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snedeker:
Am I the only one who uses the knee on the handle method?

Dave

GregB:
I guess I'm backwards from everyone else, my push pull method is as follows:

I place my right hand on the handle, left hand on the back of the upper limb, with the lower limb tip on my shoe top. I then push against the handle with my right hand while simultaneously pulling the top limb with my left hand (lower plam against top limb back) and sliding the top string loop into the upper string groove of the bow using my index finger and thumb.

Greg

Mike_A:
I'm with ya Dave. I place one tip on the outside edge of my right foot. Then my left knee against the handle and my left hand along the top limb and slide it up as I apply pressure with my knee. Finally I use my right hand to put the loop on the nock. I've found it works best for me this way. Plus I feel safer if I do slip at least the bow is going away from me. Oh ya then after that I pull the bow to half draw and then full draw a few times each just to make sure I even everything out if I did stress one limb more than the other. Just one more way among a long list of ways. Ya'll have a good day. Mike

Marc St Louis:
What I do with the jig for recurves is hook one recurve under a dowel that is placed in the top hole of the jig. Then firmly grabbing the other limb at the recurve, firmly so that the bow doesn't twist around, I bend the other limb down to just past the matching hole on the other side and place the dowel in. I then just bend the limbs down to where I can brace the bow using the dowels to hold the limbs bent as I put the string on.

This is the jig I made for bracing very heavy longbows





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Justin Snyder:
Thanks for the info Marc,  Justin

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