Arrow Rest

[RyanR]

I am curious how the rest of you make your arrow rests and what type of material you use. I am looking for new ideas.

[JW_Halverson]

My parents chipped in and made my arrow rest...its the knuckle of my left hand!

I have added built up arrow rests on a few bows, but I have never had the courage to carve a rest into a bow grip.  But then, I tend to make very narrow handles, too. 

[Joec123able]

Mines made from whatever the bows made from lol just cut it in with a rat tail file Idk if there's a difference between a shelf And rest soo ...

[RBLusthaus]

Built up scraps of leather superglued in place covered with leather handle wrap.   

[adb]

Cork

[Bryce]

Cut a golf tee in half

[lostarrow]

 Plan for it when you shape the handle, just leave enough material for it. Piece of antler or bone looks good if the handle is already done. Could also just use a braided piece of cordage at the top of the grip. On cord wrapped handles , I reverse twist in an extra piece for the top couple of wraps to beef it up where the arrow will sit.

[osage outlaw]

I use built up leather scraps or a leather floppy rest depending on the bow and handle shape.

[Fred Arnold]

Ryan, haven't tried it yet but am thinking of embedding a portion of deer dew claw for both shelf and pass.

[PrimitiveTim]

My parents chipped in and made my arrow rest...its the knuckle of my left hand!

Amen to that!

[Pat B]

I'm with Clint but I'll say floppy rest on most bows and built up leather on the others. I really prefer bare knuckle like JW but my skin has gotten so thin in he last few years I can't afford the blood loss.    The floppy rest that Mickey Lotz came up with solved the problem. I get the same feeling as off the knuckle but now I get to keep the knuckle. 

[IdahoMatt]

I have used all of the methods talked about above.  And I like the built up leather for stiff handled bows, and the golf tee or small off cut of arrow shaft shaped like a golf tee for bendy handle bows.  The floppy rest I mostly use with a temp handle wrap for shooting in the bows.  I have not made enough bows to have much of a preference on feel just looks

[tallpine]

I also like the floppy rest, to me it just looks right on a primitive bow

[Poggins]

I've used built up leather and floppy rests but I'm also a knuckle drager ( just a smart remark I made when someone asked me where my arrow rest was).

[bubby]

Cork