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DRAKE Count - 60" - 16-40 lbs - Hybrid Bow
DRAKE´s small hybrid bow Count has a length of 60" and with its draw weight range of 16-40 lbs is particularly recommended for children and teenagers who have the opportunity to shoot a modern hybrid bow. The design cleverly combines the appearance and characteristics of two types of the bow: On the one hand, it is recognizable as a traditional longbow, in which, for example, the string only touches the tips but not the limbs. On the other hand, the clearly visible reflex-deflex shape of the limbs is noticeable, in which the limbs again point slightly away from the shooter as a typical feature of a recurve bow. The result is a bow with a particularly soft draw length, very good limb performance and optimum arrow speeds.
The bow is a multi-layer construction consisting of a core of maple wood, reinforcing layers of fiberglass in the limbs and an outer layer of ash or poplar. The grip area is particularly ergonomically shaped and allows the bow to lie comfortably in the hand. However, the optical appeal of the DRAKE Count is provided by the outer layers of special woods already mentioned, which give the bow a different character:
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Ash:
Due to its positive characteristics, ash wood is one of the most important useful woods. It is always used when elasticity, toughness and strength are required. For this reason, ash wood has always been used in the construction of sports equipment, such as crossbars, bats or bows.
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Black poplar:
The black poplar is widespread in Central Europe and gives the bow a special appearance. Especially the burl wood has brown burl eyes and a clear and very decorative pattern.
As a small special feature of the DRAKE Archer you can not only choose between a right and left-hand model with a correspondingly shaped sight bow window, but you can also do without the sight window completely. Then the bow is ideal for shooting over the back of the hand, whether as a right or left hand shooter.
And as special as the bow is, as individual are the characteristics of the natural material wood and its handcrafted production. The result draw weights are therefore not specified as exact values, but can only be specified and selected in smaller draw weight ranges.
Available as right or left hand model.
Specification:
Technical data:
Bow length: 60" (approx. 152cm)
Draw weight: 16-40 lbs
Brace height: 6.5" (approx. 16cm)
max. Draw length: 28"
Weight: approx. 430g
Delivery include:
Bow with string
Characteristics
Right-handed or left-handed?
Determination of the draw hand
The draw hand is the hand that pulls the string. This means that a right-handed bow is held in the left hand and drawn with the right hand.
Determining your personal draw hand has far less to do with whether you are left-handed or right-handed than you might initially assume. It is much more about determining the dominant eye. The dominant eye is used for aiming. This then automatically results in the draw hand.
The term dominant eye refers to the eye whose visual information is superimposed on everything. If a shooter tried to aim with the other eye, he would have to close the dominant eye.
There are two ways of determining the dominant eye: On the one hand, it is the eye that is generally favoured, for example when looking through the viewfinder of a camera, through the peephole or similar situations. On the other hand, there is a small exercise that can be used to determine the dominant eye beyond doubt:
- The arms are stretched out and a triangle is formed with the thumbs and index fingers of both hands.
- A small target is aimed at through the triangle, for example a socket or a cupboard knob. Focus on this object.
- The hands are now slowly brought towards the face without taking the target object out of focus.
- The triangle of thumb and index fingers will involuntarily tend towards one side of the face and this is where the dominant eye is located.
If the dominance of the eye and hand do not match, the bow should still be selected according to eye dominance. The arms can be easily retrained for the new draw hand, but not the eye.
More information on choosing the right type of bow, the right draw weight and the right arrows can be found here: A brief introduction to archery
