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Kegan:
Badger- Handshock isn't as bad as getting used to a wide handle :). Might have to take it in a little to get a better grip, but it is such a pleasent shooter that I don;t want to mess it up :o!

Badger:
Keegan, I know lots of guys shooting wide handled d bows, once you get your arrow spine right it wont bother you at all. Have you seen some of the d bows that Tim Baker makes? Steve

jamie:
kegan i find it harder to shoot a narrow handle bow. for me all i have to do is push my hand to the target and it goes there with the wider handle.  if it draws nice , doesnt shake your teeth out,  and hasnt taken too much set tiller dont matter. if you had to you could pike some of the stiff tip off and get more outer limb to bend. nice job peace

Coo-wah-chobee:
                       Once ya get used to wide handled D-bows ya will probably prefer 'em if it draws mooth as Jamie says. As far as handshock,(vibration) ya wont even notice it when shootin' at game. Nice bow ;)..............bob

Kegan:
Thanks everyone :)! I always felt that a drawknife-and-vise flatbow should be shot with arrows from boards, and that the sourwood I had would go to waste. Well, now they have a new use (and those board arrows might be the new dust gatherers).

Steve- It isn't that the bow isn't accurate, it's just that I am used to narrower handles (such as on flatbows) The new one I'm wokingg on has a 1 1/4" handle and is alot easier for me, even if it is just 1/4".

Bob- you're right, I have come to prefer them :). A little time spent taking it down with the hatchet and a little work with the rasp and she's done- never heard of a stiff handle bows done that way ;). Next step is stone;D!

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