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Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: bow101 on January 11, 2013, 07:39:28 pm

Title: Arrow shelf
Post by: bow101 on January 11, 2013, 07:39:28 pm

 Where do you guys get your arrow shelf material from..? And exactly what is it..?
Is it ok to use thin smooth cow hide for the bottom part of the shelf..?

   

Title: Re: Arrow shelf
Post by: Roy on January 11, 2013, 07:58:14 pm

Cow hide will work, calf hide with the hair on is really smooth material. I use tanned deer hide which is very soft also. The smooth part of Velcro also works well and is cheap. I really like feather rests, many trad dealers sell them and everything else you may need.

Title: Re: Arrow shelf
Post by: Weylin on January 11, 2013, 09:49:34 pm

I use a golf tee for the shelf and a bit of leather for the pass.

(http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e113/olivewn/IMG_09231_zpsdc04483d.jpg)

Title: Re: Arrow shelf
Post by: osage outlaw on January 11, 2013, 10:53:20 pm

I build up layers of leather for my rests.  I put a thin soft piece of leather on the arrow pass.

Title: Re: Arrow shelf
Post by: adb on January 12, 2013, 12:22:04 am

Cork.

Title: Re: Arrow shelf
Post by: Bryce on January 12, 2013, 01:11:10 pm

I'll second the golf tee

Title: Re: Arrow shelf
Post by: Stefan on January 12, 2013, 01:53:39 pm

antilope skin  with hair. Double sided tape to stick on the shelf

Title: Re: Arrow shelf
Post by: lostarrow on January 16, 2013, 11:36:08 pm

Deer leg  with hair on .You can buy Calf Skin ,it's about the same. durable and looks good. Easy on the fletching.

Title: Re: Arrow shelf
Post by: Pappy on January 18, 2013, 07:08:04 am

I do like Osage Outlaw. Hard leather for the rest and soft for the stricker plate.
   Pappy

Title: Re: Arrow shelf
Post by: crooketarrow on January 19, 2013, 08:55:04 am

  I don't build bend through the handle bows anymore. I cut my shelfs in to the bow. And for myself I've always shoot off the wood and have ever since I started building and shooting slefbows.
  If you can't shoot off the wood self and do it quitly for forms off somewhere.

Title: Re: Arrow shelf
Post by: Jim Davis on January 19, 2013, 09:15:45 pm

I haven't used a shelf on a bow I made in a dozen years. Don't plan to ever again. i want to feel the arrow when I draw. So, I guess I use epidermis for my shelf and wood for the pass--sometimes do use soft leather on the pass.

Jim Davis

Title: Re: Arrow shelf
Post by: Keenan on January 22, 2013, 02:22:00 am

 I quit using things like wood or bone that ware and scrape the arrow or make noise.  Most all I use now is leather build up saturated with super glue.
 Here is a buildalong
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,37208.0.html

Title: Re: Arrow shelf
Post by: kevinsmith5 on January 22, 2013, 01:35:28 pm

I use industrial Velcro, the smooth part, on youth bows. On my "better bows" I use hair on goat skin.

Title: Re: Arrow shelf
Post by: PEARL DRUMS on January 22, 2013, 05:43:18 pm

Stacked leather for me, wrapped in deer hide. Im a hunter and I need a quiet bow no matter my form, my draw, or my arrows spine.

Title: Re: Arrow shelf
Post by: Pat B on January 22, 2013, 05:46:46 pm

I use a bulbous handle with a Ferret's Floppy Rest.  8)