Is this one of the best compounds ever?

We look at this Vintage Oneida compound bow which came into the shop. We discuss the history of the bow and how the bow lives on beyond the archer.

[brianrobinson]

Never know what to expect from your YouTube channel which always keeps me coming back ! You are becoming the gold standard

[timothymcglothlin]

I admire how much you seem to appreciate archery and the archers as opposed to just selling flagship bows.
Really enjoying the channel, keep cool videos like this coming.

[teamneveadventures]

Love it, my old man and Uncle use to shoot both the Oneida bows and another old bow from Martin called the Dyna bow. Love seeing the old bows in action.

[chrisfonden]

I got my first deer with an Oneida Screaming Eagle. Loved it

[unco_pk_traceur]

just procured myself a rebuilt, fully enhanced and updated Oneida Extreme, left handed, from the States and having it shipped here to Aus. I think it's probably the only of its kind here! But thats not why I got it - had a Strike Eagle not too long ago and loved it to bits but it was just a bit too dated and dodgy, being 30+ full years old. Seeing these things shoot, hearing your review, I'm so happy to have paid a premium for a possibly one of a kind brother of this bow :D

[matthewbarton]

I had that bow, it walked into my shop one day. The man wanted to sell it, I bought it on the spot. It was my hunting bow & everyday shooter. One of the few in my life that went right into my hand & it became a part of me. Sadly I lost it with the rest of my bows when my home was destroyed in a wildfire. I have looked everywhere for one, but never found another. You are very lucky.

[zakklaffka]

Wow. Very cool. The bow is stunning. Very unfortunate to hear about the young man that owned this bow before you, but you're absolutely right. The bow lives on with the archer, and it's a wonderful thing. If you choose to sell it, I can only hope the next archer treats it with the same respect.

[garysanders]

I remember back 1986 my friend had a custom oneida eagle built...awesome bow

[joedills]

I had the onieda screaming eagle back in the 80, s, it was a great bow, really smooth shooting

[NeyguDorj]

I am a Bhutanese guy who shoots finger too. Watch your videos cause your reviews make more sense than most “experts” to me. Much respect and love from Bhutan.

[BBDragon]

I always loved the look of those Oneida Bows.

[tomtolentino]

I just absolutely love those classic bows. Just the pure nostalgia from these bows of the past, as you’ve mentioned, outlives the Archers themselves, and in some ways tells a story of the person that once used them, On top of that, if the bow still shoots the way it use to, then even better yet because it’s a working PEICE of like “ living legends “ have two dear friends that use to shoot, as PSE’s pro-staff back in the 80’s, as well as best friends of the founder of PSE, Pete was fortunate enough to inherit their Mach 5’s that they use to shoot while on their pro competition tours around the world, particularly the one competition they once participated in Australia. I will cherish these bows, as part of my history in the sport of for sharing stuff buddy 🏹🏹🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇵🇭Bless you👍

[bigblock]

Awesome video Steve, seeing the joy each time you fling an arrow with it.
Champion!

[WHITERIVERRAMBO]

the Black Eagle was introduced in 1999 the bow you have is a "Pro Eagle" offered only in SLF & MLF. I can see it has the short cam witch makes it a SLF 27-30.5" & takes 45.5" string. all Pro Eagles came with ESC outboards. The cam mounted draw stop you spoke of was before the 4 cam models. it would have been offered on the Aeroforce, LightForce, Strike eagle, Tomkat3 with the(2 cam) K-cam. it touched the "shark fin" not the riser. The Light Force Magnum was the first machined riser with 2 cams offered after the MR80 witch is very rare(machined Aeroforce). CP Oneida was originally created by Claude Pollington & John Islas in Marion, Michigan although John was from Syracuse, NewYork 1982-2016 although Rodger Loomis owned the company from 1998-2005. Pretty sure the Pro Eagle was offered in 2006 with the introduction of the "Extreme" in 2006. The Pro Eagle was marketed as a "Competition bow".

[Australian_Made]

I love watching you when you're all excited. 👍

[timothymcbride]

Steven I always count on you for an informative, open and honest review and I love your approach. A special thanks for not avoiding the issue of men's mental health. Good on you and mate and please keep the reviews coming!

[Corewood_TJP]

Very nice video and very nice history around this old lever bow. Around 30 years ago, I went to an archery shop her in Denmark, to buy a hunting bow, because I wanted to take the bowhunting license. I actually saw some leverbows in the shop, but he did not recommend me to buy one. So I got a PSE compound bow. Then 17 years later, I remembered these bows and investigated what kind of bows it was (I didn't know, never saw them before or after), found out and got myself a Monsterbows Phoenix. Awesome bow, camless lever bow. 🙂

[vaazig]

I had never heard of Oneidas until you mentioned it on the channel in another video. Very, very cool.

I don't need one, but your excitement makes me desire one.

Quality videos as usual.

[FlyShootTravelSleepRepeat]

love it Steven you show me the history of my bow today 30+ years old how cool ….. and i love to shoot fingers as well as full equipped ….just exchange the string very quick without a peep and it is ready to rock ❤ …. Greetings from Germany Bernd

[leonardcavaretta]

I remember the first Oneida Eagles when they were made in Syracuse NY, an hour from my house. What killed the company was the Strike Eagle, the limbs kept going out of alignment. When they first came out, the owners came to a huge Archery Shoot we had and the local Archery Shop help put on. The owner of the shop was shooting a new Strike Eagle (one of the first) and to correct the bottom inboard limb, the owner smacked it back in place with a rubber mallet. Well everyone saw this and laughed them out of the building. They (the owners) were so embarrassed that they packed up and left. You see it was bad enough that everyone saw them smacking the bow with the big rubber mallet, but the bow went out of alignment again after a round of shooting and it had to be done again. That was a drawback of the bow, which was great other than that, but killed the then company.