New bow day: Alibow Yarha II grape vine pattern, 100# version

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u/Entropy- Mounted Archer- LVL 2 Instructor NFAA/USA Archery 2d ago

Hell yeah! Was there an extra charge for the heavy poundage? What’s your draw length by the way?

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u/Ritterbruder2 2d ago

Yeah it was $280 up from the base $200 for the decorated bow.

Do you know the correct brace height for it?

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u/Entropy- Mounted Archer- LVL 2 Instructor NFAA/USA Archery 2d ago edited 2d ago

So $480 or $280? Sorry, little confused.

From the Yarha II bows myself and my group has measured, we have found a normal BH is 20-22cm with the stock strings. See what works best for you, I prefer around 22cm.

You can see measurements and force draw curves on our website and search for Yarha II: https://asiaticbowdatabase.xyz

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u/Ritterbruder2 2d ago

$280 total: https://www.alibowshop.com/product-page/grape-pattern-yarha-ii-the-military-manchu-bow

Okay thanks for the info. I’ll lean towards the higher end on the brace height too, otherwise it’s way too unforgiving. Thanks!

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u/Entropy- Mounted Archer- LVL 2 Instructor NFAA/USA Archery 2d ago

Oh, it turns out I’m the one that misunderstood 😂

Sounds good! Happy new bow day! 🏹

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u/Ritterbruder2 2d ago

Haha thanks! I’m hoping I’ll get a chance to shoot it tomorrow.

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u/ThePhoenician40k 2d ago

Looks awesome, love to see some videos of it being shot.

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u/Ritterbruder2 2d ago

iyoo1 on YouTube has a few videos of one.

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u/Variolamajor Recurve 2d ago

ooh grape vine pattern. I always wondered why this pattern was called grape pattern when there's no grapes on it

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u/Ritterbruder2 2d ago

I think the Manchus were originally going for a tiger stripe pattern? Not sure why Alibow calls it grape.

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u/CONC3D3 2d ago

Heavily considering getting the birch bark version of this! Do you like it so far?

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u/Moonbow_bow Thumb draw 2d ago

I got the birchbark one, it's great.

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u/Moonbow_bow Thumb draw 2d ago

Truly awesome bow, I got mine with birchbark decoration.

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u/FlamboyantVampireSim 2d ago

What kind of arrows did you need to get with this? I’ve always wanted to get one of these

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u/Ritterbruder2 2d ago

Alibow sells heavy carbon arrows:

https://www.alibowshop.com/product-page/heavy-thick-shaft-manchu-arrow

I have some 200 and 100 spine ones. They come out to about 1100 and 1400 grains, respectively.

The 200 spine ones work great in my English longbows (100# and 125# draw). The 100’s I got specifically for this bow (you want 15gpp for Manchu bows).

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u/FlamboyantVampireSim 2d ago

Thank you so much for this

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u/Cease-the-means 2d ago

Love it. The AK-47 of bows.

New bow day: Alibow Yarha II grape vine pattern, 100# version Traditional