Thumb draw .

archer7k · Post by **archer7k** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 1:32 pm

Hi guys !!!
I made flat bow but I did not finish shaping its hand yet , now I want to know can I use the thumb draw with it or this kind of the drawing used only with the traditional compound bow ?
I like to learn archery with the thumb draw .

Uli · Post by **Uli** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 3:23 pm

you can do the thumb draw with this bow. only the other way round (three-finger-draw with a short composite) can be problematic.

attention: "compound" is not "composite" bow

archer7k · Post by **archer7k** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 4:12 pm

I mean composite bow ( I do know why I wrote it compound bow ).
I don't know why I like the thumb draw .
Thank you .

sissara · Post by **sissara** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 6:27 am

Flat bow is ok as long as the bow is long enough for 32" draw.
Most non-composite all-wood bow cannot draw to this distance as compressive stress on the belly material is beyond wood limit.
You will need long limbs to reduce such stress.
You can use flat bow for practicing. But its draw force curve may not very impressive.

jkekoni · Post by **jkekoni** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 9:44 am

BTW: the world compound bow in some old books actually means composite bow.

Compound bow is patented 1969. Any book older than that using word compound means composite.

jkekoni · Post by **jkekoni** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 9:57 am

You can use thumb draw with longbows too, it it works as well as it does with short asian style composite bow.

Thumb draw has been used with short composites, since fingers get compressed more by string, when short bow is drawn to long draw. Also 2 finger version of standard 3 finger draw has been used.

You can make a self bow for 32" draw, it is not any harder than making one for 28". You just have to make it work with that. Wider, longer, heavier wood etc...

Drawing a wooden bow made for 28" to 32" is asking for trouble, breakage or set and permanently slower cast.

I would assume that commercial glassfibre longbows would work quite ok with that. The would naturally stack more.

Botondbow · Post by **Botondbow** » Thu Mar 07, 2013 5:46 pm

For your information:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDCbtA6AfkQ