1 Reply by Han

(3 replies, posted in Buy/Sell/Trade)

Well, it seems that Mister Wong replied to me a few minutes ago.   He was on a business-trip, hence the delay.

Seems that I was too impatience... but who blames me...I'm just to eager to try the new bow  wink the bow will soon be shipped  big_smile

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2 Topic by Han

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Hello everyone,


I ordered in the last week of july (27th) 2016 a SMG Bamboo bow from Koreanbow.com.

At that moment I had a very good email-conversation with Freddie Won  so I decided to buy from him this bow together with a thumbring for shipping to Belgium.

After a few days I had some additional questions regarding the arrows and thumbring (I measured my thumb in a wrong way  hmm , yes I'm a beginner) but this email has not been answered.

A week ago I sent him a reminder which he didn't answer either.

Now we are more than a month later from the start and still waiting for any news...


Probably Mr Won is very busy so i understand orders can be delayed.  I don't mind to wait for a couple of weeks longer or even some months.

But I do feel uncomfortable if a vendor is not answering the emails from his customers.

Buying from internet gives already an uncertainty feeling, but if the emails are not returned, it really feels uncomfortable...

Anyone has a similar experience with koreanbow.com?

Did it turn well at the end?


Perhaps I'm just worrying for nothing  smile

thank you for your reactions...


Han

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3 Reply by Han

(7 replies, posted in Education)

Already some updates? :-)

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4 Reply by Han

(8 replies, posted in Accessories)

bluelake wrote:

This method works for an average man's hand.  If shooting thumb ring style, find the nocking point on a Korean bow by balancing the string at the bottom of the center serving with a knife-hand, and then flatten your hand to where your pinky finger rests on the serving; that is your nocking point.  Otherwise, it's almost 3" up from the bottom of the serving--a little above even with the top of the grip.

Can you please post a picture of your explanation? I try but find it difficult to imagine what you mean with knife-hand.. thanks!  smile

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5 Reply by Han

(9 replies, posted in Bows)

geoarcher wrote:

The best option for beginners in this matter was offered over at Cinnabar where you could purchase a set of 4 cheap plastic thumb rings for 20 dollars with varying sizes.

I think this is an excellent idea. I will try to talk to Justin Ma through FB  smile

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6 Reply by Han

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Pedro C wrote:

Try not to use the (") character, there's a bug with the spambot checker that asks how many dan levels there are, when answered properly it just cuts everything in the post after and including the ". Can also ctrl-A ctrl-C before posting just in case... some interesting posts have been cut due to this

What draw weight did you order? I guess pull ups, inverted rows and push ups always help tongue I think the biggest fault I had when starting out was hunching the bow shoulder...

AFAIK there are 2-4 anchor points in gungdo/국궁: arrowhead on bow hand thumb/maybe index, arrow through jaw or chin, and maybe string on ear and on the body

this is helpful. You don't have to draw so far..

https://www.facebook.com/gungdomaster/p … 9853220961

hope that helps

Thanks, that is very helpfull, I was already wondering how to aim and if this is different for short/medium/long distances  big_smile
I ordered a #35@31.6. Since i'm rather small sized (1m68) I don't think I will get 35# at full draw (shoulder) but I'll find out when the bow arrives, I guess.

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7 Reply by Han

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Pedro C wrote:

Welcome!

For that kind of bow... not really. You can pretty much use a stringer the same way? Or you can do step through with the bow sort of perpendicular to your legs. If anything I'd say the laminate Olympic recurves are probably more finicky and prone to twist, but I'm not sure

Will you be using a thumb ring or that thumb glove? I guess it will be harder to aim and stuff

Thank you Pedro,

I'm very curious how things will work out for me. I'm sure aiming will be hard but I hope exercise and good advice will help me out ;-)
I ordered a thumbring and as I've read in this forum it takes time to get used to it and probably I should have bought a second one (a bigger size as well)

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8 Reply by Han

(9 replies, posted in Bows)

I ordered an SMG Bamboo bow from koreanbow.com. Should arrive in a couple of weeks. I hope I don't have trouble with customs in Belgium. When I got it, I post some pictures  smile

Since I'm new in Korean archery (but I do have experience in olympic recurve archery), are there any pitfalls I must beware of? Are there guidelines for first use on new bows? Does the SMG Bamboo bow require special treatment?

Thanks in advance for your advice  tongue

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