what does everyone prefer? what is the toughest and lasts a long time?
i have always shot the calf hair plates and werat them out pretty quick. i am now looking at the rug plate and rest
I like industrial strength Velcro with the sticky back. Just cut to shape, peel and stick! Use the fuzzy part.
I second the Velcro. Very tough and also quiets your draw.
calf hair plate & seal skin shelf
I've been using Seal skin for the last couple of years now. This stuff is quiet and tuff. Holds up very well and I do a ton of shooting all year round.
On my longbows and selfbows I prefer leather. I use a little Barge cement to hold them on.
I use the same as BobW.
My favorites are beaver tail or ostrich leg leather. Both are extremely tough and slick.
velcro for me too
Seal skin works well for me.
Leland
Industrial Velcro, last for years! Shawn
Gotta go with Industrial Velcro. Easy,easy.
calves skin or seal skin. Velcro the soft side is just to noisy. I can hear my arrow being drawn back. And so can the deer. But then I hunt from the ground and they get very close.<><
Velrco,pick it up at a hardware store or Wal-mart. Cheap and durable. Ed
Cordavan leather.Smooth and never needs to be replaced.Just gets slicker with time.
Seal skin here.
I'm a velcro user also. The deer I shot from the ground didn't seem to br able to hear it, even the one I shot at 8 feet.
If you can hear an arrow drawing on velcro you need to address your arrows.They are rough or something.Wax them with a little car wax and get them smooth and you will not hear anything.Some arrow finishes drag on anything but a good wax will make them a lot better and make it easy to clean the blood off when the time comes. jmo
Seal Skin!
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Velcro rest and leather side plate.
I have used a piece of beaver pelt shaved down to the felt for the shelf. Has been lasting a long time, and quiet. Just leather for the side plate.
Seal Skin, IMO the best!
kangaroo leather side plate. velcro shelf
seal skin rest and calf hair plate for me :thumbsup:
I also like the calf hair plate and seal skin shelf the best...
I'm with the Velcro crowd. Seems to last for years, is very quiet and is inexpensive.
I cover the shelf and side plate with the same piece of garment grade leather. After that I mark the area where I want to put the Velcro and give it a coat of contact cement. When dry I stick on the self adhesive fuzzy Velcro and it's good to go.
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I've been using the same piece of velcro since 2003. I'm not sure how long it lasts yet.
I prefer Sealskin. I just got a 2 1/2 foot by 6-8 inch piece of the most beautiful Leopard Seal skin. Orange/Tan with Black spots. That's enough for several lifetimes of shooting many bows.
where is everybody getting these big pieces of skin at? i want a tiny piece
Seal skin on all my bows!
ONLY SEAL SKIN HERE, i`ve used everything seal skin is silent period
My fav rest and wall material is what I get from TRAP he is an associate sponsor here.
Beaver tail!
Velcro on all the bows we build.Last longer than anything I know.
Another fan of seal skin. Durable and very quiet.
I've always just shot off the wood.
For you guys who seem to have supplies of seal skin, please tell the remainder of us where to get some!! I like it for the rest and calf skin for the side plate.
Allan
I looked high and low but 3bay was the only place I found some.
All of the suppliers I talked to got theirs from Alaska Bowhunting Supply, which no longer supplies them.
It's hard to imagine this dry spell will be permanent.