String slapping wrist

[Dannon]

I recently had a BBO reworked by a local bowyer. The bamboo was splitting and he ground it down to the osage and re-backed it with new bamboo. It seems like the bow is a little shorter than before. When unstrung, the strings seems to have more slack I have been shooting it for the last couple of days. I noticed the string is really slapping my wrist just in front of the wrist bone behind the thumb. I never noticed this before. What could I do to solve this problem. Other than that the bow shoots great.
Thanks,
Dannon

[vermonster13]

Twist the string up some and increase the brace height.

[Killdeer]

Material copied from the St. Francis Mission website, referencing information about the Buechel Memorial Lakota Museum.


..."At the same time, low brace heights can result in the string smacking the archer's wrist. A little practice and skill can prevent that from happening, and as Standing Bear's autobiography tells us, young boys dedicated a lot of time to develop their skills. Also, holding a bow more horizontally helps keep the wrist out of the way, allowing for a lower brace height. Drawings of strung bows that appear in winter counts and ledger art generally show bows with a low brace height.

A hand guard, called napakaha in Lakota, made from female elk hide or buckskin, was tied over the left hand behind the thumb to protect it while shooting. The collection has two, one was obtained from Mrs. Little Cloud in 1915. Even then, according to Father Buechel's notes, it was quite old. The other, smaller in size, was made by John Red Feather. "

http://www.sfmission.org/museum/archive/images/bmlm_739.jpg

http://www.sfmission.org/museum/archive/images/bmlm_740.jpg


Or you could twist up the string some and raise the brace height...
Killdeer  :D

[wingnut]

Yep the brace is too low.  Raise it up 1/4" and check it out.

Mike

[Dannon]

Thanks guys. That was my guess as well. I did raise the BH but it was still slapping. I'll raise it some more.
Thanks,
Dannon

[onemississipp]

Raise it more....

Where is it now?...4",5",6"???

When I had the same problem I ended up with a brace of 6 1/2" before it stopped.