I just finished making this new bow as a surprise for my uncle who lives in Durango, Co. He is the one person who got me into archery when I was 5 years old and he has guided me on a couple elk and mule deer hunts. On one of the hunts he gave me a 63# Bob Lee longbow that was given to him years ago when he helped guide Bob and Rob Lee on a hunt in Colorado. His shoulders due to an injury had gotten to where he could barely shoot it anymore. I have been looking at a way to repay him forever and when I started building longbows with a cousin of mine it hit me. I can repay him by building him a new bow in a weight that will be a lot easier on his shoulder. Tomorrow he will be in town visiting and I will get to give it to him. I also made him a dozen wood arrows to go with it. First time splicing feathers and they turned out pretty good. Here are the spec's for this build. 62" amo 43# @ 28". The riser is Cocobolo with southern red ceder for veneers, and maple for the core. The arrows are Douglas Fir from Surewood Shafts.
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