Favorite Hill style grip

[David Mitchell]

ron w, 41% is not the majority!  The majority--58% chose a different grip than the straight grip.      

[straitera]

Personal preferece Rossco. IMO, folks that shoot recurves AND lb's often choose locator grips possibly for easier transition between the two.

DM, straight is the majority of the 3.

[David Mitchell]

Sorry, Stritera, but straight is the PLURALITY of the three--majority of the voters went for something else.  Not trying to be picky--just trying to use terms correctly.  

[ron w]

OK.I misread the details...my fault.......  

[Benny Nganabbarru]

NJLoco: If you go to this link, there are photos of all three grip types:

http://www.howardhillarchery.com/custom-longbow-design.html

[Red Tailed Hawk]

Oh no Ben,  If he goes to that web site he's sure to get the bug!!!

NJLoco dont do it!!  

[Stone Knife]

[Rooselk]

To be honest I have never tried a dished grip. But I have tried both a straight grip and a locator grip. Of the two I definitely prefer the locator to the straight grip.

[southpawshooter]

I like them all, but the straight grip tear drop shape is a hair more consistent for me.

[straitera]

OK Dave, Straight is most common of the three. Easy enough to comprehend.

[monterey]

How much locator can we cut into the handle and still call it a "hill" style bow?

[NomadArcher]

I really love the solid locked in feeling I get from the straight grip. I had a dished grip but never found it as consistant as the deep wedge or tear drop grip.

[Benny Nganabbarru]

Originally posted by monterey:
How much locator can we cut into the handle and still call it a "hill" style bow?

Call 'em anything you like, Good Sir! What matters are the feelings of satisfaction, heritage and fun that I get from walking the bush with them. To me, they remain true American longbows built by Craig Ekin at Howard Hill Archery. Be blessed!  

[cahaba]

I have straight grip on my Northern Mist and my Hill Big 5. I like the Hill best. It fits my hand perfect and I have no problem with consistent hand placement.

[Ron LaClair]

I keep my Hills on the straight and narrow. That's the way Howard liked em too.

 

[Stone Knife]

[Raging Water]

Originally posted by Rossco7002:
What are the inherent advantages
and disadvantages to these grip options guys?

For me, the dished grip just feels right.

Anecdotally, I feel I can draw a much heavier bow with a dished grip. I don't know exactly why. Maybe the angle of the wrist feels more solid.

All my 80# - 100# bows are dished.

Matt

[monterey]

Originally posted by Ben Kleinig:
 

Originally posted by monterey:
How much locator can we cut into the handle and still call it a "hill" style bow?

Call 'em anything you like, Good Sir! What matters are the feelings of satisfaction, heritage and fun that I get from walking the bush with them. To me, they remain true American longbows built by Craig Ekin at Howard Hill Archery. Be blessed!      [/b]

At the risk of being labeled a troublemaker, I'll add just a few more comments to the thread.  I do so realizing that I'm steering the thread off course a bit.

I see your point and don't entirely disagree with you.  But, I'd add that Crag Ekin would probably agree that he builds American  Flatbows  He would probably also tell you that he is the only one building Hill bows since he is the only one who owns the tradename.  Looking through Craig's list of stock bows, I see only one out of the 30 listed that has a "slight locator" grip.

The bows I have built are American Flatbows, but most don't have the distinctive features that would make them a true Hill style bow.  

To get back on topic, I sorta prefer a bit of locator on my flatbows but also shoot a straight grip quite often.

[Berube]

For ma locator

[David Mitchell]

Nice picture of MY BOW there, Ron.     Yes sir, like Ron, I like 'em straight and narrow. That's why I bought that bow.