I've been a fan of the Herter's bows for dang near fifty years, and my first takedown bow was a Perfection Magnum T/D around 1973, direct from the factory catalog. Over the years I've owned several of them, both wood and aluminum risers, but come to like the metal riser best; mainly due to the small pivot area and balance of the bow itself.

Just found another at a 'can't turn it down' price and it was delivered today. Little bit of limb twist which is being corrected as we speak here, and a little dirt cleanup as well. It is mismarked, which turns out good for me since the limbs say 62# and on my Hanson shop scale, they are 52#, or 49# at my draw.

I actually shot an identical model back in 1975 in the bowhunter class of the PSAA state field championship, and took second place in B-class at the time. Took a few deer with it also, and a score or so of small game. Looking forward to getting reacquainted. The grip wrap is bicycle tube to add some warmth. It's the top bow on the rack in this photo.

Limbs just push in and lock, and are quite stable and quiet once bow is strung.

There's been a wood handle one for sale forever on Detroit's craigslist. They only want $420.00 for it. It has 2 sets of limbs.

I got this one for $115.00, so I think I did okay.

Should have had that one in the Rambo movie.Looks like a war tank.I do like that throat on the grip,shape and the slimness.Looks stable with the larger riser mass at each end of riser.Almost like a stabilizer effect both top and bottom.Push in limbs,no tools.sweet. Sounds like it was made for you.How long is it?

Never been a fan of Herter's with their crazy rests until I picked up this lil gem. Fits my hand perfectly Too bad only 35#. The limb design seems ahead of it's time and the pointed raised rest works well.

The one is 62" the way Herter's measured, which is tip to tip, not AMO. It's actually closer to 60" AMO and takes a 56" string. Not sure what you mean by crazy rests, unless it's the one in photo.

My others Herters is a Perfection and due to the way the rest is carved, an elevated rest is used.

Gotcha, Hoyt used to do that, and even Bear did it with later Tamerlanes...a sloped area at the shelf. Herter's wasn't the only one. I don't mind since I use stick on rests anyway as did many folks back in the day.

Love how that grip looks. Bet it feels amazing!! Something about the gold metal risered bows, super thin, round throats test fit the hand perfect. Carroll did that on their takedowns and then on their compounds. Astro did it on their compounds. Grips just fit.

George what brand is the middle recurve?

James, that's a Black Bear compound riser with limbs from a Fleetwood bow. It's my granddaughter's bow I gave her this past spring. She likes lavender.

Yup, had the identical bow bought from the Wasca, MN mail order store. Mine was 62”, they also had a 58” version. Had several of them over the years, both wood and magnesium, but I too preferred the skinny handle of the mag one.

Dang George another one! I was just there Tuesday and you kept this from me. I cant wait to shoot it!!

Yeah Scott, it wasn't here yet so I didn't want to get the cart in front of the horse. ;)

Your good at keeping mum (=

Very nice George I was always a Herters fan and there catalog was my Christmas catalog. I have been looking for that model for years and gave up recently, so if you get bored with it let me know.

Very nice!

Really nice George. I have a wood riser version. I’ll see if I can dig it out and post a pic tomorrow. Lance

George, I agree with you 100% about how great Herter's are. A friend gave me one this past winter it's a Perfection Sitka 66" 42@28" and it takes a 59.5" string which is what is marked on the bow. The serial number is looks like a K 6601075014.

A friend made me low stretch Flemish string with padded loops. Is shoots so good and is one flat shooting bow. Any idea what year it is would be nice. Thank you.

hidden behind that strap from a side quiver is a wood handled '73 herters td. it shot a bear razorhead through the buck mounted above it. i still shoot it once in a while. but 60 lbs. is a little too much right now. what a great bow tho! bought it from a friend for $35.

I’ve never owned a Herters bow but I miss the colorfully written Herters catalog. Jacques P Herter and Leonard Herter we’re either the world’s greatest sportsmen or the best story tellers in the business. ??

I've owned and shot the wood risers also but prefer the narrower, smaller pivot of the metal models. My first was ordered in 1973 from the catalog. It was $59.95 for the metal riser and $79.95 for the wood riser. That was half a weeks pay at the time. You could buy a second pair of limbs for it for $29.95.

It's funny, Herter's made a lot of bows, but not many people have bought and used them. If they did, they wouldn't necessarily be hung up on the brand names so much. They were every bit as good as any other model, and better than some, and just about anyone with a job could afford a Herter's...about half the price of a Bear recurve at the time.

I can relate. My first TD recurve was a metal riser Herters just like the one in the OP. I believe it was $79.95, new from Herters catalog. wish I still had it.

This one is a factory camo and the first Herter's T/D I had that was. The decals and data are on the outside of the camo paint.

That looks a little hefty, mayhaps, but appears to be a very forgiving design...

Always good to see a good, old bow go to an appreciative home, rather than ending up on a shelf somewhere....

Total weight of bow and limb is 3# 12oz.

There used to be a local archery shop we used to shoot at. He had two of those metal handled Herters. One was a 50# hunting model the other was a lighter weight target model. Be careful with them. That nice slim grip turned out to be a eak point on the 38# target bow. It broke at full draw ant the upper part of the riser came around and smacked him on the top of the head. I don't think I could have thrown that lower limb and handle any farther than he did.

Any bow can break, and I've seen many of these being used with no issues. I had a 60# model that I shot for years in the early to mid 70's. Bob Lee made thousands of slim handles just like that with no problems either. One bow breaking doesn't define a design flaw. Could be that one had an air pocket when it was cast. I'll take my chances.

Both the wood and metal handled Herters take downs were Great bows.

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