I was talking to Jim on the phone the other day. He told me that in the new Primative Archer mag there was an article about the greatest bowyers of all time and it talked about Tim Hamblen and a bow he made

Remember when Obamba  said " no new taxes on the middle class". Well Jim's statement struck me about the same way I'm not sayin someone's blowin smoke, it just made me very curious

Today I went out and bought a P.A. mag. I looked  at the inside this issue page and didn't see any articles written by a Flintim, or any obvious satires, or fictional stories. I did notice an article written by Mickey Lotz titled Special Bows.

I've met Mickey two or three different times and talked to him enough to say he should know a "special bow " when he sees one

The story started out talking about Glen St Charles.
JR did you know Glen wrote a book called Billits to Bows? In addition to everything else he did, he was also a selfbow guy

Mickey went on to talk about the greats of bowyerin, Dean Torges, Comstock, Jim Hamm, Baker. He talked about other real good builders, Some that I have met and some  that passed too early. He mentioned JD Jones, one fellow that I look up to

I was beginin to wonder how Tim fit in with this group. Then I saw where Mickey talked about Sciffers and Bill McNeal. That's when I knew that the trail to Tim was gettin hot

That's when I seen it That's when he talked about a "beautiful Holmegaard bow made by Tim Hamblen of Indiana".

You could have knocked me over with a feather

Congradulations Tim. Remember I knew you when you werent no one.

The way stories are told and retold, yarns spun and things are recounted over time. I'm sure you'll be right up there with the legends someday