbow49 builds a gorgeous and phenomenal bow. Love at first bite.

Beautiful bows all, and my Bob Thompson Zippers are purty too.

Here's my SD...1991

As shown above,the prettiest bows are the ones lying on something it has killed!

Beautiful bows, but I don't understand why an Acadian Woods bow hasn't been shown yet as well.

Terry Harris

As Terry suggested..My RER Arroyo all Bocote Static !

Wow Bloody. Great stable of Silvertips.

This zebrawood Staghorn by Bill Pyle is sweet. Not mine just missed it on the big auction site. Hope someone here got it.

beeman I saw that on there and I was like "WOW" !

Black Widow PCH II. No red, No white, Western Diamondback skins on the backs of the limbs. Frank

All Bocote Toelke Curlew....

Gray Goose Shaft....I only saw you had posted my Ancient Spirits bow after I put it up. Glad you think it's a beauty...it really is!! Thanks

The above are Ancients Spirits and a Dale Dye

Another pic.....

Keefer I wanted it bad. Thing almost brought 400 bucks.

The most beautiful bow I ever owned was a Dick Robertson Montana Falcon. Bocote veener limbs, Bocote riser with accent stripe, Elk antler limb tips, Rattlesnake skin on limbs, Elk antler limb bolts.

Here is another beautiful Dick Robertson Montana Falcon I owned. Tulipwood veener limbs, Cocobolo riser with accent stripe, Elk antler limb tips, Elk antler limb bolts.

Bryan -

That Staghorn beauty was mine - went to a guy in WI. I'm not sure if he is a Leatherwall guy or not.

I've been letting some bows go - been saying I was going to thin down my 35+ year accumulation of bows for at least 5 years :).

I just let this one go tonight - 61 Kodiak Special. Man it's so much tougher to let them go than welcoming one in...

Terry

Blacktail Columbian TD. Bocote/Cocobolo

Terry I saw the Savage Mn address and figured I should know who it was. Sometimes it takes a little bump to get the noggin working. Good for you bud wish i would have got it.

I'm a little biased but you boys with the rosewood Howatts are winning this race. All these bows are beautiful but those 1960's Howatts are amazing.

T4

Man this is a fun thread. Love to see all these beauties. Those all-Brazilian rosewood bows are hard to beat. I have a few but I'll show something different. A ROC Ace by Brandon Stahl. Chechen and marblewood.

Today, it's this one.

Kodiak Special Deluxe, w/a zebrawood flair.

Terry, I have one that looks a lot like yours.

Today, it's this one

Boxcall, I have to agree with you.

Exotic wood beautys

My incoming Covert Hunter

Our Whippensticks.

Three piece Acadian Woods Tree Stick. Cocobolo and marblewood.

Sometimes the beauty is the way the bow draws and shoots for you. Not that a Ben Pearson T/D Bushmaster is an ugly duckling...;-)

I like this one...the lamination patterns are unique.

Who made it? Don't know.

Some bowyer in Southern California in the early 60's.

A closer view of the riser...

Drooling on the keyboard here guys. Wowser!

Blacktail longbow...

Nothing rare. Just ordinary, everyday '61 and '62 Kodiaks. But I think they got some good-lookingness to'em.

Another photo of my '61 and '62. Haven't got the hang of those photos yet, but working on it.

Piddly,

Those riser laminations on the Southern California bow are incredible. I've never seen such an intricate pattern on a bow. I see fine lines that are pleasingly delicate, and an interesting pattern of light colored pieces abutting dark colored pieces.

Any bowyer that could think ahead enough to envision how those lams would interplay in the finished bow could have been a heck of a chess player. Thanks for including the pictures.

Gray Goose...later today I will post a picture of the opposite side of the riser and the tips as well.

It really is the work of a master...notice that the lams in the sight window are and I-Beam set-up.

They were set between the two outside layers and designed just for the sight window...that lamination group produces the dark curved arches and the thin vertical lams are dark wood-the opposite colour of the outer lams they line up with.

