Notch on thumb ring
Hello, new here, American, and first post.
I am wondering why having a small notch in the thumb ring seems to be considered an unfair advantage, as the ring I bought with the bow I picked up in Mongolia this summer and also a ring I am thinking of buying from Korea both have. The explanation I got from the Mongolian bowyer, which is also what is on the site for the Korean ring, is that the notch is primarily to keep the string on the ring rather than behind the ring on your skin, where it tends to turn the end of your thumb blue from blood blisters. This made perfect sense to me. Does having this very tiny ridge actually give a big mechanical advantage to release?
Please keep in mind that I am still working in Mongolia, the bow is already home, I have not shot it yet, and my experience is with long and
compound bows, in each case using a three finger release.
The notched rings are used almost exclusively in Mongolia for competition at the Naadam Festivals here.