Haha. This sounds kind of like a justification session to me. I can relate! I'm old. There are things I've wanted since I was 10 years old but couldn't afford unless I found an exceptional deal, which happens occasionally. For example, in 1975 I saw one of my grad-school advisors using a Montblanc 149 piston-fill fountain pen. I've craved one ever since. A week or so ago I was at an antique show and found a little old man selling his pen collection. Lo and behold, he had an original, new-in-box 1983-era 149, complete with original sales receipt and Montblanc paperwork. It was less than a quarter of the price of a brand-new one, so I bought it. That's the way it's gone for me--wait up to 45 years or so, and I eventually get what I've desired. Same for archery equipment and all the other tangible things I enjoy. I've always wanted an old Gibson ES-347 B.B. King model guitar, and the other day I found one in nearly new condition. "All good things come to those who wait" and, "He who hesitates is lost." Those are my mottos. Happy "hunting". ;-)

Uh oh Nu Sensei, it sounds like you're trying to convince yourself. Are you sure you didn't spend too much after buying that nice Mariner bow?

It everytime is fun to see how NuSensei changed by the years from the obviously young man in 2013 with the strange haircut (who still had much of experience) to that smart guy with his catching aura who obviously know what he's doing. But I realy love that!

If my wife can spend the mortgage money on yarn, I can spend the grocery money on archery equipment. Its only fair.

Cool bow! you seem excited 😊 thanks for sharing.

I am an old archery junkie ... I joined the A.J.A - the Archery Junkie Anonymous, because I was buying 2 to 3 bows each years ... it was very hard to stop at first, however by admitting it and talking about it in group it helped with time. Just joking, you made an excellent presentation of the topic in a nice video like always! 👍 Have a nice day!

Very well put - a minimalist lifestyle to be able to spend more on stuff you enjoy.👍

Thanks for your insights. I also recently bought a ktb and don't regret it. Then I thought, that I should have traditional arrows as well. After spending some time with the bow I decided that I will first work on my form, since I am just learning korean traditional archery and then look for arrows.

How did I justify buying my 9 bows? I dont. I like archery, I do archery and I want to use different bows depending on what I feel I want to shoot. I dont feel like I need to justify it because I just do what I like.

Dang, reall pretty bow there. As a horsebow lover, 200 ausd is steal for that beauty! Great advice as always, thanks a bunch!

This was great timing for this video! My dad owns a pro archery shop here in Colorado, I never have plans on a new bow and I just Baught my 5th bow at the moment... 😂 it just happens lol

Great topic I struggle with as I m a minimalist too. If you don't keep buying and or building bows then you will never know where your real interest lies. Many different types of bows!

Good video, I appreciate the older bows, the classics, and my collection of bows has gradually increased over the years, and with a limited budget I may come across one at a yard sale or even a pawn shop or some arrows or a quiver. I enjoy shooting each one and again, I appreciate the vintage bows and their feel when shooting and their history. My wife is not as much in appreciation as I am to say the least, so I try to temper my finds. I am familiar with hearing..."You don't need another bow" or "your hobby is getting more expensive". I explain that 'need' is subjective...which doesn't really help.

The simple answer, you gave at the start of the video when you said "I've had so much fun using this bow". The longer, more complicated answer, is best explained if you read To Have or To Be by Erich Fromm en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Have_or_to_Be%3F . As such, the short version of the longer answer is that there are two reasons to buy. If you focus on 'Having' then you'll never be truly happy, only happy for short periods until the novelty wears off and you go out to buy again, and get that buzz. If you focus on 'Being', then you don't need to buy things to be happy, you'll be happy 'just being' an archer. That way you'll only buy things when you need them or want to expand yourself in some way i:e buying a Korean bow because you want to expand your knowledge and understanding of a different style. I don't always manage to be perfect myself of course, but, I have X10's for competition but stopped practicing with them for the reasons you mention. I'd rather break ACC's during practice. There's just no reason to spend money on X10's when the ACC's will do the job. Focus on being the archer you want to be, not buying the gear that makes you think you are.

