04-22-2005, 05:39 AM
I made and used a thumbring a while back. It was 'D' shaped, of antler. If it fits your thumb, it is not uncomfortable. The release is more mechanical than 'strumming' with three fingers, almost a 'click'. You shoot off the opposite side of the bow than from a finger release, and lock down your thumb with your index finger. Just think "Release" and the arrow is gone.
Shooting with your hand as the arrowrest may cut the skin with the fletching. Wear a glove, or wrap the front end of the fletching with thread to avoid this painful injection of feathers under the skin.
An easy way to try the thumbring without going to the trouble of finding proper materials and constructing one is to make one of medium weight leather. Cut out a 'T' shape with the base as wide as your thumb and as long as the pad of the thumb. The other leg is long enough to wrap around your thumb with enough overlap to put in a couple stitches. Adjust to fit as neccessary as you use it.
Good luck! It is certainly a different feel to archery. By the way, Three Rivers Archery now sells a horn ring , and a kit as well.
Shooting with your hand as the arrowrest may cut the skin with the fletching. Wear a glove, or wrap the front end of the fletching with thread to avoid this painful injection of feathers under the skin.
An easy way to try the thumbring without going to the trouble of finding proper materials and constructing one is to make one of medium weight leather. Cut out a 'T' shape with the base as wide as your thumb and as long as the pad of the thumb. The other leg is long enough to wrap around your thumb with enough overlap to put in a couple stitches. Adjust to fit as neccessary as you use it.
Good luck! It is certainly a different feel to archery. By the way, Three Rivers Archery now sells a horn ring , and a kit as well.
________________________________________________________
Steve P/ Malleus
Steve P/ Malleus
