I bought some limbsavers tonight in case I decide to put them on my bow. I am still undecided but I have them if I want them. My question is if I decide later that I want to use them and then later than that decide they are unnecessary, how much of an eye sore will I make pulling them off? I used them on my compound and was blown away at what they did but I am having conflicting thoughts as I know they will help but I don' t want to take away from the classic recurve lines. But then again I have a takedown and with big mushroom looking bolt on the front, maybe I need some big mushroom looking rubber on the belly side of the limbs to offset the look. What do you guys think?

Josh

I' m going to ask a bit of a silly question... what' s a Limbsaver supposed to do? I' ve seen an awful lot of traditional bows at shoots and I have never once seen Limbsavers on one. I' m kinda wondering if it' s one of the gadgets that works good on wheeled bows but really isn' t necessary for a traditional rig.

Guy

They do what they' re supposed to do Pyral. As for marring the finish, I can' t say ' cause I never took any off. My bet is that you won' t either.

BTW, they are ugly as a mud fence at 1st, but you' ll look right past them after shooting your bow a few times w/em on. Let us know your results.

Grey, they do for your traditional bow exactly what they do for your wheeled rigs.

Arrowsmit, I don' t know if I will ever take them off either! I put them on last Sat. and shot a quick round and I could hardly believe I was shooting the same bow! I was absolutely amazed at the difference they made. Strangely enough, aside from all the noise/vibration reduction, my groups seemed to have tighted up a little bit, may have been my imagination though as it had been a few days since getting out and I was totally relaxed. What do you think? And you are right, they are ugly as anything I have seen on a recurve, but I have had them on my compound (that I don' t seem to have time for anymore) for the last few years and after a while it seems like they are just part of the bow. I am sure this will occur eventually with my ' curve as well, it may just take a little longer to adjust. My only complaint is that I can feel just a little more weight in my bow than there used to be, but I will cope .

I would have to certainly say that if anyone can deal with mounting the mushrooms on your bow, do it, you will enjoy the benefits!

I wasn' t trying to be nasty towards compound accessories. I honestly do not know what a limbsaver is supposed to do.
I' ve never owned or shot a compound and the only thing I know about them is what I' ve seen in the shop and at 3D shoots just from watching people and hefting the rig.

I truly, honestly, sincerely hope you didn' t take my response as negative because that was in no way, shape or form supposed to be taken sarcastically!

A few years back a company called Sims Vibration Labratories introduced a product called Limbsavers which was made of a soft yet somewhat durable, supple rubber called NAVCOM (same stuff used in aluminum baseball bats to keep vibration from rattling your teeth loose). These were made to adhere to the underside of your bow limb or between the split on a split limb bow and were primarily used on compounds. They were supposed to reduce a very high percentage (like 50% + I believe) of vibration and hand shock as well as help protect from the damages of dry firing. And unlike most products whose company claim amazing results from using their product, these things WORK!!! Almost overnight, everyone on the compound circuit had them and Sims understandably expanded their line (even if some of the products don' t seem very useful) and now have traditional Limbsavers for recurves and longbows, as well as mini-savers for bolt on accessories (quivers, stabalizers, etc.), some type of knobby looking wrap that the only person I have ever seen use was Ted Nugent wrapping it around his quiver hood, string leeches (their version of the string silencer), recoil pads for firearms and a few other things that I really can' t remember. But like I said these things work wonders and are one of the few accessories that is so simple, you kinda slap yourself and say " why didn' t I think of that."

Now you know what limbsavers do

Josh

I couldn' t agree more. They also do an amazing job of silencing a bow. My BW recurve shoots quieter than most longbows w/those butt-ugly " shrooms" on there!