I do a cost/benefit analysis with other factors like chance that I will actually use the equipment, and how happy it will make me. After shooting for a year, I amassed 6 bows already, not counting the two that I ordered this morning specifically for strength training. Every bow was acquired for a purpose practical for archery development, and none of them are just “fun bows.” I usually get a new bow to progress in draw weight or maybe a takedown to travel with. I have a $60 30# Snake recurve as my first main bow, then a 38# premium Chinese bow when I increased draw weight, then a 40# takedown for travel, and another 45# premium Chinese bow to advance in draw weight, then a 50# bow to increase in draw weight. The other two were acquired cheaply and for bad reasons. Learned my lesson. I really want a yumi, a Sung Mu Gung, a lefty Hoyt Satori, etc, but I really don’t need them, so I never purchased them. Perhaps when I’m more financially stable.

I'd just like to add a more general comment to my earlier one about my having to wait, sometimes for 45 or 50 years, to find an acceptable deal on something I've always wanted. I'm 70 now, and looking back, I realize that by far my most important purchase has been my house. As a result of working hard, getting an education and keeping decent professional jobs, I was able to make this investment. There were a lot (LOT) of sacrifices to get to this point, however as a result, I don't have to go to a club (or anywhere else) to do the things I love. I'm going out in my backyard right now and shoot a bunch of arrows from my Nomad Warriors horse bow on my 30 yard range back there. So, young people, get yourself an education in a marketable profession with benefits; and then, if there's any way possible, get yourself a house. I can't emphasize this enough. Whatever sacrifices you have to make, it is well worth it.

The trial and error of buying and customize your own bow and arrow and try it for yourself what would work on you is the fun and adventure side of Archery and eventually you will become a DIY guy. Legend says if you have learn to fix and tune a bow you can fix your house.

Great subject, thanks. I've been a "casual" Archer since the age of 12, (now 55), and because weeks, even months could be between sessions, I tend not to go for the top end of town in price. I have been thinking lately though, of slowly building a Olympic style recurve to complement my hunting CB.

Gonna get into some club beginner program and if it feels like something I want to continue doing (I've spent hundreds of hours doing research online about archery already so I doubt I'll change my mind) and I feel like I'd rather just buy a high end riser right off the bat, but start with cheaper limbs as I need to build up strength and endurance for higher draw weight before I buy high end limbs. Also get a proper form first. It's just a pain that there are no local archery shops in Finland that sell the gear I want so I'm pretty much forced to get stuff shipped from U.S and wooow the shipping is going to cost a lot and the taxes man oh man the taxes, for fuck sake it's like buying one riser for the price of two. Don't have a job either since I'm a full-time student, so it's soul crushing to spend my savings but I don't want to just sit idle and waste years of my life doing nothing because I can't afford having a hobby. I have mental illness problems since I don't have anything to enjoy in life, so my excuse for spending a fortune on archery equipment is that honestly my life is on the line here. I already don't have a reason to wake up in the morning beyond just wishful hopes that in a couple years I can finally have fun for the first time in two decades.

My suggestion is, if you ever want to do archery but the price intimidates you or you think the fantasy is better than reality just come for a session or two. It's really fun and if you are not into it you just spent a normal activity money one time just like going to have lunch in a restaurant, but trust me on this it's worth it.

So for me when I took archery back up last year it was partially because I was needing something to keep myself away from booze and have remained sober and a big part of that has been thinking about all the money I wasted on being drunk that could have been spent on archery. So whenever Im buying gear I always just say " better than going on a bender". Really its just one addiction to another one but this ones a little healthier.

I started by buying an inexpensive bow in the style I wanted, in the weight I wanted to shoot. Turns out it's a little much to train form. I'm saving for a lighter bow in a similar style and arrows to match. When I can reach a level of consistency I'm happy with in both weights. I think it's fair to say I've earned the laminated bow I really want. That's a toss up between a Mariner, Toth, or Grozer. After that, I don't see myself buying another for a long time.

I guess I'm like you. Something changes in my shooting and my equipment needs to catch up to the change. My equipment is nothing more than a couple bows, arrows that I make, a minimal arrow making kit and a mixture of purchased and home-made targets. Due to an injury, I'm a right handed shooter now....for a year, maybe. Perfect time to try a different style. Ergo, new bow. I could use your thoughts on that, actually.

Haha just spent some on a longbow without even thinking much and sent it off to be stained specially for me and my name burnt in it in the old viking style. No regrets yet;

You need a Crimean bow into your collection for sure.

I am on the fence about lowering my draw weight. I have a 1 piece bow at 50#. I've shot it for 10 years with good form but when I recently started to take it hunting the additional stress and adrenaline cause me to botch it up every time. I want to hunt traditional with a recurve so I think it may be time for a slightly lesser poundage.. which means a new bow!

