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Rudderbow's 70 inch solid hickory selfbow review.

Opening the box, the bow comes packaged in a plastic bag but that's ok because this thing is built like a battleship. The solid hickory limbs are thick and the bow weights as much as my Bear 76er with its fiberglass limbs and magnesium riser. Yeah, it's heavy. This isn't a target bow, this isn't a hunting bow, this is more like a War Bow but more on that later.

My Rudderbow has between a 50 to 55 pound draw weight with an AMO of 70 inches, a very tall bow.

It comes with a flemish twist string with no serving, so serving the string is something you will have to do.

The bow is supplied with a bow stringer of sorts, a string with loops at both ends. To use the stringer, you slip one end on bottom nock and the top loop goes on the first nock on the top limb. That's right it has two nocks on the top limb to accommodate the bowstring and the stringer loop. The stringer I've wrapped around the grip to keep it with the bow and to add some cushioning.

The arrow shelf is tiny and by no means even close to center shot, so I'm going to have to get some softer spined arrows for it.

I never did get what hand shock really was till I shot this bow. Now I have no doubt in my mind what hand shock feels like! Maybe after some tweaking I can reduce it but it will never be like a more expensive bow (over $200). These bows cost around $65-$85 on eBay and in my opinion, not worth the $135 Three Rivers was asking for the solid hickory bow.

On shooting it, I found you really have to hold onto it, not a gentle hold but a gorilla fisted hang on for your life with all five fingers, white knuckle hold. I didn't do this at first and was rewarded with a sharp slap into my pinky that hurt.

It does seem the tighter you hold onto this bow, the better control you have over it and the better it shoots. Don't worry about torque with a tight grip because the handle is straight and thin, which doesn't seem to be affected by an iron fisted grip.

I've affectionately named this bow "The Plank" because it does seem fitting. I would have to say that this is a true multi purpose bow. It's long and straight with thick limbs, and if you put a good solid nock protector on it, I think it would make a good walking stick. The weight of it would make a great club to fend off an attacker or a pack of coyotes depending on your skill level, and oh yeah, it's a bow too! Would I recommend it? I can only give this bow a two thumbs up. Why? Because I only have two thumbs! So, if you feel like going primitive and want to try a selfbow, then pick one up, after all if you don't like it as a bow, you still could use it as a hiking stick or a club or a spear or a paddle or a door molding or a pry bar or a...

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