J.Wesbrock wrote: Is it Gilmour Keasey or Gilman Keasey? If it’s made by Gilman Keasey, that bow (or at least the bowyer) has a lot of history behind it.
My mistake. You are correct, it is ‘Gilman Keasey’. Written in pretty small black script, but when I put my glasses on, I could see the name correctly. The bow actually belonged to Win Clark; a noted orthopaedic surgeon from the Portland area, and I believe I was told that he had hunted with the Keasey for several years. Have some photo’s of them long-poling a buck back to their camp; this bow strung over Win’s back. Must have been about 1963.
Anything special I should do with the bow before I shoot it, (like put in a steamy bathroom for a couple days to hydrate the limbs….or just start off shooting slow and easy on a nice temperate day.
