leather thong arrow rest on white oak bow

[H Rhodes]

White oak bow I built last week.  68" ntn, 58#@29".  Took about 2 and 1/2 inches of set.  shoots pretty good though.  I had some black rawhide lacing that I reverse twisted into a length of cordage.  The bow was a quickie so i didn't put an arrow rest on it.  I tied the cordage around it and figured out how to wrap it around my hand to make a pretty effective arrow rest, which can be taken off and tied on other bows....  just an idea.
 

[George Tsoukalas]

That'll work or you could skyve and wrap the forward end of your arrows. Jawge

[half eye]

Dang Howard, that's a pretty slick deal right there....bow looks good also.
rich

[ErictheViking]

I like it. makes me wonder if our ancestors did something similar. we will never know however since cordage never lasts.

[H Rhodes]

Thanks guys.  Yeah, you have to wonder just how many of these little things have been done before.  I am sure that I am not the original inventor of this little trick.  I agree with you Jawge.  I have found that I have a lot less damage to my left hand since I started wrapping my arrows front and back.  A little sinew and glue and all the sudden, you are not losing a fletch feather every few shots.

[mikekeswick]

If the arrows fletching catches your hand at all then your nocking point is too low. Just move it up in 1/16ths at a time until it stops. This always works. Simple!!

[H Rhodes]

I appreciate the tip brother, but I can't see in sixteenths....  I think you are right.  Come to think of it, that usually happens on bows before I mark a nocking point.  Of course, sometimes I don't install one of any kind and just sort of eyeball things till the arrow looks like a right angle and then fire away...  If it is for serious shooting though, I definitely install some kind of nocking point on the string.  Keeps things from stringing up and down the target.