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BEIER Ishi - Longbow - 68" - 20-40 lbs
With this bow,
we pay our respects to the man who laid the foundation for the comeback of
archery. Ishi was born in about 1860 and died, as the last of the Yahi, a side
branch of the Yana Indians in Northern California, on March 25, 1916 in San
Francisco. Dr. Saxton Pope took care of him after they found Ishi, along with
his mother. His mother, however, died relatively early. After his recovery, Ishi
taught Saxton Pope and his friend Art Young bow making and shooting, as well as
hunting with a bow. Saxon Pope wrote his experiences down and thereby, this
became a story that is still published to this day.
The bow is suitable
for right- and left-handed archers and for shooting over the back of your hand.
Specifications:
Bow length: 68 inches
Draw weight: 20
to 40 lbs
Brace
height: 6 3/4 inches
String: Dacron
Material riser: Ash
Material
limbs: Ash covered with clear glass
Made in Germany
Delivery contents:
Bow with string
If you opt for an optional
accessory set, please indicate whether you are a right-handed or left-handed
archer at the end of the order in the "Comments" field. This is the only way to
get the accessory set in the version that suits you best.
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