Well, i’m sitting in the Masters shop as i make this thread. Jim sure outdid himself on this build. I couldn’t be any happier and what a craftsmen he is. I shot it and man is this stringfollow Redtail smooooooth on the draw and still handles a heavy wood arrow. The bow is 68” and 50@28, 5 lambs of yew, myrtle riser, green and light gray glass with a hand rubber high gloss finish. Jim is the man!

That should say hand rubbed finish lol!

He’s building me a kestrel right now. How does it look?? :)

It’s coming along nice. He will be glueing on the overlays lil later today. The wood combo you picked its nice!

Hey Sawtooth…here’s a lil sneek peek for you!!!

Wow Gary, that’s gorgeous! Tell Jim I said hi.

Good bow, Nice , Jim told me he put the last stroke of polish on it , wondering how quick you would come to pick the bow up. That’s pretty Quick Yewbender. Gary let US know how it shoots compared to your other ones. Enjoy

Great looking bow Gary! Hope you’re doing well.

Will do Paul, We might see the Monkeyball today!

Evan, doing well and hope you are too brother.

Wayne, it is different then the backset ones as ofcourse they have more umph on the shot but the string follow does shoot my heavy cedars well. It also is much smoother on the draw and the backset bows draw smooth. Now i need to start shooting more!!!

Is that Zebra wood Yewbender for Sawtooth ?

Yes it is!

Jim’s wife made this awesome bow sock for my bow…what a suprise!!!

Cool bow!

That is very nice! Well done for sure

Very nice!

Drooling!

I need one of his bows being a pa fellow. Keep it local as possible huh

Yewbender, Jim’s wife is amazing with sewing on those bow socks, Very nice to see your handle in brilliant color, I like

That’s is awesome. Thanks for the picture. Really excited to get it. That red tail looks sweet too!!

That’s is awesome. Thanks for the picture. Really excited to get it. That red tail looks sweet too!!

Welcome, i’m sure you are and thanks!

I bought one of his Redtail bows at an auction and they are beautifully made.

Congrats! That Redtail sure is a beautiful looking bow! Hope it serves you well for many years and adventures.

Great looking bow. I really like the green glass with that combination. Congratulations!

I really like that one. I'm partial to myrtle myself. Very nice!

That's awesome Gary. Love the bow sock.

I'll give someone 2 brand new in original boxes. Mathews Z7 Extreme and a Mathews Creed, along with 2 brand new Whisker biscuit arrow rest, trade both for a new or like new Mahantago bow. 850-524-8197 thanks

Beautiful bow, enjoy it in good health!

That’s awesome, he said u were comin to get er, the man and family is awesome !!!!

Gary,

Thanks for sending a picture on my completed Redtail stringfollow. Hopefully, he will get my check Monday so he can send it. Thanks again. Hope you enjoy the bow. Ken

Nice bow Gary! You gotta let me test fire it the next time we’re together at a shoot.

Lookin good Gary! Congrats!!

Good seeing you too Craig! Now if i can only remember to call and tell you i’m going to Jim’s! It also worked out good by working on your bow cause Jim was get’n ready to get me cleaning his back room lol! Thanks for the pictures and glad i didn’t break the camera!

John, you sure can brother but you will be taking more then one shot!!!

Dan, hope your shooting the bows cause you need to get to some shoots. It would be good to see you.

Maybe I’ll get over to Cloverleaf for the Pa longbow shoot. Feb 25 & 26 right? You will be proud, I’ve crossed over to shooting longbow.

One beautiful bow Yewbender! I am also loving the green and gray glass! I have been busy shooting my Osage Raven and haven't cornered my wife for a photo shoot as of yet. It will be coming. The bow is silent and quick!

Gary , Yewbender give that new bow a work out at the PA. Longbow Shoot , I’ll miss you at Shade. Enjoy

Somehow I missed the bow sock, that is really well done, cool fonts.

Dan, those are the dates.

Wayne, it will get a workout.

Jon, we need some pic’s!!!

Yo Gary. That's a great looking bow. Hey, is that my green wool shirt you're wearing? Tom

Tom, no the one you gave me is camo pattern and i do ware it time to time…i have lots of wool!

Great looking bow and sock!

Color me jealous!

awesome bow! love the Gray and myrtle. Giving me ideas for my THIRD redtail. :)

Ok guys. I don’t need another bow I don’t need another bow. So let’s talk shooting and feel of the standard versus the string follow model. Can you compare it to a Northern Mist? If anyone in Texas has a red tail around Dallas I would love to shoot one. Thanks

Brandon, if you don’t have a Classic you need one. The stringfollow is unreal. Go with 5 lambs of yew/myrtle handle/ color glass of your choise and high gloss hand rubbed finish. You will have a beautiful shooting bow with the price tag…$700ish!!! Hope this helps plus a great looking bow sock with your name on it!!!

Flint, Steve at NM is the man and i have 2 NM Classics(backset). One i picked up used and the other i had build. The one Steve build me is yew/myrtle/carmel glass with satin finish. The used one is bamboo/forget handle wood/ clear glass but the yew/myrtle bow is hands down my favorite NM i have. Steve has many years under his belt but Jim’s Redtails are no slouch. I have shot many different ASL’s and I will put Jim’s up there with the best!

So the easiest way i can say is backset(reflex) bows will have more power, less forgiving with not a clean release, and smooth draw. The stringfollow(deflex) lil less power, more forgiving, and smoother draw…that’s my take with shooting them and i’m sure others can explain it way better then me. All my ASL’s have 14/15 strand B50 strings and i only shoot woods. As to shooting them they have the same feel in the hand to me…no handshock and just a pleasure to shoot. To bad you didn’t live in Pa cause i have 9 ASL’s from Mahantango/Northern Mist/ Howard Hill Archery/ and John Schulz that you could try from 50 to 62#s. OH AND YESSSS YOU NEED ANOTHER BOW LOL!!!

Beautiful bow & bow sock congratulations.

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