Patrick Durkin: A dad’s recurve and a testament to sticking to it

If you spotted an old recurve bow with a twisted limb in your father’s closet, you might think he’d be lucky to sell it for $5 at a garage sale. But Charlie Klassa, 43, of Berlin, Wis., wouldn’t sell his dad’s old recurve for a bar of gold.
He’s a serious bowhunter and knows the bow he’s looking at; a 1968 Staghorn Tempest Zebrawood Deluxe. His dad, Bob Klassa, age 78, bought it after surviving Vietnam. That alone made the bow special.

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