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How do you pick the BOM?
Badger:
One thing I like about bow of the month is the fact that you set your own criteria. Just my own criteria, I tend to prefer the self bow categories, and I look harder at the mechanical aspects of the bow than I do the finishing touches most of the time. It does often seem that the bows with the best finishes are also extrely well made, in a case like this I might use a good finish for a tie breaker. I also give a lot of consideration to newbes comming around and try to judge the progress they have made and the care they put into what they are doing. If a newbe is close to a journeyman I will give the newbe the nod. Character bows catch my eye as long as the execution was as good as their looks.
In the backed bow section I use a less primitive approach and vote for what appear to be the highest level performers as well as high level of finish. Steve
Marc St Louis:
I don't have a system and my method vary. For selfbows I usually go with technical difficulty and tiller first followed by fit and finish. Eye candy doesn't impress me much but does play a role
Mechslasher:
technical difficulty and tiller, i feel, should take precedent over finish or else like marc said it's "eye candy". i hate to say but after reading all the voting criterias, i feel as if this primitive archery site is heading the way of the fiberglas mentality of other websites. where flashy finishes and contrasting woods capture everyone's attention. don't get me wrong, i sometimes like eye candy but let us not lose track of what this website and magazine is about and that is PRIMITIVE ARCHERY. what's next, people tillering limbs with belt sanders, cutting grips with a cnc machine, and spraying on finishes with a automotive paint sprayers?
DanaM:
Don't forget the lambskin orbital wax buffer Chris ;D
adb:
Isn't democracy great!! You get to vote how you want... for whatever reason you choose. Nuf said.
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