Jwillis

Maybe the neck and scroll never belonged to the body

If they would have named it V.I.O.L.A I would have been more impressed

I love the burned appraisal/certificate paperwork….

It’s Hriniak. I’ve run into his fiddles before. The varnish was interesting looking if I recall. I might have an article about him somewhere. Or you might be able to google more about him

If the bow turns out to play reasonably well and is nicely repaired it would. For most people without the skill to fix themselves the restoration cost would be prohibitive

The saxony bow is an inexpensive trade bow made of abeille. The Hermann bow looks like a better stick and may turn out to be a functioning student bow. Neither have significant monetary value

If you are talking about the image I posted it was just randomly grabbed it from the internet for the op to compare

Well the op’s brand is one star but yes;)

As a rule I try to buy a bow/instrument etc that I can readily sell at a minimal loss. Antique bows generally hold value far better than modern (just my experience). I’d rather have a than something new….(not disparaging any masterful modern makers here ) Besides, what you like in “a great bow” and the next person will and can be radically different. If you are just trying to find the perfect bow for your playing (style,taste, sound,etc) perhaps something new might well work best.

Pernambuco isn’t like an elephant that people will support to the last specimen. It’s a tree and if they render its usefulness devoid of any commercial value then what’s the use in any conservation efforts? Certainly all foreign initiatives will dissolve. That’s all I was saying

And no one in the world would even know what pernambuco was let alone care about conserving it any further.

This was my exact thought. My experience is that hair sometimes stretches a fair amount after a rehair. Better slightly snug initially than having the bow way out of balance with a frog to the back of the mortise

If you have to pay for new grips and hair I don’t suspect you will ever be able to sell them for the amount you spent

Yes, you find the bow that compliments the violin…..Some of of my favorite bows sound dull on other violins