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Leather arm thingy & bow quiver
zenmonkeyman:
I stumbled across a source of saddle leather scraps (sold by the pound), so I bought some, with the following projects in mind.
For the string slap mitigator, I simply trimmed a piece up minimally, then since the leather is almost 1/4" thick, I made plunging angle cuts from 2 directions for the thong loops. That way the leather against my skin is undisturbed by the thong coming through. Worked out very nicely, IMO. The V cut at my elbow is to prevent the leather from curling out and getting hooked by the string. The thong is just leather shoelaces, and I cut a bungy adjusting clip out of a jacket I'm not going to wear any more. So I don't have to tie a bow with my teeth. ;D
The leather bow quiver in the last issue of Primitive Archer was a real eye-opener for me. I thought if I modified how the pieces attach to the bow I could anchor them closer to the handle and mitigate potential noise-inducing movement. I think I'll go to the range tonight and see how the new stuff works. I'm especially looking forward to not holding a piece of cereal box cardboard to my arm with rubber bands. And I'm especially looking forward to not yanking out arm hair while removing those rubber bands. Thanks for looking!
Josh:
dude... those look cool. Great job! :)
zenmonkeyman:
Thanks Josh!
Very little effort for the payoff, I must say.
JW_Halverson:
"string slap mitigator" hehehe, you work for the gub'ment? I like that term. What type of cereal box did you prefer, Wheaties or Count Chocula?
I'm going to have to try the bow quiver idea, looks pretty handy!
zenmonkeyman:
Just for the street cred, I'm gonna say "Count Chocula." ;)
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