Longbow Styles Explained?

[dlee56]

Can someone on here with more experience than myself please breakdown all the different longbow styles and their attributes? Hill, D, R/D, and others that I'm unaware of?

 

[Montana Slim]

It's about limb shape and what they are doing when drawn... Hill style bows are *generally* straight-limbed, and string up in a 'D' shape. R/D bows will not string up in a 'D' and the limbs work a little differently.

Good explanation of the different styles of ASL's... jumping off point anyways

 

[North Idaho Stickbow]

Great post on the ASL’s
A “D” bow usually refers to a Hill bow/ASL due to their shape when strung.

Outside of those: there are mild reflex/deflex bows, which have a little bit of that going on. Most of these string up into a D shape too.

The third category is a hybrid (or extreme R&D). Usually these are shorter and combine the good qualities of both the longbow and the recurve.

 

[GLB]

Yep some R/D longbows will have a D shape when strung up. All 6 of mine do. Personally I put longbows in 3 categories:

1. Straight Limb
2. Reflex/Deflex
3. Hybrid (heavy R/D)

 

[Montana Slim]

Yep some R/D longbows will have a D shape when strung up. All 6 of mine do. Personally I put longbows in 3 categories:

1. Straight Limb
2. Reflex/Deflex
3. Hybrid (heavy R/D)

Totally agree. Was just thinking for simplicity's sake that a R/D bow (when strung) is different from a D bow with some curve in the limbs - R/D/backset/etc...

Part of the fun is finding out what kind of bow you like to shoot!

 

[oldgoat]

Totally agree. Was just thinking for simplicity's sake that a R/D bow (when strung) is different from a D bow with some curve in the limbs - R/D/backset/etc...

Part of the fun is finding out what kind of bow you like to shoot!

I categorize them

Yep some R/D longbows will have a D shape when strung up. All 6 of mine do. Personally I put longbows in 3 categories:

1. Straight Limb
2. Reflex/Deflex
3. Hybrid (heavy R/D)

I put longbows in 2 categories
1. Toelkes
2. Junk

 

[Montana Slim]

I categorize them
I put longbows in 2 categories
1. Toelkes
2. Junk

Hahaha just saw this... I love my super D - but you are selling a lot if good people short!!

 

[wytx]

I categorize them
I put longbows in 2 categories
1. Toelkes
2. Junk

Sorry man but my longbow shoots sweet and is not a Toelke. Many, many good bowyers out there making great longbows.

 

[oldgoat]

Sorry man but my longbow shoots sweet and is not a Toelke. Many, many good bowyers out there making great longbows.

Have you shot a Toelke?

 

[tater]

So oldgoat, have you shot a San Marco,Harrison or Border ?

 

[oldgoat]

So oldgoat, have you shot a San Marco,Harrison or Border ?

Shot a couple of borders, wasn't impressed, don't think I've shot a San Marco, not sure about the Harrison, I live a few minutes away from rmsgear and have absolutely know idea what all I've shot, but it's a lot of them! Lot of them shoot pretty good but their grips suck to me!

 

[wytx]

Have you shot a Toelke?

No, have you shot Predator Longbow with carbon lams ?
Like I said, lots of great longbows out there besides Toelke and that is no disrespect to Toelke.