Any opinions out there one the proper direction longbows or recurves should be stored.
Vertical or horizontal?
I am building new racks for display and was wondering which is better to minimize warping.
thanks

Horizontal seems the best, and they look so much better like that.

calgary I agree but will defer to preventing warping to beauty!!

Horizontal hanging in loops or on pegs that are absolutely parallel.

I've allways hung them on a peg by the string.
Am I doing something wrong?
I've never had a problem and one of mine I've had for almost 36 years now. ( got it for my 16th birthday)

Ak, there are tons of people who store their bows like you do and nary a problem have I heard. I've seen some very large collections displayed like that and these guys love their bows so they woudn't do anything to harm them.

I hang my on a peg by the string(vertical) , never had any problems with em in my fifty years of shooting.

DO NOT stand em vertically with lower limb on the floor however. I've seen other folks bows twist the lower limb that way.

troy

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Originally posted by Akshooter:
I've allways hung them on a peg by the string.
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By this do you mean the Bow stays "Strung" all the time?

hot core, no, not strung. the lower limb loop typically stays on while the upper loop slides down the limb. hanging the bow just under the loose upper loop.

I store them both ways. you won't hurt them. If horizontal I try to keep teh pegs close to the fadeouts. As said above don't stand them up. You can keep recurves strung but not longbows.

Good luck.

Hot Core, no unstrung as described.

you can keep a fiberglass laminated longbow strung, my Dwyer R/D Defiant stays strung all season, all four months of it.

Wood longbows get unstrung at lunch and after hunting. They will definitly take a set if left strung too long.

troy

base on this large data base, I have decided to build it vertically. Less pretty but much less space is taken up
thanks gents.

Thanks guys, I got it now.

I store mine horizontal. However, I have an aquaintance who makes traditional long bows. With some of the exotic woods, and even a lot of Osage, the limbs are twisted or off center. He says the important thing is that they tiller even and the back of the bow follows the grain of the wood. A straight, properly spined, arrow is more important than the bow it is shot from. And to see him shoot his bows I would agree with him.

So, moral of the story, I'd bet that the minor warp you might get from hanging a bow crooked for years won't effect the way the bow shoots.

It makes zero difference if you collect them, however...

If you want to shoot wood bows, traditional bowyers always tell me to hang them by the string on a wooden peg at least six inches from the bottom limb tip to the floor. Gravity keeps them straight.

Fiberglass backed (encased) bows or glass laminated ones cannot take a set, but they can warp.

Hang them or take your chances,

Rich