Oldest Takedown?

bkupris · January 21, 2009, 08:21:00 AM

I am looking for information (and photo) on what would be the oldest 3 piece recurve takedown bow? Can anybody help?

Thanks

Brian

d. ward · January 21, 2009, 08:56:00 AM

One of the first-ish-ie were those aluminum riser aluminum limbed 3 pcs Ivanhoe T/D's.I'am not saying those were the first but they were pretty early...bd

bkupris · January 21, 2009, 09:19:00 AM

Thanks BD

Brian

Wade Phillips · January 22, 2009, 02:55:00 AM

Brian - The Tru-Temper 3-piece recurve, cork over metal riser with steel limbs, I believe if I remember correctly, dates back in the 1920s.

BowDoc is right in the ball park for the alum T/D, alum riser, alum limb, 3-piece recurve T/D bows. In the late 1940s some others that I have are Grimes and Par-X. From the same era, Seefab and Apollo were 2-piece T/D recurves. The Ivanhoe I have is one piece of alum, with a wooden handle and is not a T/D. Another alum T/D recurve from the era was Sederquist (not spelled correctly.) It was also 3-piece if I remember correctly.

bkupris · January 22, 2009, 03:39:00 AM

Hi Wade

Many thanks for that info. I'll try and scrape up some photos of some of these bows for a little project I'm working on

d. ward · January 22, 2009, 09:57:00 AM

One other I just rememebrd(thanks Wade) Sederquist and Hamquist.Those are great names for bows....bd

Wade Phillips · January 22, 2009, 04:05:00 PM

BowDoc - You got me on that one. Can not say that I ever heard of Hamquist. Was it a different model of by the manufacturer of Sederquist ???

d. ward · January 22, 2009, 07:29:00 PM

Yes both made by the same manufacture.I've got a set of broken limbs somewhere around here.bd