I was out in my shop today and serving a string I made today and I usally make most servings anywhere from 7"-10" inch's max so as I was makeing my serving I came short 1/4" from an 8" serving I was after and as I was finishing the pull through and cutting the extra little tag it hit me...This 7 3/4" serving is what my new RER Arroyo brace height is set at and "KABAM" God put this idea into my peabrain..Why not make my serving the same as my braceheight is supposed to be on all my bows cause most fall in that range and say if it is a 81/4" brace then serve that much material onto the string...Then while out in the field or range you can hold a arrow with a field point or find a straight trig somewhere and hold it against the serving and hold your thumb to that mark and check your brace/fistmele to see if you are there...Just a thought for you folks who serve your own string...I :dunno: it works for me..God Bless, Keefers <")))><
Another magnificent idea! :clapper:
I don't make my own strings, but that is a great idea. If I order more strings, I will see if the stringmaker can do that for my bows.
cool idea... too bad I brace my bows around 5 3/4
I think its a pretty good idea.....But I just reserved my center serving about 2 weeks ago...so I wont have to do it again for quite a while. I hope I can remember to do this next time. GOOD IDEA.
My friend marks his cap dip on his hunting arrows with a stripe from an ink pen at the back of the riser. When hunting just look down to your arrow to see if the stripe and the riser line up. Easy to do when your cresting your arrows, just measure and mark! :thumbsup:
I think that's a great idea! Can't believe I didn't think of it! YEAH RIGHT LOL
Glenn
If you make your own arrows, just make a cresting stripe the right spot so that a nocked arrow has the stripe at the back of the riser (or center of side plate, front of riser or wherever works for you). That way every time you nock an arrow, you can check it.
I also have done the cresting trick but if I use those same arrows on a different bow the mark wouldn't do me good so this is why I was thinking to serve the string to the brace of that bow...Now if you only use those arrows for that bow or another with the same exact brace then that is also another great idea...
Once I find the perfect brace for a particular bow I measure it using my hand. I place my hand palm up with the crack of my wrist at the string. Then I reference a finger tip to a point on the bow.
Examples: Brackenbury Quest brace is from my wrist to tip of index finger at the edge of the shelf. My Thunderhorn longbow brace is wrist to tip of middle finger to deepest part of grip.
I figure I can change a string in my treestand and brace properly with no tools if needed.
The serving idea is a good one.
Gotta love this innovator!!!
Some good ideas above. :thumbsup:
I trim my fletch wraps to my brace height! Really good ideas out there!!
Or, you blokes could research the term fistmele
hi thanks for this new idea i shall use that in the future
Since getting into 3 piece takedowns, I too was havin a hard time with checking/remembering my brace height also. Since I make my own arrows, what I ended up doing was putting a pinstripe on my arrow that was the correct brace height for the bow I'm shooting it out of. This makes for a quick and simple way to verify brace height with no need to carry another "tool" while in the field/range.
You can just barely make out my brace "checker" halfway between the front of the fletchings and the first set of crestings.
(http://i846.photobucket.com/albums/ab28/miklvines/Tradgang/DSC00379.jpg)
QuoteOriginally posted by outbackbowhunter:
Or, you blokes could research the term fistmele
If you reread the first post I did type in brace/fistmele ? :biglaugh:
QuoteOriginally posted by Keefer:
QuoteOriginally posted by outbackbowhunter:
Or, you blokes could research the term fistmele
If you reread the first post I did type in brace/fistmele ? :biglaugh: [/b]
Yes, but by the subject under discussion, and the replies recieved, I was wondering if the term fistmele and its true meaning was understood.
Basically fistmele means "fist measure " if you make a fist with an extended thumb, and place the bottom of your fist on the face of the riser and the thumb extended towards the string, it will be close to brace height.
This distance will vary slightly from bow to bow and from man to man, but it will get you pretty close , close enough to eye ball string position relative to your personal fistmele, and see at a glance if every thing is good with brace height/ fistmele :)
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/fistmele
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I find a mark on my armguard for a quick check is a very easy way to see if your string is stretching.
Mike
good thinking!
I use a mark on my arrows. Its been the quickest way for me to check.
Ken
I crest wrap my arrows to the strike plate on my recurve (6") which just happens to be on the lip of the shelf on my longbow and then butt another inch of a different color (always blood red) forward of that so I'm always checking my brace height.
Alright fella's,
I tried to re defind the topic cause I was trying to just explain a different method other then using the fist and thumb fistmele,the arrow cresting or just measure it with a rule ways of checking the brace /fistmele of your string...I should of clarrified that I have done the same as just about everyone else has with the arrow and what I was getting at was if you do serve your own strings that this was just another way that' is handy and right there at your fingertips so to speak...It's not the only way I know and the other methods are just as good but to those who could benefit from this was why I posted it and should of re worded the topic....Sometimes I don't think before I post and don't know just how to word something.. I'm a :knothead:
Al (outback). you are spot on, except. . . I need to grow longer thumbs for a couple of my bows.
Also, the term was likely in vogue when bow handles were essentially flat, ie English longbow. I guess I can put my hand against the string and insert my thumb into the locator cut out. or measure at another location, likely above the shelf. Doesn't matter where you measure it, so long as you always measure the same place.
I tend to make certain arrows for certain bows and have something. . a band on the cap dip, the end of the feathers,. . something. . that marks the correct brace height on the arrow, so I put it on the string and look down to check it.
ChuckC
Master arrow maker Mike Vines From the Motor City Machete Shop had a good idea for brace hight checking purposes. He put a cresting line on his arrows.
I like it alot.
Different bows could be different colors.
CTT
EDIT: Should have read page 2 before my above post.Mike has already been here.
I have pretty big hands and can only get 7" of Fistmele unless I strech hard. Alot of modern bows require more than 6-7" of brace. MHO
great idea here, thanks for sharing.
outback...
That cracked me up! Where in the Sam-Hill did the word "bloke" come from? Sorry, I don't want to poach this thread.
Great Idea. Forget all the other guys who want to rain on your parade! :thumbsup:
actually, I love it. I just put a couple wraps of thread on my existing strings that are already served at 10", different color for each bow, from the top of the serving down to that string is the brace height. thanks for the idea!
Dan
Cool idea!
QuoteOriginally posted by Bowwild:
outback...
That cracked me up! Where in the Sam-Hill did the word "bloke" come from? Sorry, I don't want to poach this thread.
Its not my fault you blokes on that side of the pond speak funny....... :biglaugh:
I gotta keep that one in mind.
Crocadile Dundee you cracked me up as well cause I didn't know what a "BLOKE" was till I looked it up and from what I found is I'm a really "BIG BLOKE" :archer:
G'days been and gone, its good night here...lol
Keefer. . although I didn't say it well in my first post.. I meant it. . good idea ! Yet another way to easily keep track of an important aspect of our pasttime.
ChuckC