Picked up a 63" x15 Titan. The Shakespeare blog shows 7" brace height for this model. I know brace is personally dependent and have been at this a while now but that seems low. Anybody familiar with these pretty old bows or know if they measured brace differently at this time at Shakespeare?

Start at 7" and adjust to suit you. The information isn't wrong.

What fdp said. The suggested brace is 'always' a place to start, whether you think it is or not. Brace is always a dynamic, not a static measure that suits everyone. A 63" Titan is the shortest model of that bow I believe. I had one in 68" for my first target/field bow in 1969.

What fdp said. The suggested brace is 'always' a place to start, whether you think it is or not. Brace is always a dynamic, not a static measure that suits everyone. A 63" Titan is the shortest model of that bow I believe. I had one in 68" for my first target/field bow in 1969.

So YOU'RE the one who got that bow!!!! Good on you...it looks like a beauty. It's a 1961, and they seemed to perform better with BH under 7.5".

Thanks guys, mainly just wanted to make sure that recommendation wasn't to the back of the window instead of deepest part of the grip on the old Shakespeares. I will make a longer string and try it. 7" to the deepest part of grip will be laying on the limb well past the grooves.

As indicated above, 7” is usually a good place to start. Each bow has to be tuned individualy. You can have 3 of the same make & model, and they may all have a slightly different bh. Anyway, that’s my experience with the Shakespeare Cascade. When I had 4 of them, 2 were within a 1/4” of each other.

That is why you adjust it to suit yourself. You may end up at 8", you may not. I think only the early Pearson bows were measured to the belly of the sight window because most were straight risers at that time. We were taught to measure to the deepest part of the grip when I started in the early 60's.

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