The Bowman Bow - American Semi Longbow by Fairbow - Review

[@PeterOStecherClassicArchery]

You only feel handshock if you grasp the handle to tight and/or lock your bowarm. Speed - the general fist rule for Hillstyles is draw weight + 100. Great Clip, Armin! Thank You & Shoot Straight!

[@billbertagnoli4226]

I love the rabbit or cat scooting Across the yard during the Technical info review.

[@Cleo8575]

Howard liked the long bows, I like the sound of the bells in the background.

[@georgegonzalez-rivas3787]

LOVED the split-screen view. I can finally see what's happening!

[@bill4639]

I like the old intro music 🏹

[@ArminHirmer]

yeah but after years of using it, KZbin decided that there are copyright issues....

[@bill4639]

@@ArminHirmer Naturally 🤪. You are not alone sir.

[@hollydawnhewlett9255]

Thank you for being so thorough with your reviews...

[@sybrenzeilstra4424]

Very informative video, thanks. I shoot the Rebel (37# @ 28”) for some years now and that bow is also very satisfactory.

[@billbertagnoli4226]

Thanks 👍 your videos are always Interesting. Lots of bows we typically don't see in the US.

[@miguelveratraditionalarche9374]

It looks interesting and pretty Long Bow. Peter is a nice guy I would like to see you guys together sharing some shots and. Maybe it's time now to make a conversion to Long bow and try new things and leave Horse bows behind. I don't think it's bad to become a Longbow man. Ok let continue watching the review 👊😅☕🏹

[@kevinmaughan4290]

I want to see peter shoot a turkish bow with thumb draw after this.

[@miguelveratraditionalarche9374]

Don't know why but I can't see the comment here. 🙈🙈🤣

[@ArminHirmer]

every bow has something, why the need to choose, why not shoot them all?

[@Leverguns50]

Nice looking bow, really cool to have a bowman bow. Thank you for sharing

[@ambidextrousarchery]

I really enjoyed this review after the many mentions of the Bowman line in the podcasts. It was thorough and fun. Plus, it is a great looking bow. 👍👍

[@N0rnagest]

... So many Bows ... So little cash!

[@jenjen7728]

Nice!! You look great with that pretty bow, that leather arm guard does something for you 🔥😁. So many different bows, all beautiful. Thanks for a great vid.

[@SUPERSONIC_ARCHERY]

Tolles Video, Armin. Den Bogen würde ich auch gerne mal schießen. Danke für´s Vorstellen & Grüße

[@ArminHirmer]

komm nach Malta ;)

[@johnminnitt8101]

Nice bow, thanks again Armin. Re Hill style bows in Europe, unfortunately the UK is now semi-detached, but I think there's still a couple made here. Lee Ankers at Heritage does one, and there's the good old Rex Oakes Saggitarius.

[@Huntgary]

The slight backwards bend in that bow unstrung is called backset, if the bow bends slightly in the other direction it is called string follow, nice review as always

[@davidlargen6945]

Very nice bow. I have a hill squirrel bow and it is very fun to shoot

[@stefanlindner2348]

Servus, Armin, wie immer Dank für Deine perfekte Präsentation - Du kommst ZEN mässig rüber ! Ich würde mich an Deiner jeweiligen Vorstellung orientieren für einen Kauf . Eine Endlossehne ist prinzipiell schneller als eine flämische - das wusste ich noch nicht . Und den Hersteller kannte ich auch noch nicht . Mich freut's daß die Europäer so aufgeholt haben, ggü. den USA, ja - mindestens gleichgezogen haben . Eine gute Zeit Dir, bis zum nächsten mal - Gruss aus Erding !

[@ArminHirmer]

Danke Stefan.

[@billbertagnoli4226]

If the arrows are 29. 5 inches you Are drawing about 26 inches. Great shooting. Love your low Key approach. Beautiful bow!

[@ArminHirmer]

thanks, checked again, its 27,5 thats why I ordered a 28" draw bow

[@billbertagnoli4226]

@@ArminHirmer I recently went Back to shooting recurve after Many years of compound bow. Surprised to learn how much Shorter my draw length is with A stick bow. Actually a full1.5 Inches, went from 29.5 to 28. It's been interesting. Again thanks For the interesting videos.

