Anyone own a Shakespeare?

[Chris Shelton]

#2590

hello everyone, I was facinated with shakespeare archery? Dont know why, but I was recently on a mission to own one, untill finally one summer day I got a call from my buddy. He found one at a yard sale, so I literally dropped everything and went and bought it. It is a X-21 shakespeare at 45# 60″ and shoots great! I can only get it to shoot pinpoint accurate with wood arrows, although I normally shoot carbon with my other bows! Always wondered why they went out of business? Anyone know!?

[William Warren]

#11112

My first bow was a 30# solid fiberglass target bow. Got it when I was 12. I also got a traditional leather quiver with the Shakespeare logo on it to go with it. My first kill with it was a field rat. Don’t know much about the history of the company though. I will be watching this thread to see if anybody can tell us anything.

[Jason Wesbrock]

#11558

A lot of the later Shakespear bows were Root designs brought on board after they bought Root Archery sometime in the mid or late 60s. For example, the Shakespear Necedah was a Root Brush-Master; the Ocala was a Game-Master.

They were very good bows, although not quite a nice as the original Root designs.

[droptine59]

#11850

Shakespeare has been producing fishing equipment since the late 1800’s.
In 1959 Shakespeare aquired Parabow Archery Inc. and begain the Shakespeare line of archery equipment. In 1967 Shakespeare aquired Root Archery which made great bows in their own right ala Ernie Root.

Root Archery had been a supplier to Shakespeare for a
number of years. Shakespeare closed their archery division in 1976.

In thatyear, Shakespeare was about to come out with a line of compound bows. Only proto-types were made. If you run across a Shakespeare compound bow, consider yourself lucky although not trad. Simply archery history.

[db22]

#27670

There are two wonderful Shakespeares in my collection: an X-40 Mancos and an X-30 Super Necedah. Both are smooth-shooting bows; the Mancos has relaxed a little from its rated 40 pounds, but the Super Necedah is still fast and in like-new condition. The Super is the smoothest short bow I have ever shot, even at my longer-than-normal draw length. Both are left-handed, as am I.
If all Root and Shakespeare bows are as good as my two, then it’s a sad thing that they decided to leave the archery business.

[droptine59]

#33182

Amen!

[Ralphs]

#33234

I picked up a Super Necedha Model X32 last week. It’s it pretty good shape. This is the first Shakespeare Archery product I’ve ever come across. the number on it L410154R…what’s the story on this.

[tko]

#28546

I have a Super Neceda X30 and I like it so far. I’ve had it since 1997 but just began shooting it last weekend. Mine is 50# @28″ and is 54″ long. It seems smooth and quiet but, being new to traditional archery, I have little with which to compare. I also have a Bear Super Kodiak, 65# @ 28″, 60″ long. This bow also feels smooth and seems quiet though not as smooth as the Shakespeare. Perhaps this is a function of the difference in draw weights.

[kstout]

#35041

I have a Shakespeare Wonder bow, 62″ 45#, serial#C3459. Maroon glass on back, pink glass on belly.

[droptine59]

#54794

Does it say Ocala on the limb? The pink glass throws me off

[David Petersen]

#55088

Chris: No, but I do own a well-worn copy of “The Compleat Works of Shakespeare.” Any bow that can measure up to the “S” name must be the real deal! 😀 dave

[binks]

#12916

I have a Shakespeare bow. It is a Trident Model X-25. A very good shooter. It is 64 inch and 45 lbs.

[Psychmonky]

#51202

About a year ago I was given a 45# super necedah. That’s actually what got me interested in traditional archery! It’s zebrawood with black glass and it’s really smoothe!!

Scott

[Fletcher]

#51233

I bought my first real recurve around 1966-7. It was/is a Shakespeare Necedah, 40+ lb and 55 inches. I still have it. Great little bow.:D

[Psychmonky]

#57119

Here’s mine! Zebra wood is pretty!

Scott

[MontanaFord]

#17866

When my wife and I first got together, I took her to a couple 3-d shoots with my aunt and uncle. They had a light-poundage recurve that she was able to borrow. Come to find out, due to a toy-related accident when she was a little girl (her brother hit her with a wood block in the right eye), she is now left eye dominant. We tried having her close her left eye, and looked at some cheaper new left-hand recurves at one of the local shops, but couldn’t find anything we really wanted for her. At another shoot, my uncle was talking with an older gentleman there that deals in used bows, and found out that he had just what we were looking for in a Shakespeare Wonderbow, leftie, 35#, 64″, with a serial number D2367. We got it and 1/2 dozen wood arrows for it for about seventy-five bucks.

[droptine59]

#10936

Just picked up a 50# near mint, green dyed maple risered, 1974 Super Necedah. Great shooter perfect for bowfishing.

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