Arm and Finger Guard Discussion
My recent adventure in bowyerism started with my 10 year old son Sam.Sam is a purest is the purest sense of the term. No ketchup on his hamburger, no mustard on his hot dogs. He refuses to wear...
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I've always used both.......but I never tried shooting without them........except for a couple times shooting gloveless for one or two test arrows. I'm not into pain at all.....so I'll continue to use...
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I saw a program on Pbs about archery, English, Egyptian, horse, etc. The English guys were shooting 90lb ELB's at armour plate to test (unsuccessfully) if arrows would pierce knight's armour. What...
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i need to wear an arm guard cause i made my bow with a real low brace height so it slaps my wrists all of the time! also need finger glove cause of high draw weight.
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No arm guard Tim? On the about the authors page of tbb1 there is a picture of you with an armguard on. gotcha Tim On a more serious note, when you bend your wrist to avoid the string do you need to...
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I catch a lot of flack for using an arrow shelf on most of my bows, finger and arm protection I wear sporadicaly, If I am shooting a 3 d course at 60#, I am reaching for my finger tab about 3/4 of the...
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Arm guards as opposed to bracers have a venerable history. Very like the modern Beiter polycarbonate strip used by Olympic archers, they have been found in many archaeological sites and can be wood,...
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No arm guard and no shelf here either. I shoot a lot without finger protection, but it beats the heck out of my fingers to the point that they go numb (probably because I shoot 50 - 65# bows, with no...
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I got hit sometimes because I m striving for long draw with big bow. Actually it hapens to me more with Marc big bow, but not with that osage as I m leaving bow go in hand as much that it turns after...
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Very nice bow you got there. Tell me more about it. Also, your draw is quite extreme. I pull 29" which brings my thumb's second joint to the corner of my mouth. Your pullign past your ear. How long is...
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It is warbow made by Marc stLuis from heat treated hornbeam. I traded it for sturdy hunting knife I made.I feel the bow is little under 90# at 31 now, originally much more than 100#, but well shot in...
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Also to shoot these without thick fingertab is efficient way to cripple nerves in your fingertips.
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Looks like about as far as you can go without dropping your line. I like the "chinese" stance it looks a lot more comfortable than Mark's mediaeval "pigeon breasted" posture.Does it work OK for you?If...
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Yes it does work, but I have to watch myself to not stick chest in and to let the bow out after arrow leaves, so the dynamics gets eaten by the loose grip.I m still thinking what Marc stLuis said,...
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I think the difficulty with the bigger weight is to NOT push the bow too much at full draw, which is easy to say but hard to do. Still your stance looks better than it used to.Rod.
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Me and my brother bale about 4000 square bales every summer. Each about forty#, really builds up muscles. I have calluses all over my hands and when I shake a "lazy" persons hand(no calluses) they...
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The thing is that working person will probably have hardened hands, but really strong people I met such as powerlifters, some blacksmith, some wrestlers and so on have usually rather small and man...
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Ashams describes tabs, so if shooting medival bows tabs and bracers are defenetly ok and there is no doubt they were used during agincourt. I dont need the bracer because the string touches my arm,...
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Figured out my nocking point was too low. Now I whipped the point with a little silk. 40# isnt a very big deal, but when you shoot it a few hundred times in a row, it really culls out the soft hands....
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