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TimmyDeNorCal:
...by Forrest Shattuck!!

Has anyone seen this fellow’s work? It is incredible. I do not think he posts on this site - at least I have not seen him or his work, and I have scoured through close to 1 thousand pages of posts on PA.com!!

What stands out to me is his tillering. First off, it looks impeccable...but, more interestingly, he begins his bends closer to the fades than most any other bowyer. Yes, Marc St. Louis’ bows bend out of the fades...but that is primarily, if not entirely, due to the induced deflex of his bows’ profiles, of course.

Mr. Shattuck’s bows - even his non R-Ds - appear to be bending right outside the handle. If I could post pictures I would...but, alas, I somehow still have not been able to clear that hurdle (and yes, I am ashamed of myself because my tech & computing skills are usually above average).

I have always thought that the graceful bend of a bow that starts closer to the handle is so dang attractive...but I have read so many opinions that warn against that tiller (likely to induce hand shock, excessive limb vibration/distortion, etc.). And being somewhat of a self bow speed-chaser myself, I have shied away from that tiller shape.

But after seeing Forrest Shattucks amazing work I am leaning toward giving it a go myself. Hell, I have enough staves built up in my inventory to play around now, I guess.

Anyway...was just wondering if anyone else was familiar with Mr. Shattuck’s work and then if so what their thoughts on his bows might be. Searching for “goldenwood bows” will quickly find his website if anyone is interested (and no, I am in no way related to him and I do not mean for this to be any type of advertisement...I just am a fan of his work and had yet to ever hear anything else about him anywhere on this great site!).

bownarra:
I had a quick look and not to be a party pooper....but the bows aren't all that. The nocks on the few I looked at weren't cut in properly on the belly, the fading out of the overlays not great. Tiller also not great and his prices are phenomenal for the quality of work....
Better bowyers on here and those prices!Phew!

Eric Krewson:
I have known Forest for a very long time thorough archery tournaments, we shot a tournament or two together way back in the 90s. I have found his bow quality has improved in leaps and bounds over the last few years, some of his latest that the posts on the Facebook selfbow group are quite stunning and I am a tough critic.

TimmyDeNorCal:
Well, bownarra, I completely agree with you that there are some amazing bowyers here in this site.

I guess I was more impressed than you with Forrest's tillering than you. I was most intrigued with how quickly he started his bends, of course. But maybe I just don't see it as often because everyone else has decided against created that long of a working limb. Even so, adverse handling effects aside, I still find those long, sweeping bends gorgeous as all hell.

simk:
Well, I occasionally encountered Forrests bows on facebook and I must say his bows are not perfect but definitly upper class. In fact, perfect bows do not exist. The prices are ok as long as somebody is willing to pay. Putting the bend close to the fades imho is a great thing, not many can do. Forrest can 👍 his tillering shows true love for the craft, imho.

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