My new to me '59 Herters

[bkupris]

Pat

I think I made a boob on the length of your bow  :(  It should be a Herters length 62 1/2" not 63 1/2".

sorry

Brian

[Stinger]

I found this blog that talked about brace height for their later bows.  Most were very high at around 9 1/2.

http://analogperiphery.blogspot.com/2008/06/vintage-herters-recurve-bow-details.html


Nice Sitka.  I distinctly remember my dad had a circa '67 Perfection Mag or a CV-17 that came apart on him while he was at full draw shooting right next to me.  It scared the daylights out of me.  I still have the nice rosewood riser from that bow that we made into a takedown.

[bkupris]

Pat

The earliest Herters catalogue I have is 1963. In it is a Model Olympian 17 which is similar to yours and 62 1/2" length. It calls for a 58 1/2" string and a brace height of 8 1/4" - 8 1/2" to the back of the riser.

Problem with the stuff I have from the old Archery Archives is it is not very complete with string lengths etc for the earlier years  :(

[Stinger]

Brian thanks - that is a great start.

[Wade Phillips]

Hello Brian,

Yes, that is a beautiful chunk of Rosewood.

Thanks so much for the information.

It is great to have others with varying interests in collecting old archery tackle.

[mahantango]

I have a 1961 Turkish Hunter identical to bkupris. I find that a 7.75-8.0" brace height works well. Pretty good shooter actually.

[Stinger]

Thanks Paul.  I put a string on it today and braced at 7.75.  I don't think it has been strung in a while so I'm going to go slow with it before I pull it all the way back.