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trad versus primitive
El Destructo:
--- Quote from: Kegan on February 04, 2010, 06:36:49 pm ---Naw, if a compounder will put up with my sticks I'll put up with his wheels ;)!
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I am with you there too...I enjoy all Phases of Archery...but the more Simple it is....the less Chances of something going wrong with the Equipment...thats my Outlook on it.....
riarcher:
"Traditional" has always been a fun topic.
I've seen some severly heated debates on this in the past. Even been in some. :-X
I do think centershot helps. Had a Osage character bow that pretty much placed the arrow on the centerline of the limb tips and it shot like the arrows had a homing system in them (well, sorta). It was sweet.
Anyways, I've an old Martin round wheel compound that I shoot barebow with from time to time.
I shoot it off a homemade shelf.
One time at the range, not too long ago, a couple guys standing behind me were talking.
I overheard one say to the other, "Look at that guy shooting a old Traditional Compound!" :o
Had to stop and see what they were refering to. ::)
I guess "Traditional" is like beauty? In the eye of the beholder. 8)
Kegan:
Archery is so neat you just can't help yourself from embracing the numerous branches of it. Not that I'd ever see the sense paying oodles of money for a bow when I can just build my own- especially since I get bored and distracted so easily ;).
Steve Cover:
Very interesting discussion.
One other aspect that I didn't see offered, it the length of time the person making the determination has been in archery.
To and old duff like me (I've been shooting archery since 1951) Fiberglass Laminates and Aluminum bows are the threshold of "New fangled".
I grew in archery that used different vernacular and considered the wooden long bow as traditional (real) archery.
Therefore, to me Primitive would include the bows of the type made by Native Americans of the 1800s and earlier.
You also can't define a bow by its efficiency. Some of the Turkish Horn bows were very efficient. Would you call them Traditional or Primitive??? Lots of gray areas here.
Where as, most of the younger archers have grown up in a world where the new fangled block and tackle bow was just a different type of bow.
I can see where they could referr to an older round cam compound by using the term traditional..... And, maybe the long bow as primitive.
Its all a matter of perspective.
Here is a picture of the next generation of "new fangled" arrow shooter....
A nockless aluminum arrow is fitted over a tube in the barrel.... The makers claim 400 FPS with compressed air...
Who knows, maybe my grandson will call all arrowshooting devices that use stored muscle power as "Traditional or even Primitive Bows".
To sum up, to paraphrase another member's post, it is nice that archery has so many different tangents a person can explore, the bottom line is enjoyment of the sport.
Most people view from their own experience. This includes their interests, training and length of time in that field.
It is really as unimportant as the "Traditional" term for arrow stiffness testing being known a Spline, where the common "Present Day" term is Spine....
Tempest in a tea pot... Primitive... Cave Man Archery?? -> Any bow that doesn't use cams and levers??
I just can't see where there should be this much debate. Archery is for Everbody...
My 2 Cents
Steve
Traxx:
It is really as unimportant as the "Traditional" term for arrow stiffness testing being known a Spline, where the common "Present Day" term is Spine....
I hafta respectfully dissagree with this statement.The Term SPLINE has never,to my knowledge been used to define the stiffness of an arrow spine.Spline,is a inserted reinforcement to the nock and or point end of an arrow shaft.I have read where many confuse the two terms and that confusion has for the most part been a Present day misconception and not a traditional term or a correct one.
Sorry,but this is a pet peave of mine.LOL
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