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Post by jrmeatplow on Mar 5, 2019 23:52:36 GMT
I love traditional archery, both recurve and longbows. Its one of the most enjoyable things that I have found as a hobby. With kids sports and all other things I didn't get to much of shooting or any hunting this past year. Been watching some traditional hunting vids and when I got home this evening, I grabbed a little snack and then grabbed my bow and an arrow and headed outside.
I was really surprised how much control I had when anchored in and aiming. I've never had this much control and solid back tension. I think it even helped with some target panic issues I have had for years. There a lot of archer's out there with wounded and weak shoulders and I think the hook and strand system would work awesome for archers.
Bruce you should market this for archers also.
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Post by Bruce Tackett on Mar 6, 2019 1:54:25 GMT
jr.........
I have one of the most beautiful recurves ever made that I got over 40 years ago - a 55# Damon-Howitt Diablo. I also have a 70# Howard Hill yew long bow. When I lived in San Francisco I used to pack bow and arrows on my bicycle and head over to the Golden Gate Archery Range. I also made my own leather quivers and a bow case for the longbow.
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Post by jrmeatplow on Mar 6, 2019 2:12:02 GMT
jr......... I have one of the most beautiful recurves ever made that I got over 40 years ago - a 55# Damon-Howitt Diablo. I also have a 70# Howard Hill yew long bow. When I lived in San Francisco I used to pack bow and arrows on my bicycle and head over to the Golden Gate Archery Range. I also made my own leather quivers and a bow case for the longbow. Bruce, Thats awesome! Those Diablo's are beautiful. Does it have the Rosewood riser? Do you like the Howard Hill? I know some like the Hill style longbows while others hate them. I've only shot a few longbows and they have been the more modern reflex-deflex design. I'm sort of shopping a longbow now. I used to really like all the custom bows with all the exotic woods and stuff, but over the years, I want more of a "banger" type bow. Something tough as nails and if I want to spray paint it, its no big issue. Thinking I may get the Black Hunter Longbow from Twig Archery. My bows: #45 Pearson Pinto(gave to me by my grandfather) #60 Damon-Howatt Hunter recurve #60 Browning Nomad Stalker recurve #68 Bob Savage Death Master recurve #65 Martin Bamboo Viper Longbow(limb has crack) |
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Post by Bruce Tackett on Mar 6, 2019 2:54:10 GMT
Yes, my Diablo has the redwood. It is a piece of furniture! I also got the HH longbow back then. It is traditional, and the narrow, straight handle can be rough on your hand. If I were to get another longbow, I'd opt for a more modern, comfortable handle.
Woah! You are an enthusiast! That's quite an arsenal you've got there. Archery? Hunting? I was into archery. I did go out hunting with a friend of mine once. We camped out in the Mendocino mountains in California. We'd heard of wild boar up there. Fortunately, we never came across any. In retrospect, I wouldn't want to be facing 500 lbs. of sheer grumpiness armed with just a longbow. But it was just beautiful up there and we enjoyed our camping out.
I once got a 2 x 2 and carved and sanded a handle out of it and then bolted it to a wall mounted rig with a pulley I had made. I hung weights from it and did reps to build up my bow drawing strength.
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Post by Bruce Tackett on Mar 6, 2019 3:13:30 GMT
Years and years ago my wife and I once took a drive up the Maine coast. Along the way we came across the L.L. Bean outlet - a huge white clapboard affair that was open 24 hours a day. Whilst browsing through all of this wonderfullness, I came across a wall that was lined with fiberglass bows, but unlike the ones we're all familiar with, with the attatched rubber handles, these were all self bows, and the handles were molded into the structure like the handles on a wood recurve. These were all recurves, as a matter of fact. Many is the time over the years that I've kicked myself for not getting one.
