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in reply to: My first recurve #28305
Ray — You lucky Dad to have such a gorgeous and happy little girl. I had one once, but she went and grew up and now I’m a grandpa, aka Grumps. What I see there is that she’s not sure what the heck is this strange object she’s touching, but it makes Daddy real happy so she’s happy too. 😀
I shot recurves for years, starting about the time they first started appearing on the market by Bear, Pearson, etc. Nor did I ever have any good reason to switch to longbows other than I’d heard they were more of a challenge. And my first one sure was — couldn’t hit the inside of the house with it. Then I discoverd “hybrid” or reflex-deflex longbows, which seemed to have all the best qualities of both … basically a recurve with the curves spread through the limbs rather than at the tip. I kick myself every time I think about having sold my vintage Bear Blackbear, a short deeply recurved little go-getter. Variety is the spice. Anytime we see only One Way in any aspect of life, we are missing something. Enjoy. Snuffs
in reply to: Photo galleries #28297Yes! I check all the photo galleries weekly at least, and only wish we had more guys posting. Sure is great to see all those little kids starting out and the proud parents. Dan — sure wish I had a coach! Not that I need one. 8):P:roll: Lookin’ good. snuffy
in reply to: Arrow Spine #27296Fletcher — while I appreciate all informed opinions on technical questions, it’s really great to have professionals in the mix as well. Thanks for joining us! snuffs:D
in reply to: Wood Arrow Build Along "Finished" #12820Oh my!8)8)8)
in reply to: Please introduce yourselves, I'll start #12819JWnWyoming wrote: Married for almost 28 years to a woman that puts up with me. She thinks I’m crazy and I never question her judgement. I appreciate beauty in both nature and by the hands of craftsmen. A finely crafted bow, arrow, knife are all things I admire as well as a mountain lake or skyline.
By golly, ditto here! There was a time when the fairly new wife tried the old “It’s me, or it’s your hunting!” deadline. I responded, “Darling, I would die for you in a moment. But …” Now, with a fully mature relationship, she knows that to allow me to be happy, allows me to try all the harder to make her happy. Life is all about relationships, human to human and human to nature/spiritualism, however we define the latter. I appreciate and enjoy thinking people, no matter what they/we think! 😀 Snuffs
in reply to: Another old Classic Recurve. #60227George — be honest now (you’re wife’s not likely looking in): How many bows do you own? Can I buy a share in your archery-gear will? :P:lol: Snuffy (aka nearlybowless)
wtpops — we are nutso, as you can see, but you and your photos are sure welcome to join us! At least nobody so far has gone to the extreme of mentioning the sure-fire antidote to urine and blood and math tests, available online under the brand name “Test-EZ”! That would be plumb nuts! :lol::twisted::roll: snuffs
in reply to: delaware crossbows proposals #60224Steve — the last thing I want is to see this thread turn into an argument among tradbow friends, so I honor your “fence straddling” position here. My own view is that almsot everything wrong with hunting today can be attributed to an attitude of quantity over quality. I don’t know about where you and others here hunt, but it would be a dream come true if we had LESS hunters everywhere I got. Every year it gets worse with the quality of the hunting going down as the quantity of hunters increases and the junk thay pack, and in the case of ATVs the junk that packs them, increasing. I’ve always believe that the “we need more younger hunters!” call to arms is largely something we’ve been too willingly indoctrinated into by the industry. As another member here likes to say, “We don’t need more hunters, we need more better hunters.” So far as cross-guns, it’s no accident that NRA is pushing hard to have them legalized in previously archery-only seasons. It’s the first step to oblivion. If a young person has the heat to hunt, he or she will find a way. I had no help whatsoever, yet I did it. To the extent we can help young folks get into REAL hunting, quality over quantity, I’m all for it even though there are too many of us for what’s left of happy hunting grounds already. But what’s the gain to anyone — us, them, the deer, the habitat, the future of real hunting in America — if new hunters must be bought at the expense of traditional values and ethics. I hope this doesn’t start a war here or we’ll all be in trouble with our moderators :lol:, and I’ve tried to be polite while being honest, but the cross-gun, along with the ATV, has become a symbol of everything that’s working against traditional hunting values and futures today. My two-bits. Snuffy
in reply to: ABS Ashby single bevel BH #39902I’ve heard it said by folks who have tried most every “Ashby quality” single-bevel, single blade, that the BB is “the best head for the money” available today. If I recall, several folks on this site hunted elk and other game with them last year. Don’t know about screw-ins. I bought glue-ons and used steel inserts and think they’re great. Not the only great broadhead available today, but easily one among them.
in reply to: Most Trouble Free Wood Shaft #39896PO cedar has been favored by N.A. archers for decades, which speaks for itself. Although lots of folks, myself included, report a seeming lowering in quality in recent years, so far as getting a matched dozen straight shafts.
Hickory is hard to straighten, though it can be done, and too heavy for most applications. But otherwise almost bulletproof. Back when we knew that overall arrow weight was important for penetration, but didn’t know about FOC, hickory was the ticket. These days, the goal seems to be a lighter shaft wood and all the weight up front.
I don’t know about Doug Fir personally. In any event, don’t expect the consistency you’re accustomed to with carbon or aluminum shafts. Oddly, that’s part of the fun. 😛
in reply to: Custom Fur Silencers #39886Guys, what happens to the fur when it gets wet? I once made some silencers from a scrap of mink fur I got for free, figuring that being a water animal, the oils in the fur would keep it from getting soggy. Wrong! It instantly went for attractive, very effective silencers to soggy mopheads that flung water like crazy when the bow was shot. I hope you have better luck. Even “waterproof” fur, I’m thinking — stuff that won’t wild and glob when wet — still will hold a lot of water that will blast off when shot. Hope I’m wrong. 😕
in reply to: Kalamazoo Traditional Bowhunters Expo #39878Steve — I’m pretty sure that was one of my DI’s at MCRD back in the late 60s … the nice one!
Well Doc, we miss our leading voices when they’re gone. And we worry. You should know that! 😉
in reply to: Custom building a 2 piece stainless steel broadhead #9013Not to distract even more from Daniel’s exciting post (yeah, us trad/primitive guys get excited about weird stuff, eh?), Snuffornot’s point is well taken. Excuse my (whatever word works best here, I don’t know), but as much fun as “public names” are, wouldn’t it be cool if this was the first site that used our real names??? Except for our many beloved Steve’s of course. But both names would take care of that. Not likely, as we likes our anonymity, but a thot nohow. “snuffy” NOT snuffornot :P:P
in reply to: Custom building a 2 piece stainless steel broadhead #7825Daniel — first, it’s great to have a picture of you at last. Anonymity (sp?) is overrated among friends and it sure seems that this website is friendly. Second, while I absolutely honor your intent to provide at least two different design options, and assuming that the slightly convex design (a la Eclipse) does a good job of cutting, still, I have found that curved broadheads heads are very hard to sharpen equally on both sides and want to go flat, and as the curve tends to wear down toward what a biologist might call “homeostasis” — that is, where the laws of physics want things to be — one side usually wears faster than the other and weight goes unbalanced. This is the primary reason I prefer flat-sided heads to convex, though I’m no engineer. I reckon this is a separate topic? Sorry. Just a thought, and thoughts are fun. (Which is to boldly suggest that folks who think, even when the thinking hurts because it goes opposite of what we want to think, have more fun than those of us who just accept the thinking of others.) This is a great thread, kingly thanks.
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