Scott,

Thank youbud, sorry to hear about your father, 15 is very young. I was fortunate to have one heck of a father for 17years, sure I miss him wholeheartedly, butafterteaching for 10+years, I have realized from working with students that I had it great while I had dad, experiences of which many of my students have never witnessed with a father. I was very blessed. Not a day goes by that I don't think of him and carry on the lessons he taught me. Also those with loving fathers, never take them for granted.

It's funny how I have always overlooked that bow of dads, it has simply collected dust. Not anymore. I am very intrigued to say the least. First I plan on restoring this bow to mint condtion. Then I will start shooting it. I have NO experience doing this restoration, but I have some good friends here on HNI and good friends here at home that are skilled in this type of endevour. My first chore will be to dismantle the bow and check each part, making sure after all these years that they still contain thier integrity and can safely do the job. I do own heavy equipment and do a lot of my own rebuilding and repairing.Iwould think this bow shouldn't be any more difficult than repairing logging equipment!!! LOL...Thanks again for the bid of good fortune!

It would be very meaningful to usethis bow to teach my boys about their gramps and of course would be very special to harvest a critter with it! I look at this opportunity as yet another learning experience. Like I told Cougar Mag, I will be learning to shoot left handed as well! I dont want to change the bow...