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True Selfbow Class

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sailordad:
Pappy, imho a self bow is one made from a stave
with or without a natural backing that does not enhance performance i.e rawhide would be acceptable,sinew unacceptable
an arrow shelf is allowed either glued on or cut in
modern string materiel is acceptable
only natural materials allowed for arrows with natural fletch,no carbon or aluminum or the like,no plastic vanes etc
obviously allow for the use of modern field points

as far as shooters in the class go,i would be willing when i come down for the classic
my only problem is (other than sucking  ;) ) i only have enough arrows for hunting purposes
i dont care for making arrows,so i only make enough to hunt with :-[

like i said, just my humble opinion

HoBow:
Tim- you wouldn't allow board bows?

sailordad:

--- Quote from: jeffutley57 on December 05, 2010, 07:20:41 am ---Tim- you wouldn't allow board bows?

--- End quote ---

i have nothing against board bows,heck ive made many myself and have a few more planned

but in my humble opinion, a TRUE self bow is made from a stave with one ring for the back and or a natural backing that does not add performance

and after all the title of the thread is "re: TRUE Selfbow Class"

not taking anything away from board bows,like i said i make them.heck some of my favs that i have made were board bows.and yes they can be considered
self bows if the yare made from one piece of wood.butin MY OPINION they are  NOT TRUE SELF BOWS

like i said,its just my humble opinion

Ryano:
While I understand what your saying, (A natural material laminate is not a self bow by definition) I tend to agree with Ranger b. If you nick pick and divide this up to much you will have no one to compete in the competition. I shoot mostly self bows and some laminates and I would have no problem shooting against the guys with laminated natural material bows. I would be more inclined to make them required to use self nocks and wooden arrows in the primitive class if I were to change anything.....JMO.

Pappy:
Thanks guys, I agree with the wood or cain arrows,not sure on the self nock,just because a lot of folks don't know how to do that and don't know where to get them,we may leave it as is for this year, Like Jesse said ,what about the backed bows,I for sure don't want them in the Glass class.Tim this is not at the Classic in May,it is the 3 day IBO Trad. world we will hold July 15/16/17.Likie Ranger said it wasn't a problem this year,maybe we should just wait and see if it becomes one. :) The cool part about this shoot is ,it is not like any IBO shoot you have ever been to,it's all Trad and really laid back. There is close tabs kept on score but other than that the course is about like the Classic.Nice hunting range shots. We will get this worked out,hope some of you folks can make it. Thanks for the input and keep the ideas coming. :)
   Pappy

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