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Post by jrmeatplow on Mar 6, 2019 10:55:14 GMT
Years and years ago my wife and I once took a drive up the Maine coast. Along the way we came across the L.L. Bean outlet - a huge white clapboard affair that was open 24 hours a day. Whilst browsing through all of this wonderfullness, I came across a wall that was lined with fiberglass bows, but unlike the ones we're all familiar with, with the attatched rubber handles, these were all self bows, and the handles were molded into the structure like the handles on a wood recurve. These were all recurves, as a matter of fact. Many is the time over the years that I've kicked myself for not getting one. When I was a kid I had a yellow all fiberglass bow and the handle was molded in just like you speak of. I don't even know where it came from, but Dad had it and was a pretty decent shot with it. I wish I still had it. My grandpa made me one from a hickory tree and it was awesome. I had it put up when I left for the Marine Corps, but when I got home it had fell into the hands of a little brother that did who knows what with it. Yes, I hunt. I've killed 4 deer, coyote, squirrels, stingray, and other fish. I've missed much more than I've hit! As far as my own shooting I prefer to just get out and stump shoot while wandering through woods. All these big archery shoots aren't really my thing, but the are ok. They're more about who has the most expensive custom bow and looking the part. By the way, I shared a link to the Hook sales site on Tradtalk.com |
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Post by jrmeatplow on Mar 6, 2019 10:58:13 GMT
this is the one I think I'll buy.
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Post by Bruce Tackett on Mar 6, 2019 14:48:35 GMT
That is a beautiful bow!
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Post by fredhutch on Mar 7, 2019 16:12:37 GMT
I've only shot a bow a few times but liked it. When that arrow thunks into the target the feeling is...sublime.
In Andrew Gour's "Therapeutics of Activity" (1923) a very wide variety of games and sports are discussed for their exercise value. He rates archery very highly, says it is just about ideal exercise for the upper body, so long as you shoot from both sides.
Loved the beautiful archery work in "The Last Samurai"...
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Post by Dave Reslo on Mar 7, 2019 20:25:56 GMT
I saw that Oriental lady at the circus who pends her legs round to shoot the bow, you know the one.
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Post by jrmeatplow on Mar 7, 2019 21:43:38 GMT
I've only shot a bow a few times but liked it. When that arrow thunks into the target the feeling is...sublime. In Andrew Gour's "Therapeutics of Activity" (1923) a very wide variety of games and sports are discussed for their exercise value. He rates archery very highly, says it is just about ideal exercise for the upper body, so long as you shoot from both sides. Loved the beautiful archery work in "The Last Samurai"... Getting out and stump shooting or what some also call roving is one of the best activities that I know to relax and get exercise at the same time. |
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Post by Bruce Tackett on Mar 7, 2019 22:01:13 GMT
I've only shot a bow a few times but liked it. When that arrow thunks into the target the feeling is...sublime. In Andrew Gour's "Therapeutics of Activity" (1923) a very wide variety of games and sports are discussed for their exercise value. He rates archery very highly, says it is just about ideal exercise for the upper body, so long as you shoot from both sides. Loved the beautiful archery work in "The Last Samurai"... Getting out and stump shooting or what some also call roving is one of the best activities that I know to relax and get exercise at the same time. There was a walking archery range - trails through the woods - north of San Francisco that I would sometimes go to. Needless to say, I was an anomaly at the Golden Archery Range with my sightless traditional bows. Actually, there were three of us amongst the competitive archers with their multi-million dollar bows. I enjoyed being there. It is a beautiful range in Golden Gate park. I got the girl I married into it. Got her a 30# wooden archery bow and made a quiver for her. Her water broke one day while we were out there for our first child. |
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Post by Bruce Tackett on Mar 7, 2019 22:02:53 GMT
And then you wonder what I find attractive about the bow and arrow?  |
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Post by jrmeatplow on Mar 8, 2019 0:24:13 GMT
Years ago when I picked up shooting the recurve again I was in the yard practicing. My wife had been visiting her mother pulled in the drive way and got out of the vehicle and just started watching me without saying a word, but had an odd look on her face. She finally walked over to me and said "I know this is going to sound absolutely crazy, but watching you shoot that bow makes me hot!" I look at her and said "what?" She said "yeah, thats like really manly and it does something to me." To say the least, I hit the target in more way than one.
I asked her about it again later and she said it was way more manly than lifting weights to her.
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Post by Bruce Tackett on Mar 8, 2019 0:31:44 GMT
She finally walked over to me and said "I know this is going to sound absolutely crazy, but watching you shoot that bow makes me hot!" I look at her and said "what?" She said "yeah, thats like really manly and it does something to me."
OMG! That's just how I feel!
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