One smooth petite Toelke Recurve

varmint101 · September 11, 2020, 10:35:28 PM

Looks awesome! The Chinook is exactly the bow I want to get next! 58 or 60". I recently got a big jim Thunderchild with a petite grip. I love it. I hardly ever see the chinook or Whistler for sale used though. I really seem to shoot those style bows best.

BAK · September 12, 2020, 10:19:01 AM

Just got mine this summer. Didn't like the feel of the beaver tail so I took it off. Works just fine now and smooth to shoot.

slowbowjoe · October 04, 2020, 09:06:13 AM

This could lead to stress on my checkbook! After a few Whips and my Pika, and some time with a Whistler, I may be developing a problem. Is the sight window on the Chinook a little bigger than the Whistler?

TxSportsman · October 04, 2020, 09:31:31 AM

I've been into Longbows for a few years now but that is one sweeeeet looking Recurve. If I ever go that direction again this will be the bow I believe. Very elegant looking. Thank you for sharing.

tzolk · October 04, 2020, 09:55:34 AM

Joe, as you know those Toelkes have that smooth long transition from the shelf to the limb so it's hard to guage. I've had a 58" Whistler and a 66" Whip and I've never noticed a handicap from one sight window to another while shooting. Here's a pic of the difference between the riser widths between the Chinook and the Whistler

tzolk · October 04, 2020, 11:05:02 AM

Joe,
Here's a better pic. The Chinook does ramp up a hair sooner than the Whistler probably because the limbs are wider. Overall though, just a slim difference

slowbowjoe · October 04, 2020, 05:33:40 PM

Thanks Todd!

TDHunter · October 06, 2020, 10:03:41 AM

Love my Whistler, work of art. Smoothest bow I've ever pulled

tzolk · October 06, 2020, 10:06:01 AM

Quote from: TDHunter on October 06, 2020, 10:03:41 AM
Love my Whistler, work of art. Smoothest bow I've ever pulled

Have you pulled back one of these Chinooks?