Re: Homepage Update, OFF TOPIC Message #2 Posted by hugh steers on 2 Jan 2006, 2:23 p.m., in response to message #1 by HP-Collection
hi matthias,
i'm also a toxophilite. i prefer traditional and shoot mongolian. there's no sight or rest. it looks a bit like this,
although that isn't me and i don't wear a silly outfit. although people keep wanting me to wear green which is a terrible colour.
you can see from the guy's hand in the picture, he is using a thumb ring. you hold the string on the ring rather than on the fingers and this gives a more repeatable loose. you can also overdraw the bows which makes them good for clout and also they're a bit smaller and thus easier to carry about than a longbow.
best wishes.
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