HH bug got me ... Part One!

[Ben Maher]

Okie ... I find Ribteks the easiest broadhead to sharpen out there ... couple of licks of a file and away I go ...

I love Ribteks !!!

As an aside ... what say ye gents ...

My new order ... a t/d 53# @ 27 " 66" string follow ... Red elm limbs ?

[Okie man]

I am evidently sharpening challenged.  I can get them fairly sharp wth a file but not shaving sharp.  The paper wheels do a good job for me.  The accusharp will get the magnus 2 blade pretty sharp for me but the Ribteks seem to take forever with it. The steel in the Ribtek doesn't seem too hard so, I guess I just can't keep a consistent angle with the file when I try to sharpen them freehand.

[Rob DiStefano]

Originally posted by Ben Maher:
....

As an aside ... what say ye gents ...

My new order ... a t/d 53# @ 27 " 66" string follow ... Red elm limbs ?

had red elm, it's fine, but after getting the tembo i won't have a hill without caramelized boo through and through  :D  

[Okie man]

Ben, that is gonna be a sweet bow. I love the string follow design.  I had a Northern Mist Shelton that was really nice except the grip was too small for my hand.  I sold it and if I had been thinking clearly, I would have tried to beef it up some before giving up on it.  Post some pics when you get it.  I may have to have another Hill.  They have a stock bow on their website now that is close to the right specs with a forward handle.  If it were 5# heavier and I had the new siding for the house paid for and up, I'd be showing that one on here. The Hill bow virus is incurable.

[Ben Maher]

haha ...
I am exactly the opposite mate ... Ribbies are easy but I need stones for the Magnus .
Sharpening challenged Hill shooters unite !

[K. Mogensen]

Quick question for you hill folks.

Are Hills FF capable?

Thanks!

[ChrisM]

depends

[Rob DiStefano]

Originally posted by K. Mogensen:
Quick question for you hill folks.

Are Hills FF capable?

Thanks!

yes - at least for the last 15+ years all craig built hills feature reinforced limb tips, whether plain tips or having overlays.

[Ben Maher]

What Rob said... my very sweet shooting Redman has no added tips asdie from the wedge Craig puts in and it has been shooting low stretch strings just fine for a few years now .
In fact it is going to shoot a Roving Marks this w'end with renowned English Matser Bowyer Steve Stratton .

The limb tips show no wear despite me using some pretty low count strings over the years whilst doing string tests etc

[K. Mogensen]

Thanks guys! Much appreciated...

Will the Hill bow style benefit a whole lot from using high performance string material over dacron?

[Ben Maher]

Almost any bow will benefit from high performance strings .
For Hill bow users , many find it lessens the '"handshock " ... it does for me but i still use dacron a lot too ... because I have rolls and rolls and rolls of it ..... and , and this is a very personal interpretation , some species i chase will jump the string before I have got out of the car , so sometime the added quiet of dacron can be a very slight advantage ... you will lose a couple of fps though .

Much prefer low stretch on my selfbows though !

Some people like High performance low strand count strings . They get great results too , i have no experience with them but they have there fans . They might chip in here ...
Rob....

[MT Longbow]

Originally posted by MT Longbow:
Just wanted to welcome Matt "Overspined" to the gang of HH "Robin Hood Owners Association" AKA  the "RHOA Gang" as I like to call it.  He just aquired the beautiful and quick #39 .

Congrats Overspined!

Patrick

Speaking of the RHOA gang...Picture in action boys,  pictures of you and your Robin Hood in action!!

share em up RHOA!

[canopyboy]

Nate,

I'd love to borrow the video if someone else hasn't spoken up first.

-Dave

[Rob DiStefano]

Originally posted by Ben Maher:
.... and , and this is a very personal interpretation , some species i chase will jump the string before I have got out of the car , so sometime the added quiet of dacron can be a very slight advantage ... you will lose a couple of fps though . ...

this is where a low strand count string might be your ticket, ben.  they typically are quieter than dacron.  i'm using 8 endless strands of dyneema (any brand, any sk flavor, they're all good) with padded loops.  yup, check it out.

[K. Mogensen]

Thanks again for the help.

[Overspined]

I am a big fan of FF skinny strings on Hill bows. Far less vib and a little more velocity.  Shoot them side by side and you can really tell. My strings are 10 strand 3 bundle.  I make them and pad the loops.

MATT

[58WINTERS]

20+ years ago I shot a John Shultz "Cougar". As I remember it had yew under clear glass. Do any of you know if it would have yew or bamboo as a limb core and what the riser wood may have been?
58

[tg2nd]

Schultz Cougar was yew limbs under Clear glass; Trophy Hunter was bamboo limbs under brown glass;
Simba was 2 bamboo and one yew lam under brown glass.
Normal riser wood I think was Myrtle.
Ask Sunset Hill. He really knows about it.

[58WINTERS]

Thanks tg2nd

[dragonheart]

The USPS site says that there is something delivered at my house.  I suspect it has some Hill'ish qualities, to be continued....