[@ArminHirmer]

@@billbertagnoli4226 before my bike accident and broken clavicle, I had solid 29" :) I shrunk :D

[@billbertagnoli4226]

@@ArminHirmer me too. I was Pulled of my mountain bike while Running my two Alaskan huskies Resulting in a separated shoulder It's never been the same.

[@tammynfletcher]

It looks real nice for a long bow! Seems to perform OK for the weight. I'd like to see a comparison of 50# is 50# as Peter stated. That bow against a good Turkish bow of the same draw weight at full draw. Thanks for another great review! So are you ready to convert to a longbow Men yet? Lol

[@ArminHirmer]

no need to convert, I started this way :)

[@tammynfletcher]

@@ArminHirmer didn't we all! But once I discovered thumb release, wow way more natural!

[@ArminHirmer]

@@tammynfletcher of course, but still its always nice to shoot good bows, no matter which style :) and for what I have in mind for my future location... needs some thoughts ;)

[@Daylon91]

With 10 gpp turkish bows are very close to good selfbows 170-175

[@davidstevenson8120]

You forgot to mention that according to their website the waiting time for this bow is 7 months 😢

[@ArminHirmer]

nobody told me :)

[@hadanojiyuu]

2:04 an orange cat

[@StarrClaws]

Anyone else see the critter run across at the screen at like 7:21? XD

[@ralfgrosser4443]

Hill style bows are a tool to be used. You can get fancy woods, and custom backing, but basically it's a minimalistic design. The raiser is not much bigger then your hand. The rest is limbs that do the work. Building a bow from Bambo layers with fiberglass backing means the Bamboo does the work. On modern recurves the wood is a filler that keeps everything in shape and the wide glass limb layers do the work.

[@jme104]

Remove the fiberglass and see what happens to the poundage...Of course the bamboo core does some work and its thickness is important for the strength of the bow , the thickest the core the stronger the bow with the same fiberglass .

[@ralfgrosser4443]

Howard Hill made the first bows in this style before Fiberglass was available. At the time they used fabrics such as glue impregnated Silk, or Japanese paper as a stabilizing backing. One of the first uses for Fiberglas in the civilian market was dive boards for swimming pools. Gordon's, the company that started this in the late forties, still supplies the majority of the glass used in the archery market.

[@xxxxxx1154]

Can a long bow shoot a arrow as far as a compound bow ?

[@laurentmeiller5171]

aye, houla ! Fairbow's most difficult bow, very impressive but absolutely not comfortable at this weight...the most interesting model of the Fairbow range (for me) is the Sentinell, a 72 or 74" flatbow, you can use for relaxing or historic reconstitutions and it's cheaper (179€). about size and power, you know i started with a 57" scythian bow, then with a 68" classic recurve in club, but the linear draw of a longbow is special, for quite and precise people (not bad at all...) Friday afternoon i received my Blackfoot (66"@35#) : silent, linear and a hurricane with carbon arrows (700 spine), no handshock for precise shooting at 190 fps... who's bad ?

[@Daylon91]

how is it "not comfortable at this weight? Howard shot heavy bows so heavier bows of his style should be good.

[@pyramid_scheme_termination3655]

When they give you draw length for a bow at 28" Is it from the back or belly of the bow?

[@ArminHirmer]

I guess from the back, will ask to make sure

[@fairbowarchery]

Always from the backing of the bow

[@pyramid_scheme_termination3655]

@@fairbowarchery very cool. It must be a very forgiving stable bow.

[@carlredbird3054]

I tried to order a Manchu bow from fairbow, but after a year of waiting I cancelled the order and got an English warbow Wasn't willing to wait forever for a bow

[@kevinmaughan4290]

How do you like the warbow?

[@carlredbird3054]

@@kevinmaughan4290 fun to shoot

[@kevinmaughan4290]

@@carlredbird3054 what poundage, i love the look of the english longbow

[@carlredbird3054]

@@kevinmaughan4290 I'm using warbow heavy waight 90 lb + But start with 40 - 60 lb. whatever you are comfortable with and then add about 10lb or 20 lb draw weight and work up to the heavy bows "Joe Gibbs" has videos about using rubber resistance bands along with his bow to train draw weight

[@kevinmaughan4290]

@@carlredbird3054 thanks, ive seen his vids, very impressive

[@redeyezgenoc2346]

How would your experience be if this was a left hand bow so you could use your thumb shooting?

[@ArminHirmer]

for sure interesting, but with this short draw I dont like thumb draw that much