In my younger days this bow harvested a number of deer for the freezer. Now however it is/was too heavy. 58 inch Griffin Osage palm swell handle with Bamboo limbs reduced from 59#@28 to 37#@28 and back in action for this old man...tippit
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Appears in perfect condition do you know about when she was built?
Good you could get it back in service... I got to know John some and he built some great bows...I had one of his LB entry level ones and sold it to a chap here decades ago...
He had a buddy who traveled with him to shoots who built nice wooden arrows but as I've gotten older, that name slips my mind...
Bow is in great condition...but then again I re-ground almost everything and re-finished it.
Good luck on you "new" bow. It should be a killa.
Great looking bow Tippit!
You wouldn't happen to have a photo of the unstrung profile would you?
OkKeith
Thanks for sharing. Was this after his Shrew years with Ron? Leave me a few hogs, have some property outside Laurens SLC
my guess is your bow was made in '87 (embedded in the serial no)
& I think John made the Super Shrew from '95 (according to a post by Ron) .... for a couple of years?
I have a Griffin Special, 60", 54# (not sure how/why it ended up in Scotland)
made I believe in '98 .... wouldn't mind taking a few #s off it .... how much did you grind off yours to get that weight?
Here it is:
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I have a bunch of John's Griffins. I ground 22 pounds off this one...59#@28 to 37#@28.
that seems a lot to take off - how much did you grind off?
....as in thou/mm?
hardbern,
I have no idea as to how much glass I take off. I am continually re-checking my tiller until I get to my desired weight. Most people think it's crazy but I have so many nice old bows nobody wants that I don't mind if I destroy a bow. So far I've only had one break and that is on my tillering board as I stress them to 34 inches draw to see if they will break before I try to shoot them (I draw 27 inches). My knife grinder works real well in just skimming off a little glass on each pass. I never sell any bow I've reduced weight and I do not reduce weight on other peoples bows.
Airdale,
This was way before he was making bows for Ron. I go way back with John's bows. I have several of his real early self bows that are spectacular. No problem in leaving hogs as they are all over! tippit