| From: Hip
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| Date: 07-Jul-18 |
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We'll I got around to stringing up my 59 Herter's recurve. This bow cleaned up real nice and looks about new, straight limbs with no cracks anywhere on the bow. Anyway, I noticed a positive tiller when I strung it up. Brand new string, I took my time and let it sit strung for a while then drew it a little bit at a time and it drew fine with no surprises. Except one, at 70 years old 62 pounds, (maybe more I draw 29") seems way more than it used to LOL. I don't know, I been shootin 45 pounds for a good while now. Again back on the track, best I can tell the tiller is positive by almost 7/8" I'm gonna leave it strung for a while and see if it changes any. Oh, I shot it about 10 times and it flings an old cedar arrow I have pretty quick and is quiet. The draw is smooth but heavy. I might look into getting the weight reduced if it's not real expensive. The weave on the back is different I like the looks of it.
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| From: Hip
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| Date: 07-Jul-18 |
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The Glass
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| From: raghorn
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| Date: 07-Jul-18 |
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Many bows back then were build different than newer bows.
If you measure overall length -tip to tip, then divide by 2 to find center you should see that the center of the bow is the shelf. On newer bows the center is the deep part of grip. This makes top limb longer thereby the seemly exaggerated tiller.
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| From: George D. Stout
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| Date: 07-Jul-18 |
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If it's shooting well, the numbers are irrelevant. As raghorn said, some of those 50's bows were unique.
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| From: Hip
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| Date: 07-Jul-18 |
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Thanks Ron and George, My 45 pound bow now feels wimpy LOL.
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