Topic: Show us your rings :-)
Feel free to show your rings, whether they are ones you actually use or are ones in a collection.
Here are two in my collection. They are bronze and I bought them many years ago in an antiques store here in Korea.
Re: Show us your rings :-)
Thomas,
This is Dominic Chan from Hong Kong, I am still waiting for my bow but the other day I was at the old antique market and pick up this thumb ring so I can show you.
Question : what is the difference between Amgakji and Sugakji?
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Hi Dominic,
When you upload a photo, people can see it by clicking on it. If you have the photo online somewhere, just enclose the URL with the [img]and[/img] tags and they'll show up like mine.
The "amgakji" is the typical teardrop-shaped thumb ring, while the "sugakji" is a thumb ring that looks like a cylinder with a knob attached.
T
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Greeting imperial
The ring looks like chinese manchurian thumb ring
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sissara wrote:
Greeting imperial
The ring looks like chinese manchurian thumb ring
Thanks, I guess so.
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bluelake wrote:
Hi Dominic,
When you upload a photo, people can see it by clicking on it. If you have the photo online somewhere, just enclose the URL with the [img]and[/img] tags and they'll show up like mine.
The "amgakji" is the typical teardrop-shaped thumb ring, while the "sugakji" is a thumb ring that looks like a cylinder with a knob attached.
T
Thanks, Thomas.
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imperial wrote:
bluelake wrote:Hi Dominic,
When you upload a photo, people can see it by clicking on it. If you have the photo online somewhere, just enclose the URL with the [img]and[/img] tags and they'll show up like mine.
The "amgakji" is the typical teardrop-shaped thumb ring, while the "sugakji" is a thumb ring that looks like a cylinder with a knob attached.
T
Thanks, Thomas.
Just for everyones' information, the "am" in amgakji means "female" and the "su" in sugakji means "male". It has nothing to do with the gender using the ring, but what the rings resemble... 
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This is the top view of my ring, showing ellipsoidal hole which will lock on the ellipsoidal thumb joint. 
This is my ring compared with another epoxy clay ring. The epoxy clay does work and can be dangerous. It was broken when I pull my #50 bow.
I also made some rings from buffalo horns for my friends.
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10 2012-08-10 11:54:56 (edited by Olivier Coulazou 2012-08-10 14:45:19)
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Here is a horn ring I made before I got some plastic standard thumb rings from korea. Don't use it too much anymore but I like the design.
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Olivier Coulazou wrote:
Here is a horn ring I made before I got some plastic standard thumb rings from korea. Don't use it too much anymore but I like the design.
Cool design.. but I have no idea how it fit with thumb.
12 2012-08-10 16:59:26 (edited by Olivier Coulazou 2012-08-10 17:01:08)
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sissara wrote:
Cool design.. but I have no idea how it fit with thumb.
Here you are:
http://www.koreanarchery.org/punbb/misc … r=1296t289
Better pictures of a same ring : https://picasaweb.google.com/1006251341 … directlink
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Re: Show us your rings :-)
Made a couple this weekend from cue ball. Took me approximately 30-40 mins each.
I think it still needs tweaking on the angle. Gonna play around with the different angles some more, but this one works for now. Maybe make not have it angle out so far? I don't know.
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Hi,
Here my new one, made by an artisan friend.
15 2013-08-31 09:32:39 (edited by misterwonky 2013-08-31 09:54:48)
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I've been lurking for a little while, and figured I should probably post something. I generally use leather, but decided to make a new one out of a PVC joint. I had some requirements for it, as my thumb has been hurting, so it was a lot of trial and error. I decided on a modified shape...mostly because I wanted a lot of tactical feedback without the rubbing (I'd shoot without anything if I could). Also, I went with a wider ring profile than what I normally use, because I seem to be adjusting my other rings after every 10 shots or so, and thought that this would help (so far it seems to be doing the trick). It was actually tough to make one so danty that felt great with my 68# bow.
Any advice to make it better would be great... I'm still learning how to make rings, and don't have a production ring to go off of. Someday, when I'm not a broke college student, I'll own one that's a legitimate profile in horn or bone... hopefully.
In this last picture, you can see how I tried to move the ring away from my joint (I hurt it...non-archery related). I'm really liking it so far, but may change where it bends later. I know it looks like it's at an angle, but it's actually curved, so the recess lines up with my thumb when drawing.
16 2013-09-03 23:07:38 (edited by misterwonky 2013-09-03 23:12:33)
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I finally got around to buying a cueball. I didn't know they only cost like $3.00. I went a bit too narrow on the first one, and it sort of hurts after 20-30 shots, but the newer one (the wide and fat one) is fantastic. I didn't realize how important it was to make it wide. I'm learning what I prefer as far as rings... shorter, fatter, and significant concave groove. I tried the whole grinding out a vertical notch technique, but I don't really like it near as much as the groove. I'm still learning though *shrug*.
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