From: Jimbow
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Date: 01-Mar-15 |
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Can someone tell me the difference between brace height and festmele? I thought they were the same but noticed different values for a Redwing hunter 58 in.
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From: cyrille
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Date: 01-Mar-15 |
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Actually "fistmele" is an olde method of measuring brace height it is not the most accurate and as stated above varies from archer to archer.It will put you "in the ball park", so to speak. It was/is used [ to the best of my knowledge ] to measure the distance from the belly/handle/riser of the long bow to the string using the fist and extended thumb.
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From: Codjigger
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Date: 01-Mar-15 |
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You said it for me,Cyrille.I still do that today.. ..when I can't find my bow square. S.
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From: 4t5
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Date: 02-Mar-15 |
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From: GF
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Date: 02-Mar-15 |
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To put it in a slightly different way....
Brace Height is the actual distance from the string to where your arrow contacts your shelf, and it stands to reason that a bowyer would design a bow around a recommended brace height to ensure proper timing of the limbs as they complete the draw cycle.
Fistmele is almost literally a rule of thumb, and (as mentioned above) will vary from one shooter to the next.
So BH makes more sense in the modern day of bow forms and bow models, whereas Fistmele was perfectly satisfactory (and almost the only practical option) in the days when each bow was crafted to fit the shooter based on one's proportions.
Helpful hint, though...
Once you've got your bow all tuned and at the optimal brace height, mark your arrows where they contact your shelf. Instant reference, exact measurement, and (just like a thumb, but unlike a bow square!) you'll never find yourself out shooting without one...
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From: SB
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Date: 02-Mar-15 |
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The old term fistmele was used to measure brace height on longbows. ( when that's all there was)..The fist with thumb extended is of no use on modern recurves due to the much higher brace height .
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From: 4nolz@work
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Date: 02-Mar-15 |
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A fistmele is very practical.Find your brace height and run your fistmele up the string and mark where you touch your limb-mark it with a dot.Easy way to check brace height if you are in a pinch.
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From: SB
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Date: 02-Mar-15 |
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4nolz...I guess that's ONE way to still use the old method! My hunting arrows have a cresting pinstripe that lines up with the front of the shelf when the brace is correct.
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From: 4nolz@work
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Date: 02-Mar-15 |
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Mine too-cresting is easiest.
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From: reddogge
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Date: 02-Mar-15 |
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The old English archers had to use a fistmele because they didn't have Potawatomi bow squares.
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From: JimBow
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Date: 15-Mar-15 |
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OK Festmele is out. But I shoot a recurve with a rest/ Measuring to where the arrow contacts the shelf doesn t make sense. The arrow doesn t contact the shelf/ I used to measure from the string to the deep point on the handle/now I refer to shooting off the shelf on another bow, here a Wing Hunter, 58 inch/ but that doesn t make sense either with some handles.
JimBow
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From: George D. Stout
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Date: 15-Mar-15 |
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You can measure it where you like as long as that measurement stays the same. It is meant to be measured to the deepest part of the grip, aka pivot point. The Fistmele is also brace, but it's an old way of measureing, which I still use in the field...mine is 6.5". You can think of brace as the distance from the string to the bow...somewhere. That somewhere needs to be the same each time for you to facilitate tune. Most people use the AMO method of deepest part of the grip.
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