I just made some homemade srting silencers out of a bag of scrap sheep hide I picked up at Tandy the other day. They sell the stuff for $2.99 a bag. There must be enough to do dozens of string silencers and arrow shelfs. I installed the silencers and rest on an old Herter's International Match Hunter. I strung it up, and shot a few arrows. The silencers work great, and so does the rest. For the rest, you have to give it a hair cut to get it down to the proper thickness and height. I did it with scissors. The only thing I need to try now is to dye the sheep skin to a darker color, as it comes in the familiar light tan. You can't beat this stuff for the price.
Sharp Stick, great tip. Thanks
Neat idea. :thumbsup:
Would love to see pictures.
I have been using cropped sheepskin for rests for years. I don't mind the color and it doesn't "burn down" from friction like velcro does........... I picked up a new 10" buffing pad at a garage sale for a doller and have been using it for 10 yrs. Still have half of it left................YMMV