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Description
Indestructible bow from IDV engineering: Ready for competitions and
high-quality at a low price.
"Try a cheap bow first!" or "This
one is good enough in the beginning".
These, or similar phrases, are how the
fun that normally comes from archery has ended for countless archers before it
could even begin.
A beginner in particular needs a sense of achievement,
which can only be achieved if the equipment is good. A proper bow made of nice
wood, however, requires expert care and is not cheap. Anyone who reaches for the
supposedly inexpensive alternative "rattan" ("manau") has little chance of
finding their way into this sport.
This material, derived from a Far Eastern
vine, is so popular in furniture making because it can be bent into almost any
shape and quickly loses its tension. Unfortunately, these are exactly the
characteristics that make a rattan bow a rather frustrating toy. A bow whose
arrow speed changes with each shot simply does not allow consistent results.
Based on this painful
experience, IDV engineering developed a beginner bow that is easy to maintain
without sacrificing accuracy and consistency. The result is a bow that basically
indestructible and yet delivers flawless results even in competitions.
Modern materials for traditional bows - A beginner bow that makes
you hungry for more.
A core made of fiberglass, covered with
semi-rigid, super tough polyurethane foam. That is how the bow from IDV
engineering can be described.
But as simple as it sounds, as interesting are the characteristics may be:
The bow is insensitive to dryfires, shock, impact, wetness, sun and it can be
bent up to more than 180° without breaking.
The ideal bow for LARP, medieval
representation and bad weather. But not only that: A smooth draw, hardly
measurable wear and tear and pleasant dampening properties also make this
product the ideal sports equipment in the youth section of the archery club, in
tourism or even in therapeutic facilities.
Even demanding archers can
achieve excellent results and the bow offers the possibility of an inexpensive
entry into archery.
It can be shot with heavy LARP arrows just as well as
with sports arrows and delivers precise, consistent hits.
It certainly is no
match for a beautiful, handcrafted wooden bow made of ash, yew or other
traditional woods of bow making but that was never the intention of course.
What care does the IDV bow require?
Wipe it
occasionally with a damp cloth, and do not leave it outdoors if not necessary
(the grip wrapping could be damaged in the long run). When storing the bow for a
longer period of time, the bow should be unstrung. Before each use, check the
string for damage to avoid unexpected tearing.
All bows can easily be drawn to over 32"!
Characteristics
| Hand: | Right HandLeft Hand |
| Draw Weight: | 10-20 lbs20-30 lbs |
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
