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Rhinegold:
Almost all of the thumb rings Ive seen in pics and videos are of this type, with the lip oriented toward the thumb nail:

http://anthromuseum.missouri.edu/images/thumbrings/lipped.jpg

But in flipping through 'The Book of the Crossbow' (which has a small section on Turkish bows) I came across this illustration showing an old style with the lip oriented backwards so that the draw weight is pulling the ring forward, instead of against the pad of the thumb.

http://books.google.ca/books?id=ippFTALwyV8C&pg=RA2-PA14&img=1&zoom=3&hl=en&sig=ACfU3U3cVDa3LGQhRT5-NgImmUIQ8D8UgQ&w=685

Has anyone tried to use this style...comments?

Shadow Walker:
Never used either one. I intended on making one but haven't gotten around to it yet.

Rhinegold:
The article also mentions that old Turkish arrows often had PARCHMENT vanes...never heard of that one either!

What other cultures have used animal hides for this purpose???

medicinewheel:
I heard of parchment being use for flightbows on turkish arrows (not a 100% sure, but parchment has been used somewhere, that's for sure),

BUT...

NEVER EVER use a thumbring with the lip backwards (see 'Kay's thumbring book'), because it will break or even rip off your thumb if the string gets behind it! Imagine a 150# hornbow...and the string gets stuck....pain....P A I N !!!!!!

medicinewheel:
That second link did not open for me at first, now it did:
That's absolutely dangerous, to do it that way; the illustrator had no glue what a thumbring looks like, even!!!! No figure shows a correct position of the thumb, either!

The first link shows a correct picture; the lip is to protect the tip of your thumb.


If you ever want to try: at least read Kay's book first, or better, go ask someone to show you how it works!

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