Best shelf material to use with carbons?

[Rigs]

Greetings All,

I am using calf hair with my carbons and it seems to wear out pretty fast.  I'm shooting Gold Tip Expedition Hunters (just a black shaft).  I'm wondering how much drag I'm getting due to the wear?

Is there a better shelf material that will stand up better to a black carbon?  I do notice on my longbow that I don't get the wear with a CX Trad (thinking the finish is slicker and not causing the wear)?

Thanks in advance.

Happy hunting,
Jason

[ranger 3]

A lot of people here use Velcro, I use seal skin

[D.J. Carr]

I use velcro, it holds up well I think.

[JRY309]

Sometimes a rest will show wear quickly due to overspined arrows.How your arrow tune? I like the calf hair rests and side plates,seems to hold up well for me.How is it wearing out?

[Burnsie]

I like velcro

[-snypershot317-]

i use a couple pieces of smooth leather and it seems to hold up well.

[BowMIke]

Seal skin is tough to beat!(hard to find though!)

[Maxx Black]

Seal skin! Seems to work the best for me!

[cacciatore]

Originally posted by JRY309:
Sometimes a rest will show wear quickly due to overspined arrows.How your arrow tune? I like the calf hair rests and side plates,seems to hold up well for me.How is it wearing out?

X2.
I use velcro or Bear rest material that 3 Rivers sells

[Butch Speer]

I like seal skin but, it's too hard to find so, I use velcro. You might try using some carnauba wax on you shafts.

[Kris]

X2 the "soft" (non-hook) side of Velcro.

Kris

[Rob W.]

I got a lot of wear on velcro before I fixed some tuning problems.

[jlowrey75]

Velcro      

[elkken]

Velcro            

[old_goat2]

I like the calf hair better than Velcro, but Velcro is so so so much more convenient, it's all I use now. Never tried seal skin, if I ever come across some I probably will try it

[Fanto]

the felt thats sold at the hardware store for the bottom of chair legs is great stuff

[Rigs]

Originally posted by JRY309:
Sometimes a rest will show wear quickly due to overspined arrows.How your arrow tune? I like the calf hair rests and side plates,seems to hold up well for me.How is it wearing out?

The wear is just a straight line right where the arrow sits on the shelf and the strike plate...

Pulled the calf hair and put on Velcro dots and I was likin the results...I just think the black unfinished shafts are a little rougher than shafts with a finish, be it camo or "wood grain"...  I may try the wax too.

I appreciate all the good tips guys!

Happy  hunting,
Jason

[Skates]

Calf hair seems to be the quietest.

[LV2HUNT]

I have tried just about everything and calf hair is the quietest for me with both carbons and aluminum. Excessive rest wear is probably an indicator of something else. I have been using the same piece of clipped calf hair for 5 years now.