| From: rattlesnake
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| Date: 22-Mar-24 |
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I aquired these 2 longbows today... The Johnson is string follow , the jet is backset... All and any info welcome... I'm assuming the Johnson is cedar , but I don't know what the leopard lambs are?
Any and all info welcome.. They both shoot great.. With a slight edge to the Johnson..
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| From: Draven
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| Date: 23-Mar-24 |
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I love my Dave Johnson. Very good find! The image is not quite clear - it looks like Dave Johnson has 4 lams? 3 cedar and a very thin maple maybe? If yes, it might be an earlier bow since the site he had was talking about 3 lams construction. Mine has 4 lams of cedar.
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| From: Draven
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| Date: 23-Mar-24 |
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Oops, my mistake. Johnson has just cedar in it and looks like 4 of them.
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| From: rattlesnake
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| Date: 23-Mar-24 |
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Johnson is on top.. That thin line is just a riser wedge/power lamb.
It's 3 lambs cedar black glass back , white/cream glass belly... Also white glass limb tip wedges..
It's fantastically made..
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| From: rattlesnake
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| Date: 23-Mar-24 |
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I think the jet (bottom bow) is 4 lambs yew or Osage I can't tell?.. It's light in weight so I think its yew?
Johnson is straight grip,.all cedar I believe and string follow.. Such a forgiving combo...
I fell into a bed of roses today..
Jet is slightly dished..
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| From: Draven
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| Date: 23-Mar-24 |
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Ok, I was sure the top was Dave Johnson but after that I’ve seen the bottom looking like a stringfollow bow. On cell image is crappy. My bad. But great find!
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| From: rattlesnake
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| Date: 23-Mar-24 |
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Yeah Draven.. It's just the angle.. The jet has almost 3/4"-7\8" of backseat.. I held it up against my NM Whisper and it's exactly the same..
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| From: rattlesnake
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| Date: 23-Mar-24 |
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Yeah Draven.. It's just the angle.. The jet has almost 3/4"-7\8" of backseat.. I held it up against my NM Whisper and it's exactly the same..
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| From: CStyles
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| Date: 23-Mar-24 |
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Nice, I especially like the Johnson. There is a Leopard on ebay now, says it is Osage lams. There is also a Jet Facebook page.
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| From: manybows
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| Date: 23-Mar-24 |
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That looks like yew to me on the Jet. yew turns dalk with age like that, I have a Miller longbow with yew lams that looks identical.
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| From: skeetbean
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| Date: 23-Mar-24 |
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I have a Jet Bison longbow with yew lambs it shoots good.
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| From: RiverRat
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| Date: 23-Mar-24 |
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The Johnson bows can be great shooting bows. The cedar lams make for a very lightweight limb. I had one that shot amazing, but was crooked as a dogs leg. I bet you'll like the way it shoots!
The Leopard always had yew lams. I have one myself right now.
Dave Johnson always used cedar, it's not yew.
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