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Sage upgrade

Razorbak66 said:
If you looked at the Sage and the RWH the Sage has less vibe after the shot vs the RWH producing more energy and speed. Pretty impressive for a mass produced Chinese import :p
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I thought the same thing. The RWH is extremely light so it doesn’t eat the vibration as well. It really is a pleasure to shoot, but better options I’m sure.
 
gcr0003 said:
I thought the same thing. The RWH is extremely light so it doesn’t eat the vibration as well. It really is a pleasure to shoot, but better options I’m sure.
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The red wing is light and does vibrate a bit, I agree. One way to tame that is by shooting heavy arrows. You'll harness that energy and have a very potent projectile when it gets to the target. I'm not talking 10gpp, I mean 675-750 grains. That's at any draw weight. That puts a 45 pound draw in the 15+gpp range. Of course it's good for your sage also.
 
Red Beard said:
Thanks buddy. I went with the @Razorbak66 special top coat... one part 2 parts epoxy to five parts acetone. I was uber-skeptical at first because my experience with two part epoxy has been a gloppy one in the past. After I set out into it though, it turned out amazing!
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Makes an awesome wood arrow finish as well.
 
Phopkins said:
The red wing is light and does vibrate a bit, I agree. One way to tame that is by shooting heavy arrows. You'll harness that energy and have a very potent projectile when it gets to the target. I'm not talking 10gpp, I mean 675-750 grains. That's at any draw weight. That puts a 45 pound draw in the 15+gpp range. Of course it's good for your sage also.
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It’s really not a lot of vibration to me. I only noticed a difference in speed and a little vibration shooting them back to back. I’m shooting around 600 grains right now.
 
HuumanCreed said:
Ok from your video, the Red Wing look like it jumped A LOT, is that from switching hands or are you saying that the Sage is that much better? Serious question.
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I’m left eye dominant and shoot it almost exclusively so the difference in bows has nothing to do which way I was shooting them. The sage was faster and had less vibration. I still prefer the RWH but that’s more for looks and preference. I was just noting that the sage is a solid bow.
 
Petrichor said:
I get it man…… took me a lot of saving and a lot of convincing the wife to get my current bow. Once we had zero debt I finally got my current bow.
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Oh don’t get me wrong I got the money for it but I’m still in the “is it worth it” for the money type of middle-class upbringing mindset. Basically, I’m a cheapskate when it comes to buying stuff for myself. Good on you for having financial wisdom to prioritize debt over toys. I have lots of friends that can’t and haven’t ever done that. They have a lot of toys but they are drowning in the burden of financial debt.
 
gcr0003 said:
Oh don’t get me wrong I got the money for it but I’m still in the “is it worth it” for the money type of middle-class upbringing mindset. Basically, I’m a cheapskate when it comes to buying stuff for myself. Good on you for having financial wisdom to prioritize debt over toys. I have lots of friends that can’t and haven’t ever done that. They have a lot of toys but they are drowning in the burden of financial debt.
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Yeah zero debt is really helping now that my father in law Is declining rapidly. It became worth it for me though based on trad is the only thing I do. I haven’t looked back and haven’t purchased another bow since.

There is a law of diminishing returns that is not often talked about. Is a 900 dollar bow really 750 bucks better than a Sage, probably not. But it is a lot better and since trad is the only thing I do I bit the bullet.

I was able to in previous years able to come across some steaks in the custom world and probably my second best bow was bought out of a custom makers inventory. It was a 1k bow that I ended up getting for 350 bucks.
 
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This is awesome. I'm a huge Sage/Journey fan. I've bought many customs since my Journey and can't say they are that much better. I straight killed with that bow.
 
I have 2 Sage bows. Both new. I’m gonna do a lot of the suggestions on this thread. Especially the sanding. Gonna use one for Bowfishing and one for regular hunting which I have never shot a deer with a traditional bow and it’s on my list!
 
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