I still have 2 viking bows. And Yes Oscar, they indeed manufactured bows completely from scratch... Those later bows like that one had machined risers that they machined themselves right there in their shop on Honeywell St. They laminated their own limbs and machined the wheels and made the strings. The cables were metal with those little cast aluminum T-hooks on the ends. I have an even earlier model that has a cast aluminum riser that was manufactured by them in about 1981... Viking was WAY ahead of their time when compound bows were really gettin' going... Back when they were in their hay day, Tim ordered arrow shafts 1000 dozen at a time and went through about 4 orders a year that size. They also manufactured traditional strings and compound strings for about every other bow manufacturer in the country back then.
Their downfall came from 2 things... Tim Whiteford couldn't stay on his meds (happy pills), and him Lannie (his wife), and both of his sons all absolutely hated the "computer age" and completely refused to have anything to do with them, the internet or anything on line... Dang shame too because Tim was probably one of the best bowyers that has ever lived.
Their downfall came from 2 things... Tim Whiteford couldn't stay on his meds (happy pills), and him Lannie (his wife), and both of his sons all absolutely hated the "computer age" and completely refused to have anything to do with them, the internet or anything on line... Dang shame too because Tim was probably one of the best bowyers that has ever lived.
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