[Jinkster]

What a Chunk of Furniture!...Took a pic for those who've not handled a Timberpoint yet cause it's hard to wrap your head around how massive they are with words...so here's a pic with tape measures....

The riser section is 25"s long from end of fade too end of fade and 2 3/4" at it's widest part of the window just above the very well radiused shelf.

Reminds me of the scene from Crocodile Dundee when he proclaimed..."This Is A Knife"....well?..."This Is A Longbow"! LOL!

I'm just happy to have a longbow again that's long enough to be hung from it's string on my armoire....things was looking naked up there for awhile! LOL!

I shot this beast again tonight and now that the initial excitement is over I got to focus on the draw which is real nice...maybe because it was made for a 30" draw and I'm just 28"s?....or maybe because those riser fades extend into the actionboo cores a good ways?...but whatever it is?...the 46/47#s or so I have on my fingers feels more like 42/43#s...zero stack...just a very smooth and steady increase in DW.

Another amazing feature I observed tonight is the behavior of this bow at the shot...I'm used to having at least a few inches of rearward travel from the upper limb tip but this thing is real dead at the shot where it maintains it's straight up and down position with like zero rock and then the string just slowly rolls outward away from my bow arm where it sort of acted like a longbow version of my Gillo G1 in BB configuration.

I'm in for a fun weekend of tuning and from what I'm seeing out of the box?...my expectations are high.

 

[aroadik]

I really like that riser, the geometry is spot on !

 

[DiamondD]

Very nice looking bow.

 

[Redbow]

This gives one a better take on the size and mass of the Kraken riser!!

 

[AdAstraAiroh]

Here is a 70" Kraken at 30" of draw. A thing of beauty.

Mark

 

[Jinkster]

This gives one a better take on the size and mass of the Kraken riser!!

Here is a 70" Kraken at 30" of draw. A thing of beauty.

Mark

Sweet!...you guys make me feel like a pup running with the Big Dogs! LOL!

 

[jezza]

Jinks. I have an odyssey 3 which is a keeper. Lol is your kraken a keeper?

 

[Jinkster]

Jinks. I have an odyssey 3 which is a keeper. Lol is your kraken a keeper?

Let's put it this way...

"It's odds are better than average." :lol:

Nice try though.

 

[MarkB]

I have been shooting Jaco's original Odyssey for nearly 6 years now. Great bows.

 

[Jinkster]

Despite taking ownership of a Stolid Bull riser last weekend?.... (as amazing as that riser is)...it's been left hanging as I wait for it's new limbs to arrive where I've chosen to shoot this Kraken instead...almost every night this week...and yes....what an amazing bow...a D-Longbow that has a strong for me but silky smooth draw where it shoots as well (or better) than most single piece wooden recurves I've owned and ends with a sugar sweet finish....awesome...I'm really enjoying this bow.

 

[aroadik]

Please stop as i can't afford one lol !

 

[aroadik]

I have been shooting Jaco's original Odyssey for nearly 6 years now. Great bows.

Ok I'll torture myself, a close up pic please Mark.

 

[Mo0se]

When they are strung they form a "D" shape at brace which is an incorrect label. They are a reflex deflex bow. The original term "D" shape was used to describe a limb cross section in longbow history. I'm enjoying some of Jaco's work at the moment myself.

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[wmgsmokey]

Jinkster, thanks to you, my 68" 38 pound Kraken arrives tomorrow.

Bill G

 

[zafar]

When they are strung they form a "D" shape at brace which is an incorrect label. They are a reflex deflex bow. The original term "D" shape was used to describe a limb cross section in longbow history. I'm enjoying some of Jaco's work at the moment myself.

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Beautiful bow. Is this the odyssey or kraken? Weight length?

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[Jinkster]

Jinkster, thanks to you, my 68" 38 pound Kraken arrives tomorrow.

Bill G

Congratulations Bill...and you're going to love it!

They truly are amazing bows!..Jaco should be extremely proud of himself and if he's reading this?...Hey Jaco!

:youdaman:

 

[Mo0se]

Beautiful bow. Is this the odyssey or kraken? Weight length?

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Odyssey III

70" 42@28

African Rosewood, Ipe, Ebony and Brown phenolic, Bamboo and carbon limbs.

 

[Jinkster]

When they are strung they form a "D" shape at brace which is an incorrect label. They are a reflex deflex bow. The original term "D" shape was used to describe a limb cross section in longbow history.

MoOse...cool history lesson but the label is correct as long as it's suffixed with..."When Strung and/or Braced"....because that's what matters for the org rules and is what makes the Odyssey and Kraken Models legal for use in the "Longbow Class" in IFAA, WA and IBO...and I know you know this but just so others don't think they are actually looking at an R/D Longbow they are not...actually the Kraken and Odyssey are what's referred to as...

"Stealth D Longbows" (Legal for Longbow Competition)

I'm enjoying some of Jaco's work at the moment myself.

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Congrats! is it yours for keeps?

 

[Jon Lewis]

How can it be the wrong label? It's the description of the shape the bow has to form when strung, nothing to do with the limb profile. I prefer the term Flatbow anyway, an English longbow is a proper longbow [emoji41]

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[Mo0se]

MoOse...cool history lesson but the label is correct as long as it's suffixed with..."When Strung and/or Braced"....because that's what matters for the org rules and is what makes the Odyssey and Kraken Models legal for use in the "Longbow Class" in IFAA, WA and IBO...and I know you know this but just so others don't think they are actually looking at an R/D Longbow they are not...actually the Kraken and Odyssey are what's referred to as...

"Stealth D Longbows" (Legal for Longbow Competition)

Congrats! is it yours for keeps?

Thanks, yes its mine for keeps. What I meant by that longbow comment is the limbs are flat on the back are round on the belly. Like this D