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Title: Velcro rest
Post by: Red Tailed Hawk on November 05, 2010, 10:18:00 PM
Just recently switched to a velcro rest and am very impressed with it. Seems to be real quiet and durable. I think it will outlast the calf hair I had on their previously.
Title: Re: Velcro rest
Post by: Steve Clandinin on November 05, 2010, 10:54:00 PM
Good stuff,I have it on most of my bows and really like it.It does last real well.
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Post by: michigan bill on November 05, 2010, 10:58:00 PM
i bet it will last a real long time.
i cut a piece of mink hide a to real short hair length and that is the most quiet stuff i have ever used.  don't know how durable it will be.
bill
Title: Re: Velcro rest
Post by: Friend on November 05, 2010, 10:58:00 PM
The industrial grade has been my #1 choice. Some the lesser grades will not stay adhered to the bow.
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Post by: Gordon martiniuk on November 05, 2010, 11:01:00 PM
yes sir velcro one of the best things I have used for a rest ..
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Post by: barredfeather on November 06, 2010, 07:23:00 AM
Can't beat velcro....lasts forever and very quiet.
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Post by: Blackstick on November 06, 2010, 08:03:00 AM
I'm wearing one off my Rose Oak longbow. Arrows fly great and I am shooting it a lot. Nock height?
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Post by: PA-Spot on November 06, 2010, 08:20:00 AM
That is what came on my Blacktail. Bow is a year old now. Shelf and plate are velcro. Had my doughts at first. But it has worked out well.
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Post by: johnnyk71 on November 06, 2010, 08:30:00 AM
i use a thin calf hair side plate and Velcro on the shelf. works perfectly!
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Post by: Mike Most on November 06, 2010, 08:51:00 AM
I just replaced my first velcro with a second piece. I like the little buttons from the sewing supply stores, 6 for 79cents or so. I get about two years out of em and I like to shoot.....
Title: Re: Velcro rest
Post by: Bill Skinner on November 06, 2010, 09:45:00 PM
I have worn out velcro and had it rip fletches off.  I prefer leather, rough side up.  Leather is also easier to set up your nock, it doesn't compress like velcro.  Bill
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Post by: Bud B. on November 07, 2010, 07:01:00 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0iRNIPEmDk
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Post by: Mack Marine on November 07, 2010, 11:16:00 AM
Great stuff, for riser an limb silencer.
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Post by: ishoot4thrills on November 07, 2010, 11:25:00 AM
I use industrial velcro for the rest and the strike plate.
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Post by: mand0ralen on November 07, 2010, 02:16:00 PM
hello,

on my side, Velcro rules too.

Cheap. resilient. easy to shape.

good stuff !!!
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Post by: m midd on November 07, 2010, 02:29:00 PM
me too.. ive used calf hair , leather in  the past but i have went to velcro..
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Post by: Friend on November 07, 2010, 02:35:00 PM
One of man's great inventions.
Title: Re: Velcro rest
Post by: MercilessMing on November 07, 2010, 02:37:00 PM
QuoteGreat stuff, for riser an limb silencer.
Mack Marine,

How do you use it as a limb silencer?

Ming
Title: Re: Velcro rest
Post by: cacciatore on November 07, 2010, 03:22:00 PM
Yes it come standard with Blacktail bows.But I prefere the old Bear rug rest.
Title: Re: Velcro rest
Post by: Mike Mecredy on November 07, 2010, 06:01:00 PM
And it doesn't cost much
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Post by: dragon rider on November 07, 2010, 06:09:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by MercilessMing:
 
QuoteGreat stuff, for riser an limb silencer.
Mack Marine,

How do you use it as a limb silencer?

Ming [/b]
Ming,

Not sure what Mack Marine does, but it works really well in recurve string grooves to silence the string slap at tne end of the shot.
Title: Re: Velcro rest
Post by: MercilessMing on November 07, 2010, 06:40:00 PM
Thanks, Dragon Rider.
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Post by: waknstak IL on November 07, 2010, 07:22:00 PM
works well, easy to replace, and cost effective.
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Post by: Buckeye Trad Hunter on November 07, 2010, 07:58:00 PM
Lasts quite a while and it's really cheap to replace when you need to.
Title: Re: Velcro rest
Post by: jhg on November 07, 2010, 10:08:00 PM
Quote... but it works really well in recurve string grooves to silence the string slap at tne end of the shot. [/QB]
Yes it does. But I found out that it also is a magnet of everything from pine needles to anything else you don't want sticking to it in the woods. Velcro's inspiration came from "hitch hikers" some engineer found on his sweater.

Not the best for limb silencers on a hunting bow IMO because of the way stuff sticks in it. I found it to be inferior in this regard to calf hair.

Joshua, going back to calf hair limb silencers.