Hi Sabinus,
count me in with the masses then - I love the look of the winged riser! That is what self bowyery is all about - self expression. Although no expert, it also looks to me like a very capable bow. Good on you!
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- Tue Aug 08, 2017 10:33 am
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: 'The Winged Longbow!'
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5540
- Mon May 29, 2017 7:53 pm
- Forum: Traditional Archery Events
- Topic: Barambah Trad Bash 27/28 May 2017
- Replies: 31
- Views: 14243
Re: Barambah Trad Bash 27/28 May 2017
Those photos above really capture the spirit of the shoot perfectly - perfect weather, great company, fantastic surrounds and a beer around a campfire after a day's shooting! Big thanks to all at Barambah for looking after us so well and showing us a great time. See you next year!
- Fri May 12, 2017 9:01 pm
- Forum: Traditional Tackle
- Topic: 2nd Selfbow Workshop
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3362
Re: 2nd Selfbow Workshop
I'll second all that you said Temudjin! I was another of the budding bowyers at the second workshop and owe Perry and Glen a huge thank you for their time and patience over the weekend. It was a great experience and a lot was learned in a short time that will hopefully be remembered and used for yea...
- Mon Mar 27, 2017 9:04 am
- Forum: Questions & Feedback
- Topic: Possible spam/virus??
- Replies: 1
- Views: 11856
Possible spam/virus??
Hi Ozbow, I just want to query a private message I got that I suspect is either spam or a virus. I got the following email in my regular email inbox telling me that I have a new private message in Ozbow. Hello Forester, You have received a new private message from "Billybof" to your accoun...
- Mon Mar 06, 2017 7:15 pm
- Forum: Traditional Archery Events
- Topic: Granite Belt Bowmen Trad shoot Mar 4/5 2017
- Replies: 41
- Views: 17300
Re: Granite Belt Bowmen Trad shoot Mar 4/5 2017
Hi all, just want to add my voice to the chorus of thanks following the Stanthorpe trad shoot on the weekend. For those that haven't shot there before, it is an amazing course - a bit steep in places but the view at the top is worth every puff! The target placement was carefully thought out and resu...
- Thu Nov 17, 2016 3:06 pm
- Forum: Traditional Archery Events
- Topic: Sunnie Coast trad
- Replies: 30
- Views: 15134
Re: Sunnie Coast trad
Just want to add my thanks to the Sunny Coast Bowmen - it was a really great day, fantastic location, challenging targets and a friendly bunch of people to shoot with. The duelling tower was a great idea I had never seen before, a good way to have a fun mini competition with another archer. Big than...
- Mon Aug 08, 2016 12:16 pm
- Forum: Traditional Archery Events
- Topic: North Burnett Field Archers Trad weekend Aug 20 / 21
- Replies: 35
- Views: 16141
Re: North Burnett Field Archers Trad weekend Aug 20 / 21
Sounds great, I'm planning on making it if all goes well!
- Wed Jul 27, 2016 8:45 pm
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: Red oak riser question
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5751
Re: Red oak riser question
I'm glad you raised that point Rob, as I have recently came across a few posts on other forums that said the same thing for a similar problem and I was wondering if that would work here. Colin - back to what you were saying before about it being shear stresses and not bend that makes handles pop off...
- Tue Jul 26, 2016 8:00 pm
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: Red oak riser question
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5751
Re: Red oak riser question
Hi there Perry, it was good to meet you as well and put a face to the many posts of yours that I have read! Thanks also for your input, I like your approach of seeing what best suits the piece of wood, rather than forcing pre-formed ideas onto a potentially unsuitable stave - a sure recipe for disas...
- Mon Jul 25, 2016 9:55 pm
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: Red oak riser question
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5751
Re: Red oak riser question
Great explanation, thanks Colin. What I hadn't appreciated before was the two different kinds of stress - I was only thinking of bending stress and it didn't occur to me that shearing stress would be at work even with absolutely no bend in the handle. I will make those fades as smooth as I can and w...
- Mon Jul 25, 2016 8:52 pm
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: Red oak riser question
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5751
Re: Red oak riser question
Thanks very much for the input fellas. That 20# at 7 inches is from straight, so it is good to hear that it seems like I do have some thickness to play with yet ("a tonne of wood" sounds very encouraging, Colin!) I have not used red oak before, but perhaps this means I also have a moderate...
- Sun Jul 24, 2016 7:52 pm
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: Red oak riser question
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5751
Red oak riser question
Hi folks, I have a question that I am hoping to get some feedback on from the seasoned bowyers out there. I have started a red oak board bow and have shaped it out and glued on the riser, but after chatting to Perry at the Jules Trad Shoot it seems I have made a big mistake. My board is only about 1...
- Mon Jul 18, 2016 12:40 pm
- Forum: Traditional Archery Events
- Topic: Jules Shield Trad Shoot 16/17 July
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7928
Re: Jules Shield Trad Shoot 16/17 July
I'll second that Perry, it was a great shoot! Great spot with all the water around to keep it interesting, and some nice targets. I chickened out of camping as it was a bit miserable from mid afternoon on, but came back on the Sunday to magic weather. A big thanks to the Lakeside Bowmen for hosting ...
- Wed Jun 15, 2016 12:42 pm
- Forum: Traditional Archery Events
- Topic: Caboolture Corrival 18 / 19 JUNE CANCELLED
- Replies: 28
- Views: 14569
Re: Caboolture Corrival 18 / 19 JUNE CANCELLED
What a rotten shame!!! Was really looking forward to this... Hopefully the weather is better for the Jules Trad Shoot.
