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Iontach Laoch	OUCH!	Lead	[-]
Posts: 23 (03/02/09 6:46 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	wow wrist slap hurts! Anyone have an easy armguard plan for a guy with no money?? I could really use one.
tunaboy		#1	[-]
Posts: 174 (03/02/09 7:37 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Personally i shoot with no arm guard but if i needed one o would get a piece of leather 3/4 of the length of you forearm, and use some shoe laves as lacing if you punch holes in it.
rwelch		#2	[-]
Posts: 1525 (03/02/09 7:51 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Tongue of an old army boot was my first arm guard ,,,shhh don't ever tell my Dad . Ralph
Peter		#3	[-]
Posts: 489 (03/02/09 8:13 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I've used cardboard and string on occasion.
Orien M		#4	[-]
Posts: 2696 (03/02/09 8:25 PM) Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	An ace bandage works well. Try to bend your wrist to the side a little when you shoot, don't lock it straight...
fiddler49		#5	[-]
Posts: 1681 (03/02/09 8:48 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	This is a great design from David Brunetta [Attenurb], cheers fiddler49 Punch holes about half inch apart and use exacto knife to cut arrow head shaped tabs Last Edited By: fiddler49 03/02/09 9:47 PM. Edited 3 times.
tunaboy		#6	[-]
Posts: 176 (03/02/09 9:01 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Nice guard fiddler.
sailordad		#7	[-]
Posts: 19 (03/02/09 9:12 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	you could also try raising the brace height of the bow,i have found this will reduce if not eliminate string slap.
NOMADIC PIRATE		#8	[-]
Posts: 1413 (03/03/09 12:37 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Cut a sock, than stuff leaves in it to protect you forarm
Quest for fire		#9	[-]
Posts: 1774 (03/03/09 12:46 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Winter boots get tossed out here each spring. The leather from womens tall leather boots make decent armguards.
johnnycaribe		#10	[-]
Posts: 53 (03/03/09 5:24 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Try this one: http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/topic/15538 I just made one like that with antler buttons but of course you don't need to carve a drawing in the leather although it looks much better. Johnny
indygoman		#11	[-]
Posts: 488 (03/03/09 5:32 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Fidd you forgot the one I like the most your birch bark bracer . http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/topic/5883
stiknstring		#12	[-]
Posts: 162 (03/03/09 10:54 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Just quit being such a weenie...that mark aint even PURPLE yet. I used to shoot until it had a pretty good egg on it and it was black and blue. But seriously cool armguard ideas there guys. My daughter is needing and I need to be making
nickf14		#13	[-]
Posts: 1640 (03/03/09 1:30 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	there's always the 6" long, 1" wide, 1/4" thick piece of wood... shaped to a long ellipse, with an elipse crossection (for comfort). taper the 'body' side, so it won't dig under it. use some shoelaces wich you put through the 4holes you drilled in it, and you've got a nice little armguard. I'd prefer a light and soft wood, like pine, or just make a gorgeous snakewood one In addition to manny's idea: 'weave' some iron/cupper/whatever wire through it, so it works even better. and ofcourse, leather from shoes, bags etc will do the job. I got my armguard from a guy who made it from an old schoolbag, with pretty thick and stiff leather Nick
DarkSoul		#14	[-]
Posts: 244 (03/03/09 3:00 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Nick, that is one marvelous idea you just gave me! How come I never came up with something that simple as a wooden armguard? I suck at leatherworking, and I can't get good thick leather. But wood...that's a whole different story. Snakewood blank, sanded slightly convex on one side, and concave on the other, with brass pins for decoration, nice filework, sanded to 600 grit... That's gotta be my next non-bow project! Way better than my currrent black leather thingy! "Sonuit contento nervus ab arcu." Ovid, Metamorphoses VI-286
village bowyer		#15	[-]
Posts: 60 (03/03/09 4:20 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I was given a cure for the same problem a few weeks ago. The secret is to change the way you hold your bow. The standard traditional longbow grip, with a broken wrist puts your forearm in line with the string. The more modern straight wrist position, which became popular in the 1940's, changes the alignment, and you get less or no string slap. Stand still, look forward. Whithout looking at your bow arm/hand, use it to point, out to the side. Turn your head to look at your hand. Chances are your knuckes are not straight up and down like when you shoot normally. They are probably somewhere off 90deg up to 45deg. This just shows that is how you point instinctively. The idea is that adopting a similar method when shooting a bow is that it puts you in the natural pointing postion, better coordination, greater chance of hitting what you are aiming at. The by product is that the meaty portion of your forearm gets turned away from the string, and doesn't get slapped. I was also told to let the bow balance in the hammock of the hand between the thumb and forefinger, and not to grip the bow tightly. It felt a bit unco at first, so I was told to tuck my bottom 2 fingers out side, against the handle and let the top 2 come around the grip, with the thumb, but not to apply anymore pressure than necessary. This seems to work well for me. It keeps my hand at an angle, no string slap and cleaner arrow flight. There are plenty of variations of handgrips you will just need to try until you find one that you are comfortable with. Credit to Kevin Gerard, and Arthur Fisk, who both told me the same info at different times on the same day. I can't say I'm any better at accuracy now, definitely no worse, but I don't get wrist slap anymore. Hamish.
Iontach Laoch		#16	[-]
Posts: 24 (03/03/09 8:19 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	wow those are some amazing bracers. Fiddler that birch bark bracer is amazing! Thanks for all of your help guys. I made a little one out a scrap piece of leather and some stretchy bungee cord that works pretty well but I think i just need to change up the way i shoot and stop being such a weenie like stiknstring said. (by the way this is 4 or 5 hours after i shot. it was a pretty big egg and black and blue at the beginning ha ha.)
nickf14		#17	[-]
Posts: 1642 (03/03/09 11:59 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	ofcourse you can increase your braceheight. This will put alot of additional stress on the bow. you can angle your elbow, resulting in a non consistent drawlength. or you make a fine armguard, and get rid of all those problems at once. goodluck Jorik! snakewood, wenge, zebrano... Nick
Blattspitze		#18	[-]
Posts: 165 (03/04/09 10:03 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	These are neolithic wrist guards made of stone from the Beaker Culture. Impressing, aren`t they? The smaller one may have been used on leather. There are also bone / antler ones known and they are often found in the graves on the left arm.

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