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Calling all Archers
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I have and use a thumb ring. My thumb ring is the bronze one made by Grozney and sold by Quicks in the UK. It looks just like the horn ring in the picture but made of bronze.<br>
If you use a thumb ring you have to put the arrow on the "wrong" side of the bow. As a right hander this means it is put on the right side of the bow instead of the normal left side of the bow. This is because the thumb release is the other way round to the Mediterranean release. In the Mediterranean release the fingers which hold the string open in a clockwise direction where as with a thumb release they open in an anticlockwise direction.<br>
I don't use a bracer and normally I don't need one with a Composite recurve but I have loosed badly once and it really hurt.<br>
One thing I have found and I may well be doing it wrong but with a thumb release you cannot hold the arrow in position on the string. I find if the nock is too large the arrow just falls off. My old bowstring was larger diameter so all my arrows gripped OK but I bought a new string and now most of my arrows fall off.<br>
With a powerful bow the thumb release can put a lot of strain on the thumb and when I fist tried it my thumb hurt for a week.<br>
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On the subject of roman bows I will repeat what I have said in the past. The only evidence for roman bows is the bone plates from the end of a composite recurve bow so that is the only type of bow you can use and say this is what the romans used.<br>
There are several makes of composite recurve bows mad in Hungry which are very like the roman bows. Grozney is the best known and probably the best made as well. But I bought a very nice bow at a Kirby hall for only £110 and at Stoneley this year there was a bow maker with some nice bows for £45-£125. I think you dont actually need to have a bow with bone ends as long as it is of the same patten as the ones with the bone ends. The bone is a de-lux version and the all wood end versions would not have survived. I just bought a Grozney bow with bone ends off Ebay for £89 so Its worth looking there for a bow. New this bow should cost about £275 <p></p><i></i>
Bernard Jacobs
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Calling all Archers - by Anonymous - 10-15-2003, 02:56 PM
Re: Calling all Archers - by scythius - 10-15-2003, 03:43 PM
Thumb Ring - by Anonymous - 10-16-2003, 05:58 AM
Re: Calling all Archers - by Robert Vermaat - 10-16-2003, 06:24 AM
Re: Thumb Ring - by scythius - 10-16-2003, 04:51 PM
Thumb Ring - by Anonymous - 10-17-2003, 06:58 AM
Quiver - by Richomeres - 10-22-2003, 05:14 PM
Re: Thumb Ring - by Anonymous - 10-30-2003, 05:48 AM
Crescent nock - by Anonymous - 10-31-2003, 03:46 PM
Re: Thumb Ring - by Richomeres - 10-31-2003, 05:42 PM
Re: Thumb Ring - by scythius - 10-31-2003, 11:00 PM
Crescent nock - by Anonymous - 11-06-2003, 01:23 PM
Re: Calling all Archers - by Mithras - 11-10-2003, 10:55 PM
Re: Calling all Archers - by Sassanid - 11-11-2003, 03:45 AM
Re: Calling all Archers - by Mithras - 11-11-2003, 08:43 PM
Re: Calling all Archers - by Aluscladiusmaximus - 11-18-2003, 04:01 PM
Re: Calling all Archers - by Mithras - 11-22-2003, 09:34 PM
RE Bows - by Aluscladiusmaximus - 11-28-2003, 01:55 PM
Re: RE Bows - by Mithras - 12-02-2003, 12:29 AM
Re: RE Bows - by Aluscladiusmaximus - 12-05-2003, 10:03 AM
Re: RE Bows - by Mithras - 12-07-2003, 10:39 PM
Re: Bows - by Anonymous - 12-08-2003, 10:24 PM
Re: Bows - by Anonymous - 12-09-2003, 10:30 AM
RE Bows - by Aluscladiusmaximus - 12-09-2003, 11:12 AM
Roman Arrows - by Anonymous - 12-09-2003, 10:22 PM
Re: Roman Arrows - by Aluscladiusmaximus - 12-09-2003, 11:24 PM
Re: Roman Arrows - by Anonymous - 12-10-2003, 09:41 PM
Re: Roman Arrows - by scythius - 12-11-2003, 08:23 AM
Tanged arrowheads - by Aluscladiusmaximus - 12-11-2003, 05:21 PM
Re: Tanged arrowheads - by scythius - 12-11-2003, 10:17 PM
Hamian archer - by Crispvs - 12-12-2003, 12:18 AM
Re:Hamian archer - by Aluscladiusmaximus - 12-12-2003, 12:23 PM

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