Hi all
As a present to myself for upcoming birthday/xmas I was going to treat myself to my first traditional bow. I am a target recurve archer slowly winning a battle with target panic so this was to be a fun treat as a reward for victory. However this has proved to be a longer slog (6 months of structured active fight back) so I suspect my reward has not been quite earned yet. However, I am still asking for input now because:
- 2 out of the 3 bows am I am interested in have a 12 week lead time; they are made abroad so i can't try them first. This would normally break my primary rule of try before you buy, but don't know of way to get round this one
- 3rd bow is theoretically available in the uk but seems to be out of stock until production picks up.
So I'm guessing about 3 months would pass before I could actually hold one of these, by which time I should be no longer suffering the panic blues. I was going to put "fingers crossed" here but daren't admit doubt to my subconscious - oops
The bows I'm interested in are
Bodnik Slick stick
Falco Spirit
Timberstick Cottonmouth
I am quite taken with these because of their bamboo element, price point, reputedly smooth draw at 29.5" (adding an inch to my recurve draw length), apparently good rep and in the Bodnik case - really long warranty.
Has anyone got any experience with these they would like to share? Also did any of you take the risk of ordering one before trying it out? - if so
how did you make the judgement call without hands-on?
By the way, I do know there is a UK supplier of the first 2 but they are out of stock at the moment so would have to get them made at source too.
Also apologies if all this text appears twice in my post - don't know why that is happening recently!
As a present to myself for upcoming birthday/xmas I was going to treat myself to my first traditional bow. I am a target recurve archer slowly winning a battle with target panic so this was to be a fun treat as a reward for victory. However this has proved to be a longer slog (6 months of structured active fight back) so I suspect my reward has not been quite earned yet. However, I am still asking for input now because:
- 2 out of the 3 bows am I am interested in have a 12 week lead time; they are made abroad so i can't try them first. This would normally break my primary rule of try before you buy, but don't know of way to get round this one
- 3rd bow is theoretically available in the uk but seems to be out of stock until production picks up.
So I'm guessing about 3 months would pass before I could actually hold one of these, by which time I should be no longer suffering the panic blues. I was going to put "fingers crossed" here but daren't admit doubt to my subconscious - oops
The bows I'm interested in are
Bodnik Slick stick
Falco Spirit
Timberstick Cottonmouth
I am quite taken with these because of their bamboo element, price point, reputedly smooth draw at 29.5" (adding an inch to my recurve draw length), apparently good rep and in the Bodnik case - really long warranty.
Has anyone got any experience with these they would like to share? Also did any of you take the risk of ordering one before trying it out? - if so
how did you make the judgement call without hands-on?
By the way, I do know there is a UK supplier of the first 2 but they are out of stock at the moment so would have to get them made at source too.
Also apologies if all this text appears twice in my post - don't know why that is happening recently!