09-08-2022, 04:26 AM
a good video from kevin hicks.... the warwick castle archer.. .. on how to prepare a
traditonal self bow for shooting.... (or a bow made out of a single stave of wood)....
.... everything he does here is great advice... . i do most of it the same way he does
with my bows that are self bows.. . there are a few things i do differently.... for one
.. i don;t stand a bow on the floor on either limb to store it.. ... i have seen severe
curvature and weakning of a lower limb on other archers bows who have done that..
.
i have a bow rack similar to a gun rack that my bows lay horizontal on.. (with arrow
quivers suspended from the hangers).... .. and i also keep a strip of seal skin wrapped
around the riser on the arrow contact point to prevent the kind of burn in.... (or wear
in)... he describes, that carved a groove in his bow... and i also use regular tru-oil made
for gun stocks to oil mine... i also oil my wood traditional hunting arrows with true oil too
.... and then both are waxed with gun stock wax made by the same company....
...... ..... (birchwood casey).....
traditonal self bow for shooting.... (or a bow made out of a single stave of wood)....
.... everything he does here is great advice... . i do most of it the same way he does
with my bows that are self bows.. . there are a few things i do differently.... for one
.. i don;t stand a bow on the floor on either limb to store it.. ... i have seen severe
curvature and weakning of a lower limb on other archers bows who have done that..
.
i have a bow rack similar to a gun rack that my bows lay horizontal on.. (with arrow
quivers suspended from the hangers).... .. and i also keep a strip of seal skin wrapped
around the riser on the arrow contact point to prevent the kind of burn in.... (or wear
in)... he describes, that carved a groove in his bow... and i also use regular tru-oil made
for gun stocks to oil mine... i also oil my wood traditional hunting arrows with true oil too
.... and then both are waxed with gun stock wax made by the same company....
...... ..... (birchwood casey).....