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Jan. 19th 2009, today its 25 years ago, that I bought my Jeffery longbow! There were others before the Jeffery, but none which I kept or shot that long at all! In fact, I've shot my Jeffery LB for about 15 years almost exclusively! I can only guess how many times, but I may have propelled several 100.000 arrows with her – during our journey – and she is still going strong today! There are no tip overlays or any other fancy structures. This good and plain working design is as appealing to me now as it was back in the day, when I bought her. There are three maple laminates under black glass, the outer one tappered. There is a warm reddish brown colored and straight Shedua grip section, with the original leather still intact. I suppose this 68" bow would be called a 'D shaped Hill style LB' in the pygmy sized reflex-deflex world of today?! The serial is #308 and she offers 63#@28" Due to our insane legislature I was never able to take her on a single bowhunt during the past 25 years. If I had the chance to go at all, I always took a (Jeffery designed!) Bear TD, for convenience of traveling. But, insofar as hitting my target is concerned I tend to believe, there is no other bow with which I would be able to hit as accurately with, as my old reliable Jeffery. Maybe I am not good enough for recurves after all – just the same, as Howard Hill said of himself!? |
Here is a picture wich was taken in 1985, showing both of us as we were still young, slim and determined ... |
This picture was taken in a similar fashion but today, Jan. 19th 2009. Its a little hard to see, but believe me when I tell you, that it is the very same arrow as seen in the picture above! Though, I had to make a new Pope style quiver once ... BTW: I've never owned any other glass backed longbow then the Jeffery! |