I guess I'm as qualified as anybody to share a bit of the Damon Howatt history. My father, Dwaine went to work for Damon Howatt and his master bowyer Earl Silvers in the late 1950's. He brought me my first Howatt...a 30# Coronado with green glass for my seventh birthday some 45 years ago. It has shot countless arrows and is as solid today as when I shot my first arrow across it's rest. He worked up through the mid 1970's, was the plant foreman and master bowyer, but left the company, due to his shoulder failing from test pulling countless bows. Of course the wheel bows taking over the industry and Martin acquiring Howatt were factors too. I have inherited many of his one of a kind Howatt's but alas was born left handed and cannot at this late a date switch over. I personally own fine left hand examples of the Hunter, Hi-Speed, Del Rey, Coronado, and of course a couple examples of the Super Diablo...rosewood vintage which I believe is every thing my father was quoted as saying in Mr. Camaron's "Birth Of A Bow" article. Please feel free to ask questions and I'll do my best to answer. I'm not sure how to post a photo...but will be glad to send a copy of the aforementioned article to anyone interested in Early Damon Howatt History.
