HH bug got me ... Part One!

[Rooselk]

Beautiful! Yew and bubinga make a stunning combo.

[longbowben]

Very nice congrats.  

[Rob DiStefano]

some questions please, ben ...

that handle looks rounded and not wedged, true?

why so many strands of ts+?

[Wannabe1]

Congrats Ben. That is a beautiful bow and I like how the colors blend well! Look forward to a shooting report.  

[SpankyNeal]

Super nice combo mate...congrats!    

Spanky

[tradlongbow]

Ben-

The bow looks great! When the box arrives at the house, I love that feeling too. It was so funny the other day when Mudd mentioned that his friend worked at the airport and was looking out for the box, because I do the samething, I even call up the Post Office and tell them that I'll pick it up. If I wait for it to be delivered it won't arrive until 2:00pm.

Darren

[Wannabe1]

For you Lefties, there's a HH Big5 on the Classifieds right now. 70", 63# @ 28".

[Raging Water]

You know, the only other HH bow I have a real hankering for is the HH Sirocco. I know there is one on the classifieds (too light).

I just can find one in 65# plus weight.

Matt

[Benny Nganabbarru]

Originally posted by Rob DiStefano:
some questions please, ben ...

that handle looks rounded and not wedged, true?

why so many strands of ts+?

G'day Rob,

The handle is certainly bigger than my previous two Hills, and the description of being rounded certainly fits. I'm a fairly flexible fellow when it comes to bow handles, and I'm sure that I'll get used to it. It fills my hand more. But I really did like the grip on my Wesley Special, which seemed a bit more narrow.

As for the string, I made it some weeks ago riding on the back of a scare I had with some Black Widow limbs. I am actually thinking of scrapping the string before I even shoot it, and padding the loops to eighteen instead of twenty, so that they sit in the nocks a little better, and also making the top loop smaller, because I worry about it jarring off completely just by looking at the angle and how close the string sits to the edge. Heck, I might even go down to twelve strands for the actual string, new territory for me! The existing string might end-up becoming a string keeper!

Cheers,

Ben

[Benny Nganabbarru]

So as not to damage the limb tips, and keeping in mind my longish draw and the weight of the bow and that there are no limb tip overlays, what are people padding the loops to for such a bow as this, with low-stretch string material?

[tg2nd]

My HH "Cougar",64", stringfollow, no tip overlays, 62#@25" has an 8 strand BCY 452X string, loops padded with 8 strands B50.
My Schulz "Trophy Hunter", 69" reflex (72#@28") 61#@25", no tip overlays has also 8 strands BCY 452X, loops padded with 8 strands B50.

[tg2nd]

all my bows have this string material. I make 8 strand strings padded with 8 strands B50 for bows from 45# to 60# and 10 strand strings padded with 6 strands B50 for bows from 60# to 75#

[Mudd]

"Cheetah"   70" and 50@28
 
 
 
 
 
 

God bless,Mudd

[Benny Nganabbarru]

Ha! That's snow! At first glance, I thought you'd held it up against the sky, with big tropical thunderstorm clouds building up!

[leatherneck]

Originally posted by Ben Kleinig:
[QB] I need to mow my lawn, eh. It's a weekly event at this time of the year, at four to six inches per week.

   

It's freezing here with snow blowing sideways. Thanks for the green grass Ben.

[droz il]

Congrats on the new bow Ben. It's a beauty.

[Wannabe1]

I'm looking forward to the shooting results from Mudd and Ben's bows. I keep looking at that Redman thinking how much more unique it looks compared to mine.

Yeah, me too TW.

I know  Mudd is a bit sidetracked now but will fill us in when he gets the chance.

Ben is probably still makin' his arrows..

Yesterday I read through this thread from page one to the end.  Incredibly informative.  I think it'll give birth to a new wave of Hill'ers.  

I am one of those for sure

[Mudd]

Thanks Tony for covering for me.

Things are pretty bad here right now.

One of my favorite hunting dogs had to be put down
after being hit by a car.

I'll get back on track soon and give you guys in depth report on the new-to-me Cheetah.

The preliminary report is all good!

Smooth, accurate and a pleasure to shoot.

God bless,Mudd

[Wannabe1]

Roy, sorry to hear about your dog! I had no idea. Obviously there are some things that are more important.