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bjrogg:
DC there was a article in PA magazine about a year ago I think. It was a thumb release but it used a strap to hold the string and you released leather strap with thumb to make it work. I never tried making it but it was used with arrow on normal side of bow.
Bjrogg
willie:
one end loop around your wrist, then around the string, then pinched together with your thumb.
its the friction between the pinched pieces that you have to experiment with.
1 cm wide leather with blue cc ski wax?
BowEd:
I made one of those type releases once for a fella that shoots a long bow that had overly sore knuckles.He was a carpet layer by trade.The knuckles of the index and middle fingers are relieved of tension on them then from the string.It did the trick for him but there still is a learning curve getting used to shooting with it like willie said.
Think it was build-a-long displayed in the PA magazine once.It's just a chunk of wood or antler with a leather strap attached to it.I actually think it is a quicker type release with less friction than with a finger release.I don't think as quick as a thumb ring though.
Morgan:
I had a real short bowfishing bow ( not primitive) that pinched the tar out of my fingers. I made a release patterned after a release called gold 6 or gold 9 I think. Took a little fiddling with and tuning but made a good clean release.
DC:
--- Quote from: willie on February 19, 2018, 04:14:17 pm ---one end loop around your wrist, then around the string, then pinched together with your thumb.
its the friction between the pinched pieces that you have to experiment with.
1 cm wide leather with blue cc ski wax?
--- End quote ---
So it's a pinch grip(thumb and forefinger) but you pinch the strap instead of the arrow?
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