It is very impressive. Plus, it's really fast and ultra quiet with no silencing.

Here's the offside of the riser...

The tips are very small as the limbs narrow at the end..

Black & White Ebony

Cocobolo & Bocote

Here is my newest addition Tom Jennings Citation Mark I

sbos, I'm not a bocote fan, but the interesting patern in the riser of your bow is fantastic.

Here is the sexy part

Babbling Bob thank you! This piece of Bocote exceeded my expectations.

Type I A-riser w/Rose Oak limbs

Please dont stop posting on this thread! Please post some more!!!!!

2012 Grizzly shined up

My rich emery stik is beautiful as well...zebrawood with a zircote stripe for that X in the grip...brown glass that is flawless...and y'all would never guess the price of this custom and how well it shoots

For 'factory' bows the old Howatts, up to and including the Dreamcatcher. Honorable mention to the Super Necedah. As for 'custom' there are so many I'd hate to make a list.

Since traditional bows are becoming more of a 'boutique' item these days it's not surprising how many new bows are works of art.

Not sure were that long bow came from(not me)

my blacktails,,norms earlier bows on top than his newer ones

One of these.

One of these again (right side up)?

John Jordan Stalker...

Southwest stingray

Very nice bows all !

The bottom bow is moving to Iowa today so I took a group photo to remember it by.

Lots of beautiful bows in this thread. Let's keep it going.

This is new to me,,and it’s pretty

Blackstick, good lines. After a a while the shots of risers begin to look like wood samples in an office furniture showroom.

Looks like it could use a little more shaving to me..

Besides the black and white boobies, Mountain dude I like capped risers with two woods, but I was wondering about the long knocking point, while trying to stop looking at the boobies. Does that serve a purpose? I am guessing you knock above.

here's I gots a couple of fine lookin boobies for ya right here

Wasn’t my nock Dean It was prior owners I like the them small and pointy,,,,the nick that is

I do too, three wraps of serving thread is enough, but not too pointy.

This is like going to an art showing. This is one of the things I like about trad over the cam guys. These bows are works of art in themselves. I'll add a couple I have. My Howatt Hunter 62" 48# this is the bow I shoot 3D with

this is the Fedora I got about 6 weeks ago. This on is headed to the woods first day. 60" 48#

I don’t have the green one anymore.

Rotten Great looking bows! Who made the quivers?

Howatt Monterey.

I made this bow for my wife and call it "Lefty Lady".

All nice looking !

My most beautiful bow would be my Blacktail Legacy.

arrowflight , thats not a bow, thats a piece of art

Thanks Sir misalots!

Pro....those quivers are Thunderhorn mini Boa’s. Here’s another Kanati that looks as good as it shoots!

Might as well join in.

That's a beauty Marc. I like the contrast

Couple recurves.....

Thunderhorn

Yeppers that's a pretty Bow Scott, the last one you posted. But Barber you beat,so far. Until the next two brothers get shown :-P JF

very nice Al S. what kind of wood is that? reminds me of zebra

I've had some beautiful bows and I still own some beautiful bows. But this one I really miss. Unfortunately it developed some major cracks in the riser and the bowyer made no exception to his published warranty. So that I meant I was out of a bow and out a good portion of my money.

Oh well..................but what a looker it was!!!!

SilverTip

Thunderhorns

Browning Cobra

Lonetree Ocelot

59' Kodiak & 60' Shakespeare

SilverTip again for fun

BTW, my coffee table is a routered live edge black Walnut piece.

I'm sure that several of you will recognize this bow.

My new John Strunk English longbow. She is a sweet shooter too.

One of my favorites

Ans another one, my own longbow.

2017 BW PAXS

To Long Trad. The Riser is Zebra wood.

PAW Bedford longbow. Curly maple and I believe African iroko (teak).

Stivertip Double carbon limbs

Wish I had some beautiful bows. I wonder who came up with the double crescent riser on the Silvertips. Hmmm.

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