Where do you measure brace height to?

[VictoryHunter]

Where do you measure brace height to?

[VictoryHunter]

Pretty one sided so far, but good info! Thanks for voting.

[Stumpkiller]

That's kind of the way the AMO and 45,000 years of bow use have established it.    

[**DONOTDELETE**]

Is this for real?

[shag08]

Stupid iPhone...I hit the wrong one and submitted before I realized it I think.   I measure my BH to the throat of the grip...the poll will not reflect that though. Sorry.

[Over&Under]

Originally posted by Kirkll:
Is this for real?

Good question and poll I think...many people and bowyers measure it differently regardless of AMO or tradition.

[Bladepeek]

I think maybe you are mixing draw length and brace height. I'm sure you could get close to a 50-50 split on draw length; either AMO or to back of riser. Brace height? I sure haven't seen or heard of very many people measuring to back of riser.

[Bowwild]

Yep, I was surprised anyone would measure brace height differently. If some do that would sure result in some very high brace heights, depending upon depth of the bow's "pivot point"-- deepest part of the grip throat.

[Over&Under]

I know of 2 off the top of my head that measure from belly of riser not the throat...Bill Dunn of Zipper bows and a local Bowyer here in my town that has been building bows for 40 years and worked for Howatt and Martin for many many years.

[VictoryHunter]

It is a serious question, no need for the smart butt replies.    Also no I am not confusing brace height and draw length. Besides the back of the shelf and the throat of the grip, I have also heard of people measuring it to the center of the shelf. I personally measure to the throat of the grip but was just curious.

[katman]

Learn something everyday, did not know there are some who measure to the belly. My first response was same as Kirk's.

[Jasper2]

Good question and people do measure it differently.  Here is the recommendation from a well respected bowyers website....which is different than either of your poll choices?

Brace Height:
Using a nock square, measure to the first layer of fiber glass or carbon that you come to in the shelf.

[hvyhitter]

I never measure anymore. I set it so the fletching clears the shelf by an inch or so then tune the bow. When dialed in I mark a few of my arrow shafts with a sharpie at the back of the shelf for a quick check every now and then.......KISS......

[VictoryHunter]

Jasper that is an interesting idea, thanks!

[Alexander Traditional]

I measure mine to the throat of the grip,but I would think that no matter where you measured if you did it the same on that particular bow and found where that bow liked to shoot you would be good?

[Dave Lay]

i think its a good question i also know of a couple bowyers that measure to the far side of the shelf..

[ChuckC]

All in all, it really doesn't matter a bit as long as you do it that way every time.

ChuckC