arrow rest

Arrowcraft · April 07, 2017, 02:12:00 PM

was wondering what most people are using for side plate and rest material . I am presently shooting my tall tines recurves with the velcro material that Brian uses .I am curious if most use the velcro or may have changed it out to fine tune the bow .

-------Black Wolf 68"57#@28" ------
-------Tall Tines 60"52#@28 -------
-------Tall Tines 60"45#@28 -------

BowMIke · April 07, 2017, 02:34:00 PM

I use seal skin, but it is hard to find.

kevsuperg · April 07, 2017, 04:02:00 PM

I currently use the bear hair rest and leather side plate.
I've have used Velcro, all leather and even the stick on furniture sliders from the hardware store.
Don't be afraid to play around

NY Yankee · April 07, 2017, 04:24:00 PM

I like the Bear Hair rest and a thin leather sideplate. Lately, all the Bear Hair stickum is drying out and falling off the bow. Iv'e had to replace a few rests, Think Im going to change to thick leather rest and glue it down with Barge cement.

Orion · April 07, 2017, 05:31:00 PM

I've used about everything over the years, including various close cropped fabrics like Bear Hair, calf skin, seal skin, etc. Now, I have leather and/or velcro on all my bows.

YosemiteSam · April 07, 2017, 07:24:00 PM

Bear hair rest with leather strike plate on one. hair rest with stick-on felt furniture pad on the other. These are identical left/right Sage risers. I don't notice much difference either way.

For selfbows, I've used Bear Hair rests for the shelf & scraps of 5-6 oz leather for strike plates. My latest is shot right off the hand with a leather arrow pass.

Stumpkiller · April 07, 2017, 10:47:00 PM

Leather riser plate & sea skin/fur shelf.

Roy from Pa · April 07, 2017, 11:01:00 PM

A feather rest is sweet.

Hummer3T · April 07, 2017, 11:17:00 PM

Velco, on all my bows, wet, cold, etc. don't phase it. and very quite..

shag08 · April 07, 2017, 11:33:00 PM

Feather rests with a leather strike plate on a few. Soft side of Velcro on most. It's really hard to beat. Cheap, easy to find and cut, plus it's quiet and slick.

Pine · April 08, 2017, 12:28:00 AM

Velcro is great but I think I like a wild turkey feather rest even better .

sheepdogreno · April 08, 2017, 04:00:00 AM

I use Velcro on most my bows...can pick up a large roll of it for cheap and lasts a long time. and makes it cheap to replace to keep them lookin nice if you like.

Miner49er · April 09, 2017, 08:26:00 AM

I use beaver tail.Tough stuff.Last forever.

Bowwild · April 09, 2017, 09:27:00 AM

Velcro loops usually.

Rough Run · April 09, 2017, 10:05:00 AM

I have come to like velcro for the rest and the side plate. It is very forgiving on the plate. I think the softness counters the slightly increased thickness.

Miner49er · April 09, 2017, 12:55:00 PM

I use beaver tail.Tough stuff.Last forever.

Gil · April 09, 2017, 02:05:00 PM

I use sealskin that I get from Jack Kempf. I use double sided foam tape if i need to make them thicker for tuning purposes

BowMIke · April 09, 2017, 02:17:00 PM

Like I said I like sealskin, but the turkey feather arrorest sounds like it would be great also.

April 09, 2017, 11:44:00 PM

Wood to wood contact on the side, finger on the bottom. That bow has killed over 30 animals in two years, have not had one animal that was not moving start running or flying, while I was drawing. I do have leather on a couple other bows.

Longtoke · April 10, 2017, 03:10:00 AM

super pad