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I just traded my old longbow for this Martin Hatfield T/D Recurve. Its 62" 55# @ 28.
I only shot a few arrows out of it as I don't have anything for a rest, yet. I'll probably try a flipper, its what the guy before me had on it.
Oh, all 4 shots were dead nuts on. I need to do some major brace height adjustment and probably get a new string, but it feels really nice. It's maple & zebra wood.

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Nice looking bow, and it looks like you can mount a side quiver on it, Goodluck with it!!

Hatchet Jack

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Sweet! I love Zebrawood-had a couple of bows with that in it.I never shot a Hatfield but shot a few other Martins --they're shooters.Have fun with it and congrat's!

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Very nice!

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It looks damn nice Ryan!!

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Excellent. Great looking bow.;)

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Nice bow! Martin probably makes the best "production" bows on the market--some of the better bows period IMO. In case you were wondering, the grey wood in the riser is "actionwood".

Chad

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I thought it was action wood because my other bow is grey aciton wood, but the guy I got it off of called it zebra wood, so I just figured they looked real similar. :)Thanks.

Actually LBR, I believe you are headed elk hunting with him. Small world eh?

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Did you get it from Bob V.? Or Bruce P.? If so, I am going on an elk hunt with them in Sep.

The tan wood with the brown stripes on the riser is zebrawood. The actionwood may be maple--it can be made from a few different woods as I understand it.

Chad

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Bob V

Oh, ok I see. I am still trying to get some of the woods straight. There are too many combinations.

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After shooting this bow a few times, I absolutely love it! And as a bonus, it pretty much shoots the same trajectory as my longbow so I can bounce back & forth without any issues. It will certainly get some consideration to be taken afield on some trips this year. AND being that it is a takedown, I am seriously considering taking it on my trip west instead of having to mail my longbow out & back.
The bow has a little more twang to it, than I'd have liked, but since I started trying to quiet it down, its become considerably better. Nothing like modern technology to quiet traditional ways:D

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What did you do to it to quite it down Ryan?

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Limbsavers & bowjax and a nock change.The ones I shoot on my longbow arrows were WAY too tight and I believe they were pulling & twanging the recurve string too much. I'm still going to put a strip of moleskin type material on the tips where the string slaps.
Do you have any other tips I can try Steve?

As a side note, I love those little bowjax things. To me they seem to work better than string leeches.

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Nice bow Ryan, hope she makes the trip!