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Freds silencers??

Started by the force, July 18, 2009, 11:48:00 PM

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the force

What were the things fred had for silencers??Black he had i think 2 above and 2 below.
Hoyt Tiburon

Big Ed

If your speaking of Fred Eichler they are Sims String leech's.
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the force

Hoyt Tiburon

pdk25

QuoteOriginally posted by Big Ed:
If your speaking of Fred Eichler they are Sims String leech's.
Yep.  Could have been Fred Bear, G. Fred Asbell, Fred Eichler..., although I'm not on a first name basis with any of them.

Benny Nganabbarru

I thought you meant our own scrub bull-slaying Fred Gimbel!   :goldtooth:
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Greyfox54

Ben you are too kind , I use Bowhush and Hushpuppies though , Fred
Greyfox54

TonyW

I think he used strips of rubber from a bicycle innertube, but I do know that he used the maximum + number of strings on his bow to take out the twang. He also wrote that the extra strands on his strings gave insurance in case a strand or two was nicked on a hunt.

Old Fred was old school. When he needed to add a few pounds of draw, he just pulled back a bit from standard anchor.

the force

Hoyt Tiburon

George D. Stout

Most of the videos I watched showed what looked like Brush Buttons on his string and nothing else.  I know he liked a high brace height on his personal bows.

Big Ed

I second the brush buttons the picture I have of him has his bow with buttons on it. Ed
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TonyW

Now I rememember - here is what Charlie Lamb posted:

posted October 06, 2008 09:46 PM                        
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Since that's my picture, I'll add what I know about the bow.

It was Fred's personal bow with shelf cut low the way he liked it so the arrow would ride on his knuckle. 65# @ 28".

The "silencers" were pieces of rubber material that looked to be weatherstripping of some sort... kinda spongy.

I never asked him about them, but it did surprise me a little to see them on the string. Mostly all you ever saw in pictures was a set of "brush buttons" which I guess served well enough for Fred for a lot of years.

Not long before Fred's passing his personal bow also had pieces of rubber glued to the recurve where the center string groove ended... for silencing string slap in place of the old brush buttons.

Looking back on it, I'm not really surprised by anything Fred might do to his bow. He was the consumate inventor and was always looking for a better "mouse trap".

Hope this helps.

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Hunt Sharp

Charlie



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