This bow was at Jeffery archery. They own the equipment that was one Root archery. It was bought by Shakespeare and when Shakespeare got out of thecsrchery biz,Owen Jeffery bought the equipment.

Owen made risers and limbs for their QT takedown back in the early 70's after the initial run of Phil Grable risers. That bow looks like the X-16 Supreme, a 64" hunting/field model.

There was a time back in the day when you weren't anybody if you didn't shoot an Ernie Root bow.

I do believe it is George thank you.

The collaboration of Ernie Root and Phil Grable is what started the metal riser takedowns rolling and taking over the field/target market. They likely would have taken a large part of the hunting market too had the compound not been a thing. Almost all of the companies were transitioning to metal risers after the Root Golden Eagle started popping the high scores. The first perfect 300's were shot using the Golden Eagle bows in 1967.

Yep, that bow looks like Root Archery.

I gave that same bow to a friend of mines daughter at Kalamazoo one year. Ernie roots son, a retired judge, happened to be there that year. He asked me to introduce him to the girl I gave the bow to as he wanted to look at the bow.

Ernie son was selling some of his dads personal equipment at the show.

Larry Root, Ernie's son, is a retired judge. He and Larry Vienneau … who has the Shakespeare archery blog..discussed a lot of things that happened at Root/Shakespeare. All the bows that Shakespeare made were done at the Root factory by Root employees. So they literally were still Root bows, other than under different ownership.

Larry worked at the factory doing odd jobs while he was going to college, and apparently has a whole bunch of stuff from that time.

George do you remember what year the equipment was moved to the shakesphere plant in Columbia sc?

When I was a kid I worked out a deal with Earnie Root to sell a bunch of his bows. I don't think he knew he was dealing with a kid. You would think that I would have kept one for myself, but no. They sell used for many times what I sold them for. All of the ones I moved were the I-beam models.

Nova, not George but the equipment move was around 1972. The article read the sale was 1969 and the move was approximately 3 years later. The article says that Ernie was happy about the move.

NOVA7 I believe it was 1973.

Google the History of Root Archery and you get a nice short history of Root and Shakespeare.

shakespearearchery.blogspot.com

Here's a 1959 grizzly, and a 1956 Root Gamemaster.....great craftsmanship....and shooters..!

First bow I ever saw was a Shakespeare Yukon my brother had. I was maybe 4 or 5 years old when the tv edit of deliverance came tv. I remember wanting to shoot that bow so bad but of course that bow was way to much for me. In 5th grade Chistmas I got a Shakspheare metal riser takedown. Still have it.

Check out Cameron Root's posts here. Maybe a long lost relative but he spent a lot of time communicating with Larry.

DDave

NOVA7

That is a nice bow btw and looks to be in excellent condition. Was it re-done?

I have a bunch of Root/Shakespeare bows.

This Root Brushmaster is beautifully designed and built. Fast and smooth.

Ernie Root knew what he was doing. The limb tapers on the bows were intricate and well thought out.

Here's one like rattlesnake's...a 62" Gamemaster from the mid 50's with the extended shelf and tip wedges. I put a low stretch string on it and it really ups the performance.

I like them a lot;-)

Never owned a Root/Shakespeare abd dobt have a good excuse. Good looking bows!!! ??

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