Smoothest release material

[acollins]

What material gives the smoothest release. I see gloves that are leather, cordura, nylon, hair and so on. I'm just curious if one material is smoother than the other.

[Gordon Jabben]

Cordovan leather gets my vote.

[The Whittler]

2x on the cordovan.

[black velvet]

X3 cordovan.

[Crittergetter]

X4

[LBR]

Easily cordovan leather.  The slickest serving is Halo.

[ron w]

Originally posted by crittergetter:
X4

X5,,,,,,,,pretty much says it all !

[Walt Francis]

X6

[acollins]

I guess its unanimous.

Thanks

[Bladepeek]

x7.

I used cordovan gloves and switched to cordovan tabs. As I remember Arne Moe saying in one of his posts, the cordovan "benefits from benign neglect". You don't have to do anything to it to keep it slick, make it soft, keep it hard; nothing. I have yet to wear anything made of cordovan out - they just seem to get better with age.

[WESTBROOK]

OK the oddball is here   :D

Cordovan is great stuff, but I could never find a cord glove that that I could shoot with. My favorite glove is just a Berlin/damascuss style with the cordura tips. The best came from the folks at Grizzly before Bill Dunn took over. The first run of 3R dura-glove was a good one too. Everything now is just thin and flimsy.

The American Leathers bigshot gloves with the nylon are very slick too, I use them as well.

If I shot a tab it would be cordovan.

[tim roberts]

I'm really goi g to go out on a limb here, but there is another one that is as durable, and is also very slick, sheep sherling.  For those not knowing what it is, it is a tanned sheep hide with the wool on and cut short. The most common place to find it is on the underneath side of a saddle. Dan Toelke showed me these a few years ago, and I have been using them since then. The advantage is they naturally have lanolin in the wool and leather which makes them slick, and quiet, even when wet.
Thanks,

[two4hooking]

Cordovan with a little baby powder on them....watch out! Whew, that is slick!  I use the Halo serving also..

[damascusdave]

A friend taught me this trick a few years ago...take a piece of welders chalk (made with soapstone) and scrape some off...makes any tab a lot slicker

DDave

[last arrow]

I like cordavan tabs or the ABS super glove if you can find one, though they are not made any longer.

Tim's comments on the sheep sherling has me wondering if it would make a good rest material on the bow shelf, and how to get some to try.

[Terry Green]

FORM......release material is for nerve damage.

[slowbowjoe]

last arrow, I've been using it for my shelf and side plate for six months or so. I like it a lot.
Had a scrap of it from a pair of slippers or something like that, and trimmed the wool side down, as it's pretty thick. Soft and quiet.

[Mark R]

Not sure what the leather is but I made a couple out of my old worn out steel toe boots and there durable and smooth as melted butter.

[Jakeemt]

Anyone tried the cords an Bateman tabs with spacer? Kinda pricey but, thinking of trying one out.

[Walt Francis]

Rod Jenkins had some cordovan tabs at the clinic last weekend that were really slick, about as nice as any I have seen, you may want to check out his web site..

I used several gloves over the years with cordovan overlays on the glove that worked nice, but the leather around them wore out in a few months.  Never heard of an all cordovan glove.....hint...hint....hint.

Terry,
I can relate to the nerve damage in the fingers, for several year I had it so bad in my fingers tips I had to use plastic or metal inserts in my gloves in order to draw a bow .  Shoulder surgery and shooting left-handed gave the nerves time to heal, no problems since retuning to the right side.