Easton Aluminium Arrow History Jim Easton began to experiment with aluminum as an arrow shaft, the result of his frustration with the inconsistencies of wood. He presented his first set of aluminum arrows to Larry Hughes, a local archery champion. Over the next two years, Hughes enjoyed strong results with his experimental arrows, culminating in… Read More »
Easton XX75 Arrows My arrow history begins with the first set of arrows I ever purchased when buying my first archery kit as a beginner. I had no idea what arrows I wanted, but was measured up and sold a set of Easton Platinum Plus XX75 aluminium arrows, all I had to was to choose… Read More »
My current recurve archery bow set up that I use for target archery is listed below. I’ve had this set up for a couple of years now, and don’t see the reason for changing anything yet. Yes I may want to upgrade to a Hoyt Faktor Xi riser and some Velos limbs at some point,… Read More »
“The Mantis X8 is an unparalleled piece of technology that will change the way you shoot”. “While attached to any bow, the X8 analyzes the smallest of movement patterns that even the human eye cannot see. It streams the data via Bluetooth to an app on your smartphone or tablet that gives you real-time feedback on… Read More »
If you ever have the need to cut your own arrows and are getting a bit bored of travelling to your not so local archery shop or store then how about purchasing your own arrow cutter? Admitedly an arrow cutter might not be for everybody and you’d need to cut a few arrows to make… Read More »
If you’re looking for a wooden training bow for yourself or for your club in order to teach beginners’ classes take a look at the Black Sheep Apollo range. We have purchased a number of these bow sets at our club and I am very impressed with the finish of the handles and the bows… Read More »
Core Archery produce a lot of beginners archery equipment, but did you know you can get a beginners riser in not just wood but metal? Yes, you can. Core Archery produce this lovely metal riser in 24″ with a choice of colours in both left hand and right hand. The riser itself is not ILF… Read More »
More 3D Printed archery equipment. I love finding new archery equipment to print out on my 3D printer. I don’t create any of these myself, but I keep finding them on Thingiverse. Here is another set of my most favourite Top 5 3D printed archery parts. I did also create a previous video with my… Read More »
The nice people at Mantis sent me an X8 Archery Shooting System to try out over lockdown. If you don’t know what this is, it’s a dongle that attaches to your bow and connects to an app to tell you how well you are shooting. It can’t give you tips – yet, but it can… Read More »
One of main reasons I started looking at different sights again for my recurve bow was that the once loved Decut Tawant with a Shibuya fibre optic does have some drawbacks. The main one is that the Decut Tawant has a lens in it, so if it’s raining that lens is going to fill up… Read More »