Sunset Hill Longbows and Leather

    "Boys, if the string doesn't bite your wrist, you've got it braced too high"       Howard Hill's words to John and Dan Schulz and something lost on most longbow shooters today.      The following instruction sheet was given by John Schulz with new bow purchases back when he built glassed Longbows, and the sheet after that is from the era when he built non-glassed Longbows. Notice the recommended brace heights listed, and the other things that extend a Hill style longbow's lifespan.       Schulz is saying here, what I have heard echoed by other longbow makers from years ago.  The glassed longbow is glassed for durability and to add some speed to the limb recovery, it doesn't make the bow indestructible.  Schulz mentions that the recommendations are for a lifetime of shooting pleasure. It's implied that it means a lifetime of shooting the bow that was included with the instructions.  We see today, many Schulz (...