I haven't posted anything in a long time, haven't had much time to build bows in the last 2 years either...Been alot going on in my family with the birth of our daughter who has been through a tremendous amount of medical issues, and the passing of my brother. Anyways, I wanted to show you all the bow that I received last night. This bow is a memorial to my brother Mike. My brother is 15 years older than me, and was my father figure growing up. He taught me to shoot, and taught me everything I know about nature, wildlife, etc. We spent thousands of hours in the woods together. We had the kind of relationship where we could spend all day talking hunting/fishing, or spend an entire day in the woods and never have to say a word to one another. I really miss him.
John Strunk was always my brothers favorite bowyer. He had the good fortune of having John make him a glass backed Spirit Stalker back in the late 80's, and that was always his favorite bow.
I had John make a bow in my brothers honor; Its bamboo backed yew, with a bloodwood accent in the handle and buffalo horn nocks. Its 66" and 55#@28. I had him name the bow "Uwharrie Spirit", as the Uwharrie mountains are where my brother and I spent so much time in the great outdoors. Those mountains are really special to me.
I own a couple of older Strunk bows that I have picked up here or there, but this is the first one I had custom made by John. As always, the quality of his work is just incredible. When I opened it yesterday and pulled it out of the bow sock, my eyes welled up with tears and I just sat and held the bow for a long time.
