Bowtech Carbon Knight

[RadSav]

What happen to "refuse to follow"?

Actually it was Diamond Archery that produced the first carbon riser bow back in the late 80's before Bowtech owned the name.  Win & Win/Carbontech perfected it with newer processing for durability prior to the Element.  Hoyt just made it popular even though the Element and Matrix are about the same weight as the Spyder.  So technically I'm not so sure they are following anyone except the previous Diamond designers

[D-Rock425]

Didn't high country make a carbon bow also.

[RadSav]

Didn't high country make a carbon bow also.

Yep!  I think it was called the Exploder.  Or maybe it was the Wholly Crap What Just Happened.  Or maybe it was the Man That Hurt.  I just can't remember 

[demontang]

  roflmao

[RadSav]

Fitting that Bowtechs first carbon riser bow would be called the Carbon Knight since I believe their first bow ever was the Black Knight.

[wildmanoutdoors]

LMAO!  Funny how other manufacturers are chasing "The Element"

Got to be one of the most hidious looking bows of modern day. I call it the "spegetti factory".

[RadSav]

I got to thinking back to the old Diamond carbon riser bows.  I think their assets may have been bought out by High Country before the name sold to Bowtech.  Which I guess would make sense.  I think the big difference between the carbon bows of today and the old Diamond and High Country was they tried to machine carbon back then.  Today the fiber structure is laid out first and the resins are applied under pressure afterward.  So that limits the stress fracture and explosive results of the older models.  And the bow looks way better when done like the new Bowtech, Win & Win and Carbontech (also Win & Win)  Never been a fan of the cosmetic exhaust pipe look of the Carbon Element or Matrix. 

Maybe that's why they ran over the Hoyt bow.  They weren't trying to test the durability...they were trying to see if it would bolt up to the headers 

[hughjorgan]

This should at least provide some competition to Hoyt and hopefully drive the price of Hoyts Carbon bows down. MSRP on the Bowtech Carbon Knight is $849 vs Hoyts $1200 dollar price tag.

[RadSav]

This should at least provide some competition to Hoyt and hopefully drive the price of Hoyts Carbon bows down. MSRP on the Bowtech Carbon Knight is $849 vs Hoyts $1200 dollar price tag.

Oh I bet the $1,200 Bowtech is only six months away.  But Hoyt won't have an answer for that one.

[demontang]

I never under stood the hole tube look either. I will like to see every companys line in the next few years. I can see a diamond carbon bow next year too. I dont know when ill buy another high end bow since I just got my insanity.

[RadSav]

I never under stood the hole tube look either.

I think I understand it.   It's like Toyota Prius and Honda Civic hybrid. 

Writers, drivers and engineers all reviewed the Honda Civic Hybrid and said it was a superior vehicle in every way.  But the greenies did not like the fact it looked like every other car on the road.  Toyota on the other hand made the Prius so damn ugly everyone took notice.  Every one of your peers now knew at a glance you were better than them.  Sure you were becoming a green smug bug who's farts no longer smelled, but heck you over paid for a piece of crap that was uglier than sin itself.  You were entitled.  Toyota is so proud of the ugly smugness they call the new car the Prius Persona Definition of PERSONA: [New Latin, from Latin] : an individual's social façade or front that reflects the role in life the individual is playing

From an engineering standpoint the tubes are a neat idea and solid science.  The fact that everyone at the range knew you had dropped $1,400.00 for a bow just by a glance...well all the sudden your farts didn't smell so bad!  Forget the fact it wasn't really any lighter, no more accurate, and it barely made 325 fps IBO.  Range commando's no longer needed to ask you if you were cool.  They just knew by looking at your Prius Hoyt!


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[D-Rock425]

I'm a hoyt shooter and still don't own a carbon bow.  I get a new bow just about every year.  I am just not cool enough to own a carbon bow yet I guess.

[h20hunter]

Oh, but the carbon bow is "warm" to the touch.

[D-Rock425]

No its not.

[h20hunter]

Shhh....don't tell.