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Riser | JACKALOPE - Onyx - ILF - 17-23 inch
With the Onyx ILF, the JACKALOPE family has a new, extraordinary member: an ILF centerpiece for a distinctive competition bow with impressive characteristics and interesting contrasts.
The grip area is made of naturally grown rosewood and ultra-modern Micarta, giving it its unmistakable character. The rosewood forms the core and is a heavy, hard wood that gives the handle area a very natural look with its exceptionally decorative grain and warm color tones. The black and white Micarta details contrast with this.
The bow is named after the onyx, a strong stone of protection and power. It is said to help build emotional and physical strength. Onyx also protects against negativity and fear, in line with an ancient Japanese saying: "Fear only reaches as deep as our mind allows."
Since ancient times, onyx has been said to strengthen intuition and sharpen the senses. And who wouldn't want to be more focused and self-confident on the course or in a competition? Tradition assures that those who firmly believe in their onyx will achieve everything they set out to do. There can be no better namesake for this breathtaking bow.
ILF - Full flexibility with unimagined precision!
JACKALOPE paid particular attention to the limbs in the Onyx grip. Whereas traditional wooden risers usually only have the option of using special screw-in limbs, this is different here: the Onyx riser is equipped with the ILF plug-in system. ILF stands for the "International Limb Fitting" system, which is a standardized mount in which the limbs are not screwed to the centerpiece, but simply plugged in. The mounting block is something special and unique! Made of solid metal (aluminum), it is not only extremely stable and precise, but also enables a precise and stable ILF attachment to a wooden centerpiece that is in no way inferior to a metal centerpiece.
The tiller is easy to adjust using the tiller screw, which, unlike other ILF attachments, has an additional ring that fixes the limbs so that there is no play when adjusting them when they are not tensioned. Once the optimum position has been found, this setting is fixed in the capstan screw with the aid of the hexagon socket screw. Lateral adjustment of the limbs is now also much more precise and secure, as the lateral grub screws are no longer installed in the wood of the center piece, but in the mount. This means that overtightened screws in the wood or cracked centerpieces at this point are a thing of the past.
So if you are looking for an ILF attachment that offers the stability of a metal centerpiece, then the ILF top attachment from JACKALOPE is definitely the ideal solution!
JACKALOPE - The innovative brand in archery
Modern, high-quality materials and the simple elegance of archery. - This is JACKALOPE, the innovative brand in archery. High-quality workmanship and manufactured in Germany and Europe, Jackalope stands for a whole range of beautifully crafted longbows, recurve bows and hybrid bows, as well as various protective products and bow accessories.
At JACKALOPE you will find everything you need for this, your sport. And with a sophisticated look whose design is not limited to the bows, but is continued in all accessories. Where else can you choose accessories that match the color of your bow? Only at Jackalope!
As an expression of confidence in its own craftsmanship, the JACKALOPE brand offers a 30-year guarantee* on all its bows
Characteristics:
- Length and weight:
- 17 inch: approx. g
- 19 inch: approx. 1050g
- 21 inch: approx. 1190g
- 23 inch: approx. 1370g
- System: ILF - International Limb Fitting System
- Material: Rosewood, Micarta
- Hand: Right-handed or left-handed
Scope of delivery:
1 piece
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
