Modernizing a Vintage Bow | Stemmler Tartar

[@bentpolski]

On a side note anyone that ever says WOW You get so much money for Your Bows should watch this Video. The Labor involved and Skill level is amazing.

[@greatplainsbow]

Man that is a great comment! We appreciate it!

[@jamescooper2618]

That's so true!

[@alovemetropolis]

This is amazing. The rate at which you share what, how and why you do things really sets the pace of this video. I look forward to watching the next one.

[@frankhanzlicek6550]

Yes, I am happy! I saw your clip!😂 Es war schön zu sehen, wie ein Profi arbeitet. Beruf und Spaß zusammen, daß ist was wir uns alle wünschen aber selten bekommen!😢 I wish you the best!

[@ColeNineNinety]

Stemmler Archery the OG of bow building. The first bow that Fred Bear ever made was from a stave purchased from Fred Kibbe, a Stemmler protege.

[@greatplainsbow]

@@ColeNineNinety wow that is very interesting. I didn't know that

[@ColeNineNinety]

@@greatplainsbowlemonwood to be exact. Love your content brother! Keep it up.

[@knifesharpeningnorway]

Thats a rescue and conversion. Made a okay bow into a good one great work and attention to detail as always 🙂

[@halfdanlothbrock8587]

Best video on here . Hope you do more rescue bows . Very entertaining

[@philipd.murphy6970]

Love that bow. You did a great job on it. Really like the new riser additions. Some day I'll be ordering a long limbed R/D longbow from you.

[@greatplainsbow]

Sounds great! Thanks for watching!

[@clifftaylor4712]

Great job! Beautiful transformation.

[@greatplainsbow]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@hawkfeather8]

I worked on a vintage stemmler and they used a very thin glass, thinner than other contemporary vintage bows. Those stemmlers were made quick cheap and sloppy, as shown on video. Excellent work refurbishing and modernizing that bow. I don’t play with Stemmlers anymore.

[@bowhuntingsoul2149]

Fantastic video! That’s a lot of work most people never see.

[@Fivecentspecial]

My first bow was actually a Stemmler Tartar just like this and I definitely have to agree, it had the FUNKIEST grip I would ever come across. I would LOVE for it to have this kind of modification done to it.

[@stevedriscoll2539]

Unbelievable how much work you did to this bow. It was fascinating to listen to you explaining not only what you were doing but also the reason behind it. I have made some self bows, but they never come out great because of my inability to pay attention to detail, and my commitment to actually finishing the bow. Thanks for this video, very informative and entertaining. I hope my life allows me to watch more of your videos and possibly own one of your bows someday.

[@michaelwilson4643]

wow im absolutely gobsmacked ,amazing kind regards in the uk.

[@exzendar2523]

WoW now this bow looks realy beautiful!!! Awesome work!!!

[@brianchoward]

Wow! I learned a lot in this video. Thanks for making it, and explaining everything you are doing.

[@Skammee]

Very cool video , much experience is shared . Thank you

[@terrybowling5973]

Wonderful video

[@waynemayle865]

Just found your channel today been watching alot of your videos I can say one thing if I ever pick up a recurve again it will be made by you guy's excellent excellent bowman

[@greatplainsbow]

Hey thanks Wayne!

[@JJ79_]

Awesome video, thanks!!

[@jadeddragon4254]

I have a couple of stemmlers and the grips suck but they do shoot good

[@seanjorgenson8064]

Put it under hot water while twisting it the opposite direction. Pearson made a near curve like that for archery in the schools.

[@mxred91]

Really interesting Great job

[@LionAstrology]

Awsome video thanks for sharing.

[@PawlingTennis]

Can you share a list of products that I need to refinish my old recurve bow. I'm down to the glass.

[@greatplainsbow]

Sure, but I think it'd be easier if we visited on the phone. Would that be an option for you?

[@bentpolski]

GREAT video Men! Shane You are truly a craftsman! How long did you work for Great Plains before finally taking it over and moving The Shop?

[@greatplainsbow]

Thanks! Just a year, but I had 15 years of woodworking experience

[@debeli6]

Man you're a wizard. I'm planning to restore my one piece longbow. I would like to stain the riser. But I'm afraid that the stain is going to go into the laminates And maybe cause delamination. What's your thought on that. Is it possible to stain edges of the lamination when a sand bow dow and not mess up the bow?

[@greatplainsbow]

You should be just fine staining it just don't let the stain sit before you wipe it off. As far as the limb edges it'll work fine again just wipe it the stain that gets on the glass off right way. If you don't get it off before it dries, no problem just dampen a rag with laquer finish and wipe the stain off the glass. It'll come right off

[@debeli6]

@@greatplainsbow Thank you so much man. I appreciate your help. Keep up the great and awesome work!!!

[@greatplainsbow]

@@debeli6 you're very welcome! Thanks for watching my channel!

[@caseysmith544]

Thanks for making my bow. I am the South Dakota adult male with the Youth Longbow at 45 pounds to my actual draw 24--24.5. I am using for nocking point this piece of ear cartilage just before ear hole as low as I can go while the full finger is touching the cartilage part with top finger using a split finger grip on the string as my nocking point. Thanks for getting it done in time for my birthday December 20th.

[@greatplainsbow]

Actually I just finished it today. It'll ship next week

[@caseysmith544]

@@greatplainsbow Thanks for the bow work.

[@stevepuyear2738]

Might be a dumb question, but I've just recently found your channel. With that, do you also rework left hand bows? Thank you.

[@greatplainsbow]

Yes we do. We aren't taking reworks till the first of the year tho because we are overbooked on them right now

[@stevepuyear2738]

@@greatplainsbow Thank you for your quick reply. I'll keep the 1st of the year in mind and keep watching all I have to catch up on, on your channel. Cheers!

[@BlessedNoob]

What does he spray at the very end? What sort of sealer?

[@bryanfarless9579]

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[@caseysmith544]

Bow is upper 50's lower 60's, I am thinking due to the bow being made in the late 1960's. This was a cheaper model of bow but not the cheapest they made, reason why the bow was not in the best of design as it was mass produced faster then higher end models Stemmler made. I think Stemmler made there own bows. The thinking as to why the bow was a bit off in the hand and so skinny was that this model was made for a Teens/11-12 first real bow after they had used a 20 pound kids all fiberglass bow.

[@caseysmith544]

Sorry for all the edits on the comment.

[@greatplainsbow]

That's interesting. Thanks! I really had no info on it

[@caseysmith544]

@@greatplainsbow It is about all I can find on the bows as the site I used has so little on some brands like Stemmler that are not a Bear, Ben Person, Indian, York, or Shakespear that for business records kept better notes and/or have a big history. I can tell by looking this bow has a 1960's style to it, judging by the almost recurve design my guess is it was just before the time the patent for the Bear modern recurve design was going to expire, so others had to use the Ben Person style of nearly recurve as he allowed brands to use his patent for a small fee as Bear had set the fee really high for use of his patent each year. The other Manufactures had to do this or use the older Static Recurve that was not really used at the time, only for some lesser bows mainly all fiberglass models.

[@greatplainsbow]

@@caseysmith544 wow! Great info Casey!

[@danielruprecht8932]

I would pay to work here🤔

[@АлександрБутов-ж6ш]

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