This page is established to provide a place for list members to show items they have for sale or trade. Items must be traditional archery related. This web site is not "member access" in terms of posting changes, so listings must be sent to the web manager at:
LIstings should include the basic information on the bow, i.e. bow length, weight at specified draw, any history as you know it, constructions details (riser and lam woods). Good photos are an obvious asset. Be sure to include solid contact info... your personal email address or phone number. Include several good photos. Pictures of the bow drawn are not as important as pictures of the riser and the markings on it, as these can reveal the age of the bow, its model and serial number and, in the case of older Hills, who built it. Send your information and pictures to me at the address above. I use jpeg format. I'll reprocess the pictures if necessary, but obviiously, if you can process them yourself, that saves me work. Maximum width is 500 pixels and maximumheight is 500 pixels.
When I post an ad, I will enter the date at the bottom. If your item sells, please notify me so I can take the ad down. Ads will be left up for two months. Items can be re-listed, but if they didn't sell the first time around, consider changing the price.
Note: The Web Master is merely a conduit for these ads and makes no guarantees as to accuracy of descriptions, etc. Any problems between buyers and sellers must be resolved between them.
Dick
Bob Wesley's Book and Now DVD!
A Must for Anyone Seriously Interested in Shooting Howard Hill Bows
Bob Wesley, the only active instructor working today who actually learned the split vision or indirect aiming system from Howard Hill, has had his video, "Indirect Aiming for Bowhunting" updated and made available on DVD. You can purchase the video, and Bob's book, "Traditional Archery Adventures" direct from him.
Book- "Traditional Archery Adventures"/ $17.95 + $2 S/H
New DVD - "Indirect Aiming for Bowhunting" / $29.95 + $2 S/H
Combo Book + DVD / $45 + $2 S/H
Email Bob Wesley direct at:
Bob also has a web page at:
Get to know Bob a little bit and see what a trip to his school is like... Tom Ireland and Captain Dick went in October of 2007. You can share their experience with Bob at:
Visit to Bob Wesley's Whispering Pines Shooting School
Legends in Archery
Peter O. Stecher
A Who's Who of archery legends, this book presents the techniques, equipment,
and philosophies of significant archers from the late 19th century to today.
Filled with stories, observations, and lessons from the gutsy characters who
defined the sport, this book takes you on journeys to big game bow hunts in
Africa, bow fishing in South America, and other adventures in archery. Relive
the excitement of accomplished marksmen and patient devotees of an ancient
pursuit.
About the Author:
Peter Stecher shoots longbow and is the chairman of the Lockenhaus Longbow
Archers. He lives in Lockenhaus, Austria.
Retail Price: $29.99. Available at special pre-release price through Amazon.com (search by title) or contact:
Peter O. Stecher
Mail: office@peterostecher.com
Site: www.peterostecher.com
Phone: 0043 (0)664 114 97 73
Site: www.peterostecher.wordpress.com
Quiver from Bobby Ratliff
This is my personal quiver. The base leather is my usual wax/oiled
leather, and the trim leather is natural colored Bison. It also has hand cut
lace, that I cut from the same Bison. It has a matching wool strap woven by
me also, to match the quiver. It has bison fur in the top to keep the arrows
silent instead of the fleece cinch. As seen in the video and pics, I added
a couple extra D-rings to the top piece just for kicks. It has a Eastern red
cedar spine under clear glass.
I've only used this quiver maybe a couple times in the yard for practice.
It's a beautiful quiver.
It's 24 inches deep. My arrows are 30 inches long to the back of my point.
You could use 29 inch long arrows to the back of point with broadheads but
30 is the shortest without getting the feathers down inside the top ring.
You could use up to 33 inch arrows to back of point with no problem.
Price is $225 shipped to USA.
