Green Mountain Longbow company....the Catamount

Possum Head · November 09, 2018, 12:20:59 PM

Awesome lookin stick and canoe so tomorrow we can expect to see a deer!

Steve Clandinin · November 09, 2018, 01:30:54 PM

Evan ,you could try to talk to Jeff ( Tippit) real nice,I think he's got some bows hidden away even he doesn't know about lol

evgb127 · November 09, 2018, 02:56:31 PM

Thanks Steve. I've seen some of Tippit's Green Mountain bows and they are beautiful (especially the one with the horn nocks), but unfortunately, the last time I checked, he didn't have an elusive Catamount that he was willing to part with. The search continues.

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MikeNova · November 09, 2018, 06:12:26 PM

Before I actually owned a custom bow I wanted one of his.

joe vt · November 10, 2018, 07:23:19 AM

I was surprised to see this thread back up. Happily I own two GM longbows. My other is a 66" forward handle riser longbow with no arrow shelf. I have not seen another one built with no arrow shelf on it. Shooting off my knuckle is pretty cool.

evgb127 · November 10, 2018, 08:17:09 AM

Hi Joe - Do you ever run into Jim up in VT? I wonder if he is still doing anything trad.

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slowbowjoe · November 10, 2018, 09:52:59 AM

evgb, (another Joe here), I don't think Jim is doing anything with bows these days. I haven't seen him in many years, but fairly recently I came across his name and he was involved in some work serving the community. He's an interesting guy and I think he's been exploring different paths.

Iowa Tom L. · November 13, 2018, 02:51:09 AM

Hello Evan,

I own some Green Mountain longbows including two Stingrays ("regular" & flatbow versions), they are fine longbows. A few years ago I would have steered you towards a JD Berry Taipan as it was a very similar design to the Stingray (rounded forward-handled risers with the majority of the limb laminations on the belly of the riser & mild R/D design). They are no longer made but it would be another option to pick up used.

Northern Mist Longbows currently builds a model that is quite similar to the GM Stingray that they call the Whisper. It is not a R/D design however. I own a 62" Whisper with a locator grip and it is also a fine longbow.

There may be other options out there, these are just two that I know of.

I hope this helps a bit.

Take Care,

Tom

joe vt · November 13, 2018, 05:32:12 AM

The last time I bumped into Jim (actually the only time) was close to 10 years ago. He was at a local trad shoot. At that time I had not acquired one of his longbows. I know building bows came up a couple of times from people asking him and he gave no indication he would ever build again.

Welch Bowman · August 04, 2020, 01:01:58 PM

Just stumbled across this topic if anyone cares Jim did make an another English longbow with horn tips it was out of Ostrya .

evgb127 · August 04, 2020, 01:43:06 PM

I just reread an article in an old issue of TBM about his bows. You can find it in the April '95 issue online. I wish I could find one of his bows for sale!

tippit · August 04, 2020, 04:30:19 PM

I collected a number of Jim's bows...still have probably a dozen along with two of his horn tipped English longbows. Still shooting three that I reduced...tippit

ron w · August 04, 2020, 06:31:37 PM

Jim was such a nice guy!! I wish he would start building bows again. A modest man with great talent.

Welch Bowman · August 05, 2020, 09:58:30 AM

That's all true about Jim shot with him a few times before he built my first bow, had his email we used to chat a bit but lost it when my account got hacked. would like to see how he's doing. As a side you don't see his work come up for sale too often. Great Craftsman!