longbow etiquette?

[GingivitisKahn]

Originally posted by Jeff Strubberg:
   

Originally posted by GingivitisKahn:
Longbow etiquette:  Thou shalt not blame your longbow for hand shock when the culprit is your grip.        :D      

How about:  Thou shalt not claim thy bow to be free of handshock whilst taking steps to alleviate said handshock?             [/b]

Do you really want to do that again?  Lol - your recurve is shocky too if you hold it badly enough.  Does that mean a recurve is shocky - of course not, it's an indication of poor technique.  Same with a longbow.

How about another tack...

If you throw a football correctly, with a nice tight spiral, you can throw it far and with decent accuracy.  If you hold the ball badly and end up with a wobbly pass, then accuracy and range suffers - is that because a football is unstable?  No - it's an example of poor technique yielding poor results.

Or another...

If you use your #4 sage fly rod to cast a #18 Adams and you have a nice 10 o'clock / 2 o'clock motion with proper rhythm, you can place the fly with delicate tenderness right in front of that feeding trout.  If, on the other hand, you try to snap the fly out there as though you were casting a spinning rig, you will be tying knots in your fly line.  Does that mean a fly rod is inherently unusable?  No - again, poor technique yields poor results.

Same with a longbow.

[TDHunter]

Same if no usey, no stringy!