Saluki Owners

[huntsmanlance]

Can you tell me more about the bows? What the difference in bow types are and how they shoot / feel?

What type and grain of arrows do you use....and how many fps are you getting?

and does anyone use a thumb ring?

Thanks!
Lance

[drewsbow]

Lance :  I have a Turk 50 inches and 53#@28 smooth all the way out to 30inches. I have had an Ibex also 58 inches and 53#@28 also very smooth . You can see the difference in design on his site. I have shot alot of the Saluki bows and all are great shooters and fast. I am very sensative to shock and there is none with a Saluki. They are very light in weight and easy to shoot . I like carbons out of mine but have used allum and wood with good results also.I like heavy arrows and shoot aroung 600 grs of arrow weight. I shot my first Turk 63#@28 with allum arrows and got 205 fps but at the time didn't know the arrow weight . I also shot 650 gr arrows out of my 53# Turk and got around 170 fps . Hope this helps :0)  Drew

[huntsmanlance]

Thanks for the help Drew. As far as i can tell the bows have a cut in shelf like modern recurves (there isnt any pics showing the different sides on the site) so if one would want to use a thumb ring would it have to be cut for a lefty?

[ROB TAYLOR]

Lance,
Lukas will reportedly make you any of his bows in any configuration you want....standard "western" left side shelf for righty shooter, no shelf for real horsebow-esque shooting, regular left hand grip (righty shooter) with right side shelf for thumbring shooters who want a shelf, and dual shelf are all iterations I have heard guys post about from him.  
-Rob

[sndmn11]

ive shot a saluki bow and i loved it, but i was posting to find out why a thumbring shooter would shoot an opposite handed bow?  really dont know how to use a thumbring either.  any website that shows pictures, instructions or a video on how it is done.  i do not want to do it, just want to see what it is all about.

[huntsmanlance]

Thanks for the info Rob! Thats what i was thinking if you used a thumb ring.

Kyle i havent tried one yet but from what i have read....when you use a thumb ring and shoot off the right side of the bow (for a right handed shooter) then you have to twist your wrist towards the bow as you draw back to keep the arrow up against the riser. Otherwise the arrow would drift to the right. So if you wanted to use a thumbring and have a radiused shelf then it would have to be cut away on the right side of the bow.

[MikeC]

Lance,

Not to take anything away from Saluki Bows but if your interested in a true horsebow check out the following.

 www.spitfirehorsebows.com

[String Tracker]

Hey lance,

if you can make it to Baltimore bowmen Trad Classic in May you can watch them.  LOL  I know thats a tad far for a weekend event.  

ST

[Steelhead]

Lance I had 2 ibexs and a Guengis Sport and my brother has the regular Guengis.Any way my Ibexs were 60 inches and the Ghengis Sport was 60 inches.They were all fast and smooth as you could want in a bow.I shot them all with fingers.

Here are some chrono numbers I recieved from a gentlemman that bought 1 of the ibexs.54 #s at 30 inches.Drawn 30 inches I am pretty sure of that.As he draws 30 inches.9 grains per pound.So about a 485 gr. arrow.The figures I got from him were over 200 ft per second for sure.I think it was 204 ft. per second to be more excact.Not sure if these numbers were with the bow shot with fingers or a shooting machine.I did not ask.1 of the top bows he tested in regards to speed.Hope this helps.
    I was told that some of the bows have been redisigned slightly at the K-Zoo expo by his representative at the show was that running the booth and I belive his partner in Saluki bows.You might want to give Lukas a shout.Best of luck

[Pat B]

At the Hickory NC shoot last year, James Parker(working with Lukas now)had a few of his and Lukas' bows. He shot a 50# bow(I don't know which model) with carbon arrows through a chrono and was getting over 260fps. With a 600gr cane hunting arrow, he was getting over 180pfs. These bows seem to have unlimited draw length also.
  When shooting with a thumb ring your release is to the right so the arrow is placed on the right side of the bow and when shooting with fingers your release is to the left, so the arrow goes on the left. Thumb rings are awkward to use the first couple of times. You get a lot cleaner release with a thumb ring than you will with fingers.  Pat

[Trail]

Try this video clip. And a pictorial how to

  http://www.koreanarchery.org/amgakji.wmv
 http://www.koreanarchery.org/thumbrng.html

[sndmn11]

the pictures show how i thought it would be.  thanks

[southernarcher]

Mikec,why do you say if you want a "true" horse bow?Is it because Saluki offers western gripped,shelved options?Just curious.

[Java Man]

Lukas does make TRUE horse bows.  Probably as good as can be bought.  He teaches people horse archery all over the world.