Bobby Ratliff: highnoonhunter@yahoo.com
Big Five Take Down
Howard Hill “Big 5” 2 Piece T/D Right Handed 66”
55# at 28” (Straight Grip)
This bow is $525 + $150 (T/D) + 20 (Shipping) = $695 new. $575 TYD.
Contact mhamilton@jacobshomes.com
Matt Hamilton
512-567-3329
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Hill Big Five - Stringfollow
66" 55 pounds at 27"
Uncatalogued, Howard Hill, Big 5, built with some string follow,
Left handed, 66" 55 pounds at 27", Bamboo limbs under clear glass,
Myrtle wood riser. bow is absolutely like new has not been shot, unfortunately
it's too much for my arthritic shoulders. Paid Craig $525.00 in February,
2010 received bow March 1 2010.
$470.00 shipped to your door in lower 48.
Thanks
Andy
Contact: doc8402@yahoo.com
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Howard Hill Quiver
I have a brand new Howard Hill Back Quiver, Left Handed, 20"
model. This is the heavy latigo not the soft one. Never out of the house.
I paid $110.00 asking $95.00 shipped. I'm sticking with my older HH quiver.
Thanks
Andy
Contact: doc8402@yahoo.com
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"Errol Flynn Quiver"
For Sale by Mike
Price Lowered
We have had a spate of interest in the quiver that Errol Flynn wore in "The Adventures of Robin Hood". Mike built one and has it for sale:
After watching the 1938 Robin Hood movie I was inspired
to make a Quiver that Robin Hood wore in the movie....
Of course I added a bit of my own to it....The Black Trim and the Howard Hill
Longbowmen Patch....The Quiver is 22" Deep and 7" wide at the top
and 2" thick....I used almost 400 laceing holes and 24' of lacing. This
Quiver is for SALE. Was $175... Now $145.00
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"Mike your friend In Traditional archery" (M.A.L.)
Leather Armguards,Quivers,and Accessories, Mike's Archery Leather
"Rinehart 3D Target Dealer"
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8-4-09
American Flatbows by Dick Wightman
Those who follow my bowyering adventures on the HHL email list know that I
do not consider myself a professional bowyer. I don’t take orders or
build bows to someone else’s specifications, nor do I build specifically
to sell. I’m just a guy who likes to build stuff and is trying to learn
as much as he can about bow making. Each bow I make has some particular thing
about it that I wanted to try to learn about.
I have spent a lot of time studying the work of the early Hill Archery bowyers as well as Dan Quillian and Louis Armbruster. I aim at a good, simple, usable bow that is as close to the tradition of the American Flatbow as it was in the early days of fiberglass bows, about 40 to 60 years ago, as I can achieve. While these are simple bows, there seem to be endless subtleties and I keep building and learning. They continue to accumulate. When you reach the point of having three bows on one peg, things are getting out of hand!
Glass, glue, wood and shop supplies cost money, and periodically I have to sell a bow or I wouldn’t be able to continue making them and learning. I sell my bows as used, in that I have shot, tested and played a bit with every one, else how would I learn? Occasionally one may be “well used”, i.e. it was my “go to” bow for a summer 3D season but is no longer in use because I’ve moved on and am now shooting the bow I most recently made.
I'm currently asking $200 for a finished bow, plus $25 for shipping. It costs an average of between $125 and $150 for make one of my bows. Figuring on the standard 35 plus hours to build a bow, I worked out that on average, I make a staggering $1.43 per hour! 8^) Obviously, I'm basically parting with one to get the money to build the next one. My arrangement has been that I ship the bow on payment. If you don't like it, you can ship it back within a week, obviously in same condition, and I'll refund the $200 purchase price.
I currently have three bows available. You can check the Gallery for pix and descriptions. They are:
Foxy Lady 67” 48@28
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Osage Can You See 68” 37@28 |
Stevens Pass 64" 30@28
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You can see narratives and full displays - unstrung, strung and full draw - of these bows in my Gallery at:
Contact me at: rwightman@mindspring.com
Dick