The Amateur Archer - bows, equipment and related gear

Sky Archery TDX13 review I have long been a fan of the International Limb Fitting (ILF) system, having first begun my archery career in the Olympic recurve discipline where ILF is commonplace.  For those of you not familiar with this system, it is a loose standard used by the archery industry to allow interchangeability between risers and limbs, even between different manufacturers.  In my opinion, the ILF system is one of the best innovations in modern archery as it allows nearly limitless customization of a bow (including draw weight and tiller) to best suit the archer. The entry of ILF into traditional archery made it easy for someone to put together risers and limbs of varying lengths to assemble a bow that best suited their needs.  A hunter might desire a shorter bow to better negotiate the woods and/or ground blind, while a target archer would prefer a longer bow for a smoother draw and more stable shooting.  Typical target risers used in Olympic archery are in the 23"

The Amateur Archer - a blog about bows, equipment, and related gear   Welcome to The Amateur Archer!  Archery is a passion of mine and here, you will find entries about equipment reviews, my thoughts, and other posts about gear related to archery, EDC gadgets, and other things I find interesting. I mostly practice Olympic style target archery and traditional archery.  I also occasionally shoot compound bows for a change of pace, but I find I much prefer the simplicity of a single stringed bow.  Something about the beautiful simplicity of a recurve or longbow appeals to me.  Of course, the Olympic recurve with its sight and stabilizer rods appears to be far from simple, but it is in essence, still a recurve. I do not intend this blog to ever become a highly visited page from the start (or possibly ever).  Instead, I intend for it to act more like Dumbledore's pensieve - a place for me to jot down my thoughts and findings about my interests.  I hope the blog would end