Great breakdown on your thought process. One tip on how not to break arrows I ever got is to shoot no more than 3 arrows at once. This way you make the most out of every arrow. You concentrate better, and you are not rushing it. Your form, and accuracy will increase faster. As for my purchases, I only buy what I need at that moment. I don't splurge a lot. But if you love something, and feel good from doing it, than that's justification enough for me.

To each their own. Look after necessities, obligations & zombie apocalypse concerns - After that, well, don't sweat-it & have fun; you cannot take it with you through the eye of a needle or in a pine box.

I'm new to archery and already have 3 bows, ok, the 4th one hasn't been shipped yet. A Bear Titan in case the neighbors want to try my backyard range, a Spyder T/D recurve for 3D archery, a Black Hunter with long bow limbs and (soon to be shipped) a Core Air riser w/ ILF limbs - well just because. I know, I'm like a dog that sees a squirrel (oh! look at that Ben Bearson recurve on ebay!) What helps to slow my buying is to turn off KZfaq and go shoot with the bows I now have. It's not just archery equipment, it's a "problem" of the 21st century where you don't have to get dressed and drive to a store but digitally shop with a simple click or tap.

“I just got this” resting his hand on a folding table - I’ve got one of those, did you get a sausage sandwich while you were buying it at Bunnings?

I think I'll only buy one or two more quivers and a couple more sets of broad head arrows, I just want to bow hunt.

Funds are tiny, so i work on the premise that if i beat people with my secondhand original sf axiom riser, and Kap winstorm 1 limbs, all is fine. If i people start beating me, I'll save up for a riser that might help.

Sensei, I'm fresh to archery n planning on buying my first bow, I saw most of your video and still confused on picking my bow. Im planning on shooting at my backyard. I still can't choose between 56" hunting recurve bow or 66" target recurve bow. 66" is preferable due to my draw length, but 56" is more compact. Which is better in ur opinion Sensei? Both bow hv the same draw weight. Thanks...

Do you shoot 3d, is done where you are

The philosophy applies to a lots of things.

I justify most of my spending by for every dollar I spend I typically get at least one hour of use throughout the lifetime of the product.

If you are using your modern recurve arrows with Asiatic bows, chances are you are severely underdrawing on your Asiatic bows. For example, my modern recurve arrows are 28", but my thumb draw arrows are 32", following Gao Ying's thumb draw technique. And my Manchu arrows are 36" - 37".

easton carbon one a low end arrow ? what do you class the inspire then as ? hay or straw ?

I do the same thing with swords...

Can u make a video how to make a PVC pipe bow :D?

I buy when I feel I need it. Now I have a pretty decent bow and I wont buy anything new unless my scores goes up.

Most parts of a bow can last a lifetime which relativates the initial cost. Upper middleclass to low high class parts are justifiable like this. I'd just not buy X10 arrows or the newest Hoyt gear as I am not a professional archer. You need to shoot on a very, very advanced level to notice a difference.

If your bank has a balance greater than zero, then you don't have enough archery equipment @5:30 he called my Carbon Ones low tier :'''''''(

Lot of bows

Good try, but she wont buy it. I do understand. I call it collecting. I do it with archery equipment, knives, and guns. I don't buy the high end most of the time. I really like Gold Tip and Easton arrows but I buy the "Blemished" they were almost half price. I don't care about the finish on my arrows. I am minimalist with shoes and many other things. I have 6 pairs of boots. I have one pair of shoes and sneakers which I may have worn 3 times in 10 years. I do buy on impulse sometimes, so I try not to carry much cash when I go to events... hunting exposes or gun shows. I have known many women who have quite a collection of shoes, when asked about why they have so many they get angry and get told I 'm a man and wouldn't understand. Its my money, I worked for it.

How I justify buying anything: 1.) I have cash. 2.) I want the thing. 3.) I like having new things. Because sure, I could wear that twenty years old jacket but what the hell do I work for then!?

A bit like buying guns, buy what you want.

Make a video on shooting with glasses.

This doesnt help my wallet lol

This video seemed rather pointless which is a big departure from your usual offerings. It's okay though. No one hits a home run every time they go up to bat.

You mean being a Jew about money? Hate if y’all want, just know I’m Jew.

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