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Pappy:
Just a quick question,as some know TwinOaks  hosted the Traditional IBO world shoot last
year and we are planing on doing it  again in 2011.2010 was the first time I had had any dealings with the IBO and I will have to say it was a much different and better origination than
I had expected. The question is I am a selfbow guy and having a lot to do with the set up and running of this shoot I told them that one of the things that needed to be changed was the so called Primitive class,any bow as long as it was out of natural material was allowed in that class.
I have perposed a selfbow class also.What they want is for me to lay out the rules for the selfbow class,I am sure it won't satisfy everyone but would love to have you commits on how
this should work. I was thinking nothing on the back at all or maybe nothing on the back that would enhance performance,which would allow rawhide or other materials that are there for protection only.Love to hear some of your views on the subject. It is a great event and many class's for almost every king of Trd. bow and set up,it was just lacking in this area I thought.
This past year the way it was set up the selfbow folks had to shoot against boo backed re curves and altho I heard not complaints I thought if we had a true selfbow class it might draw more of my primitive friends that I relate to much better than some of the others,not that they weren't nice enough folks just didn't talk the same language as me. Tell me what you think,I appreciate it. :)
   Pappy

mullet:
 Pappy;

The TBOF Shoots allow bamboo backed bows also. The one thing they did a few years ago in the Primitive Division was make everybody shoot self nock arrows or bone or horn inserts. No plastic. Personally, I don't have a problem with sinew backed bows along with rawhide. Mostly because my favorite osage bow has one layer of sinew because it lifted a splinter.

M-P:
Howdy,     Isn't it a pain trying to come up with rules.  You just know somebody is going to quibble, or complain!  I probably won't be able to attend, but if I were, I would expect a selfbow to be just a stick and string.   I could see stretching things to allow a backing like rawhide, fabric or sinew, but would not allow laminations, cut in arrow passes, or plastic nocked arrows.  Glued on handle risers?
Ron

Justin Snyder:
I don't have a horse in this race, but I think a selfbow class should be a selfbow. I think an easy way to figure this out would be to contact Badger and talk to him about the flight shoot class rules. If you keep the classes similar to what others are doing it will limit complaints.

half eye:
Pappy,
     I guess ya know my thoughts on the topic....but I'm attaching a copy of the flight rules for the classes in primitive which is only 3 kinds a bows.... For what it's worth I too believe that there should be a place for monolithic, one piece, plain wood bows.
     Here's the attachment
rich

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