Put up your Favorite Damon Howatt Bow pics ! My New Coronado

dirtguy · November 02, 2018, 11:55:41 AM

I just picked up a vintage Damon Howatt Coronado recurve. Its a late 60s/early 70s vintage from what I can tell from some old catalogs I found on line.
I want to set it up this weekend and will twist up a new string for it. The sticking point is I cant find any listing for brace height. If nothing else Ill start at 8 inches and tune from there, but would love to have a better idea. The bow is AMO 60" #40 at 28 inches.

Anyone know the right brace height range for this bow?

Thanks!

Keefer · November 02, 2018, 05:35:23 PM

All my 58" Howatts seem to like about 7-1/2" and 7- 3/4" and I have a Hunter that seems to like 73/4" so I'll say try it at 8" and see how it shoots like you said then try a lower brace as well .

dirtguy · November 04, 2018, 11:04:55 AM

Well I twisted up a 12 strand B50 string and found that, so far, 7 1/2 inches brace height works well and the bow is pretty quiet without silencers. I tried it with some 2016s I had laying around and it shoots very nicely. Not bad for a nearly 50 year old bow. I now own 3 Damon Howatts and have to say they were very well made bows.

Keefer · November 04, 2018, 11:11:21 AM

I love them too!

dirtguy · November 04, 2018, 11:33:11 AM

My goodness Keefer, those are beauties! Can you give us the run down? Model, year, draw weight etc? Maybe we need to start a Damon Howatt photo thread?

HuronArcher · November 04, 2018, 01:25:27 PM

I see a '74 Hunter on the right there. Happens to be my go to bow. Very nice group you have there👍

Keefer · November 05, 2018, 07:51:56 AM

Rudy you are 100% correct on the Hi speed to the right but I sold it to a buddy and he is hunting with it this year. He just told me how good it shoots yesterday. I have a Hunter that is on the left and it's as new with green limbs Ultra Plus and I think it's either a 62 or 63 year . The Diablo was gifted to me on my 50th birthday cause it was the same age as I back then and that was 5 years ago by my good friend and buddy Fred.
The other two are Hi speeds and one is a Ultra plus and other isn't . One is 58" other 54" both very clean and dark in color as you see them.The heaviest weight is the Diablo which is 50# and others from 41 to 47# Here's the hunter specs.

Keefer · November 05, 2018, 07:55:25 AM

Sorry for that showing upside down wasn't like that when I sent it? Here's another

Keefer · November 05, 2018, 07:57:39 AM

One more for now!

dirtguy · November 05, 2018, 01:09:37 PM

Thanks Keefer! Ill post some pics tonight. The Coronado was a lower level bow and not as pretty, but still good looking,

Keefer · November 05, 2018, 04:47:18 PM

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Keefer · November 05, 2018, 04:53:17 PM

Sorry for that big picture .I tried to delete it but not sure what to do? Anyway enjoy the Brazilian rosewood!

dirtguy · November 05, 2018, 07:32:36 PM

The Coronado

dirtguy · November 05, 2018, 07:33:45 PM

The Coronado riser

dirtguy · November 05, 2018, 07:34:31 PM

The Mamba

Gerald Denley · November 23, 2018, 03:40:13 PM

Here is a 1962 Diablo...

Gerald Denley · November 23, 2018, 03:44:00 PM

Compare the design of this 1961 Monterey to what other manufacturers were producing the same year.

Howatt's were ahead of their time...

Gerald Denley · November 23, 2018, 03:50:16 PM

An early 1960 Monterey...the layup on the risers was spectacular.

Gerald Denley · November 23, 2018, 03:54:50 PM

Quote from: dirtguy on November 02, 2018, 11:55:41 AM
I just picked up a vintage Damon Howatt Coronado recurve. Its a late 60s/early 70s vintage from what I can tell from some old catalogs I found on line.
I want to set it up this weekend and will twist up a new string for it. The sticking point is I cant find any listing for brace height. If nothing else Ill start at 8 inches and tune from there, but would love to have a better idea. The bow is AMO 60" #40 at 28 inches.

Anyone know the right brace height range for this bow?

Thanks!

Dirtguy

Your starting brace height would be lower.

If you let me know the serial digits on the bow I can tell you what year it was made.

Cheers!

mangonboat · November 23, 2018, 08:54:51 PM

One of the things I really like about late 1950's and 1960s Howatts is the variation, especially in limb glass. My current favorite is a knife-edge 1962 Hunter with white glass, which moved a previous owner, probably an elk hunter, to give it murals on the limbs, capturing some of the mystic of the Pacific Northwest .