DRAKE Athling – 70 or 74 inches – 26-60 lbs – Hybrid Bow

DRAKE Athling – 26-60 lbs – 70 or 74″ – Hybrid Bow

DRAKE´s Hybrid bow Athling is offered in two variants as a 70″ and in an exceptional length of 74″.

With these bow lengths, the DRAKE Athling clearly belongs to the longbow category, at least at first glance, because at closer look it is noticeable that limbs ends have a reflex shape, i.e. that they are bent forward, which is untypical for a longbow. – But what is the Athling then, if no longbow? The answer is quite simple: it is a modern hybrid bow that cleverly combines the best of two (bow) worlds: The advantages of a longbow with the performance of a recurve bow. The result is a bow with a particularly soft draw length, good limbs performance and optimum arrow speeds.

The laminated, multi-layer bow is made of a core of maple wood with reinforcing layers of fiberglass in the limbs and an outer layer of zebrano, yew, ash or poplar. The grip area of the DRAKE Athling is kept simple and only slightly pre-shaped. A leather cover provides a pleasant grip and sufficient hold in the hand.

The laminates from the special woods offers the optical attractive look. The choice is yours:

• Zebrano:
  The wood Zebrano gives the bow an interesting appearance with its distinct grain with regular dark stripes and is particularly pleasing to lovers of light-coloured woods.
• Yew:
  Yew is one of the most traditional woods in bow making, which probably had its greatest use in the Middle Ages when longbows were the standard weapon of the English army. Even today, this wood is still used for bow making. The warm colour and fine structure of the wood is particularly beautiful.
• Ash:
  Due to its positive characteristics, ash wood is one of the most important useful woods. It is always used when elasticity, toughness and strength are required. For this reason, ash wood has always been used in the construction of sports equipment, such as crossbars, bats or bows.
• Black poplar:
  The black poplar is widespread in Central Europe and gives the bow a special appearance. Especially the burl wood has brown burl eyes and a clear and very decorative pattern.

The bow´ individual characteristics depend on the natural materials and craftsmanship used for the production. The resulting draw weights are therefore not specified as exact values, but can only be specified and selected in smaller draw weight ranges.

Available as right or left hand model.