I was out at my dad's place today to put together a new exercise bike for him and to give him his Christmas present. I bought him a Goat Gun miniature GI 1911. Fun little shelf display piece.
So, I was thinking about what to get my son for Christmas and remembered that he mentioned that he was having fun shooting his old high school target bow in the back yard of his house and how he was thinking of getting into archery more seriously.
Well, his grandpa happens to live in the former Nirk Archery factory in Idaho that shut down in the 90's. My dad bought the 14k sq. ft. building and converted the offices to an apartment, and uses the rest of it for storage. There is a room with a bunch of bows still hanging on the wall.
They are all recurve bows and very beautiful.
So, asked my dad if I could pick out on for my son and he said sure, as long as you tell him it's from both of us.
So found a decent one, dusted it off, and will give it to my son for Christmas.
No idea if it's worth anything, and no string for it, but it has a standard draw length of 28" so should be easy to find cheap.
I figure even if he doesn't want to shoot it, it would at least make for an interesting wall hanger.
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