Just a couple coats to go on this bow. What ya guys think gloss or satin? I'm not a huge fan of the gloss for a hunting bow but this Ebony/Bocote sure looks sweet under gloss.
Cory
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Beautiful!! :thumbsup:
As great as it looks with the gloss finish, the hunter in me says satin. I don't see how you could go wrong either way though, and they make limb covers for shiny bows. ;)
Then again, it would be a shame to cover up a sweet looking bow like that.
I'm glad the decision isn't mine. :D
Bob
If it was me, I would go semi-gloss or satin. High gloss sure is beautiful, but I hunt with every bow I own, and prefer not to have that shine in the woods.
Bisch
Satin. Great looking bow
It would be gloss for me. Lot's of limb covers out there to cover them up, hide the shine and protects the finish as well.
Satin.
My Hummingbird Kingfisher TD longbow is in gloss and I get almost as much joy looking at it as I do shooting it. IMHO, a gloss finish on a hunting bow isn't a negative when shooting at game. Took three deer with it last year with no spooking of any of them. Movement is a much bigger problem and one which I feel nixes more shot opportunities than anything.
Although gloss brings out the figure of the wood better, satin is my choice for any hunting bow.
I am a fan of HIGH GLOSS finish it shows off the woods and dam shame BOWYERS frown on it because it probably takes as long to polish out a bow than to glue up bow,PLUS it shows off mistakes more :-).Most bowyers do not do their bows justice with dull finish.The gent that got me serious about stickbows 30 years ago used a Frank Sanmarco longbow with high gloss finish and he shot many deer with it AND he was doing it in Westchester County NY along a commercial apple orchard that was hunted very hard by some of the "Worlds Worst Bowhunters" :-) The deer where VERY educated and that was quite sometime ago.
Thats my 2 cents worth !!
My experience is that while gloss bows look great when new, they show handling marks, scratches, scuffs worse as the Bow is used. Satin is my vote.
Gloss
Looks good to me Cory. Very nice bow.
Ship it!!
QuoteOriginally posted by M60gunner:
Ship it!!
This one will be a stock bow, will post more pics on sponsor classifies when she's all done.
Surge model 64" 53@28 and 55@29
Cory
Flat for me Cory! :)
QuoteOriginally posted by kennym:
Flat for me Cory! :)
X2, didn't buy a Bear 59 Kodiak reissue until they were finally available in satin. Holding out on a new Super K until you can get one in satin.
Satin
Bow length and maximum draw length?
Satin for me, gloss is to easy to scuff up..
I prefer gloss. I have never had any problem with the gloss giving me away, but movement is another story.
Gloss or satin would be good
DDave
I like matte or satin.
Satin over the gloss as gloss tends to be a harder finish.
I don't know that it much matters to a deer if it's gloss,satin or flat...but I don't Know. I prefer satin or flat, because it just makes me "feel" more invisible. Beautiful bow I bet it'll look great whatever you decide. BeauJ
Only tangentially related, but about 20 years ago, one local news station made a big deal about some graffiti by Satan worshipers on some old sheds in southern Indiana. Well, those devil worshipers must have been very illiterate as the spray painted words were
"Satin lives!" and "I worship Satin!"
The reporter did not seem to notice the spelling as she was so caught up in her story. :D
Satin. Just dont like glar and like someone else said, gloss shows scratches to easy.
Satin.
Beautiful bow Cory!
Cory's bows shoot even better than they look, I think that he is on to something.
Nice job on that one Cory. If it is a stock bow I would leave it Gloss very pretty on the rack. If it sells and the owner wants it dulled down you can always spray the satin Thunderbird on it later.
Satin
Satin
It is beautiful. For myself, I would go with the satin so I wouldn't spook the deer with the gloss on the bow. It is beautiful!
I sent my Blacktail back to Norm to be refinished because I did not like the gloss finish when hunting. Norm claimed the satin finish he now uses is a tougher finish. I think it is.
Gloss for me. If I'm going to hunt with it I'll use limbcovers.