- Wed Jun 01, 2016 7:21 pm
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: Bamboo on bamboo
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8191
Re: Bamboo on bamboo
I reckon that is great Bormin. It looks really good and shoots well, and considering your goal was to make an experimental bow with materials you had to hand, I would say that even if the tiller is not as ideal as you planned, it is still a complete success. Good on you!
- Thu May 26, 2016 7:39 pm
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: Me 2016 Bow Finished.
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7984
Re: Me 2016 Bow Finished.
Wow, beautiful bow! I really love that satin finish - it brings out the wood really well.
- Tue May 24, 2016 7:47 pm
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: Bamboo on bamboo
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8191
Re: Bamboo on bamboo
Great job on the bow! I have just found a patch of really big bamboo in my local reserve that I would love to try something similar with when I get the chance. What are your limb dimensions, if you don't mind me asking?
- Wed May 18, 2016 12:40 pm
- Forum: Questions & Feedback
- Topic: Viewing order of topics
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8981
Re: Viewing order of topics
Thanks guys, that did indeed help. Descending order on the topics it is (my logic was even fuzzier than yours, Sue!), and now I know about and recognize those sticky posts! Sorted.
Thanks again!
Thanks again!
- Tue May 17, 2016 8:17 pm
- Forum: Questions & Feedback
- Topic: Viewing order of topics
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8981
Viewing order of topics
Hi, for some reason I cant seem to get the topics to order from the most recent to the oldest. At the moment, when I look at each category, the topics seem to be arranged relatively randomly, not according to the date of the original post, or the date of the last post. This means I have to trawl thr...
- Mon May 16, 2016 7:50 pm
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: Twisted bow while heat treating..
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2567
Re: Twisted bow while heat treating..
:biggrin: It had a roughly elliptical cross-section - with a sort of slightly rounded belly. The back was just the underneath of the bark, and I had worked down the belly. No pics unfortunately - I was planning on posting a couple after it was finished... Good point though - next time I will take so...
- Mon May 16, 2016 7:40 pm
- Forum: Traditional Archery Events
- Topic: Caboolture Corrival 18 / 19 JUNE CANCELLED
- Replies: 28
- Views: 14569
Re: Caboolture Corrival 18 / 19 June 2016
This looks great. I am planning on going too - will be my first trad shoot so I am really looking forward to it! Hopefully will catch up with some other ozbowers while we are there.
- Sun May 08, 2016 8:55 pm
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: Twisted bow while heat treating..
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2567
Twisted bow while heat treating..
Damn, just stuffed up a privet longbow I had nearly finished by twisting it while heat treating the belly…. It was nearly finished but was taking a bit of set so I thought I would bend a bit of reflex into it by heat treating the belly while reverse stringing it. The bending seemed to work a treat, ...
- Tue Mar 29, 2016 9:16 pm
- Forum: Traditional Tackle
- Topic: Chinese Elm goes ok!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5991
Re: Chinese Elm goes ok!
Thanks for the clarification Colin. Good on you for getting a decent bow out of it, but it sounds like this wood makes worse bows than other woods - and given that I probably make worse bows than other blokes, it is probably a bad combination and I should avoid it :biggrin: . Thanks for the tip abou...
- Sat Mar 26, 2016 1:32 pm
- Forum: Traditional Tackle
- Topic: Chinese Elm goes ok!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5991
Re: Chinese Elm goes ok!
Hi Colin - very interesting reading about your good experience with Chinese Elm. I have heaps of it on my place, including some nice straight bits, but I have not bothered to try and make anything out of it before because it rots so quickly on the ground. Just thought that meant it would be too weak...
- Sat Mar 26, 2016 10:27 am
- Forum: Traditional Tackle
- Topic: Barbour's 35/3 linen thread bow string material?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1927
Re: Barbour's 35/3 linen thread bow string material?
Hi Perry, really interesting post. When I was in Germany a few years ago I built myself an Ash longbow and made a linen string for it based on Tim Baker’s article in the TBB. The string was pretty basic - just an endless loop, with whipping around one end to make a permanent loop and the other end l...
- Fri Mar 25, 2016 10:36 am
- Forum: Traditional Tackle
- Topic: Homemade quiver
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3341
Re: Homemade quiver
Thanks guys!
- Mon Mar 21, 2016 9:07 pm
- Forum: Traditional Tackle
- Topic: Homemade quiver
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3341
Homemade quiver
Hi all - here are a few photos of a quiver I made recently. The leather is from an old bag that I was given ages ago, and the buckle was salvaged from a broken halter. I have left the strap fairly long and put the buckle in so I can leave it long and wear it over my left shoulder at my right hip, or...
- Fri Mar 18, 2016 12:53 pm
- Forum: Shooting The Breeze
- Topic: G'day from a newbie
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3908
Re: G'day from a newbie
Cheers for the warm welcome everyone! I agree, it would be great to get to one of the trad shoots - they sound like a lot of fun. One would probably learn more in an afternoon watching and talking than in a month of looking online and reading books...
- Wed Mar 16, 2016 12:43 pm
- Forum: Shooting The Breeze
- Topic: G'day from a newbie
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3908
G'day from a newbie
Hi guys - just joined the site and thought I would say g’day and introduce myself. I am pretty new to archery and love it all - actually shooting a bow and making my own gear. After reading the TBB books and finding some of the American forums like paleoplanet, it is great to find a like-minded grou...