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I had a good look at Masters of the Barebow 3 yesterday. The DVD is strong on blank bale training. In response to a suggestion from Dennis last Christmas re a specific problem, I did a quite a bit of blank bale shooting for 6 weeks or so but have done little since. Strikes me after watching the DVD ...

To explore from another perspective-I wonder why the "haymaker" punch, thrown spontaneously, without prep, certainly without thought :roll: will almost always connect better, and do more damage, than the planned, disciplined, practised punch? Could this be why blokes are killed in pub fig...

Hi Simon, I've never tried this on a already tillered bow, but have done it often on floor tillered bending blanks. Buy yourself a heat gun. Not a good idea to use wet heat on an already tillered bow. You should scrape off any finsih you alredy have as you can easily cause cracks in the wood as the...

Gee Grant

You sound like you are going to become a mediaeval fashion statement. I though mink was the preserve of well kept women . We are going to want a photo.

Cheers

Simon

Thanks Jeff I've got it on the stove again now. If it gives I wont panic :lol: . I actually bought a couple of new G clamps on the way home, but with a bit more inspection its going to be bent round my workbench, a mower and a tin of estapol but with the accent on bending where the bend in the upper...

In the several years that followed, it returned and metastasised to both my lungs the first time and later to my spleen. Both relapses were treated with radiation while I attended work. I went to Peter Macs each afternoon. Fortunately, the pain did not return for some reason and I received a prescr...

I've put together an Osage ELB 68" in length complete with horn nocks. The string falls just outside the right hand side of the handle. I'm a right handed archer and if it fell anywhere off centre I'd rather it fractionally to the left. Its made from spliced billets. Bottom limb is straight; to...

Gooday Kelly Trouble is snakes down here are all protected species. Even if you picked up one from road kill, if you turned up at a shoot with a skin from one on your bow, and some legislative authority recognised it, you could go for a row (Significant fine!) Now carp are another story. They are an...

Thanks Grahame

Hi Simon That overlay of Daryl's looks like a great job. I made a Holmegaard (or whatever you call it) last Christmas from hickory. It didn't break but it ended up at 28lbs and its sat in our spare room (with a disparate collection of archery gear) ever since. That it is overlaid here and now of in...

Thanks for sharing Grahame That overlay of Daryl's looks like a great job. I made a Holmegaard (or whatever you call it) last Christmas from hickory. It didn't break but it ended up at 28lbs and its sat in our spare room (with a disparate collection of archery gear) ever since. That it is overlaid h...

Hi Rod The only bows I've made have not had shelves so I am open to correction here. However, I shot a traditional longbow under ABA rules for a quite a while and my understanding of centre shot is the window cut to the centre of the bow. My understanding of 1/8" off centre shot is you need to ...

I didn't do anything special. I planted them at 3/4" depth in pots about 6" deep and filled with potting mix. They've been watered around every three days on average. They've taken about a month to come up and I must admit to beginning to wonder. Steve told me that they grow well close to ...

Thanks again Daryl and Grahame

I am really grateful for the links you have given me this. It is revealing just how much information there is out there on Asian bows.

Simon

This is particularly timely. I'm down to undergo a radical prostatectomy in two and a half weeks. It' taken a while to get the whole thing sorted. I had a mildly elevated PSA in April. By the time alternative causes are eliminated, a biopsy is done, and follow up bone scans and MRI's are done, and i...

I've now got 6 doing well in pots and a number of seeds planted in the corner of a paddock where we took out an old pine earlier in the year. The recent weather, predominantly wet, is great for this project. I've been a bit too busy to think about carbon credits John, but in retrospect it sounds lik...

Thanks Grahame I thought I'd been pretty thorough in my search but you've uncovered some very useful material that I didn't find and re documentation justifying an Historic bow in terms of meeting the IFAA/ABA rules, outside of an ELB, a selfbow broadly of the American Indian type, or a truly compos...

Hi Grahame I wrote a reply and the confounded thing appears to have disappeared in to the ether. I've been thinking about this for a few days so inded fortuitous that you and Daryl have also discussed it :lol: . Re the bamboo connection I've done alot of internet searching last few days re historica...

Thanks Daryl

Those rules re traditional/primitive are just what I was after. They read exactly the way I reckon commonsense should dictate.

Simon

Thanks Steve Within the spirit of trad archery competitions I think that is great that there is that sort of attitude to the rules. I must admit to wondering about the bows Kevin and I got and how they'd go in a primitive division. I'm wrapped in mine, but I will take the shelves off it to meet ABA ...

Its actually the Australian Quarantine Inspection Service (AQIS) that you need to worry about. Customs will nab you for bringing in eg Irish whisky in large quantities without you paying your dues, but it's AQIS you need to worry about with animal product importations. My wife's a vet with AQIS so I...

I recently shot at the Wiseman's Ferry trad shoot and enjoyed it tremendously. I'm now a bit keen to shoot more of these trad events. I actually shot the Wiseman's Ferry event with a low poundage flatbow due to a niggling shoulder but I'd prefer normally to shoot in the primitive class. What's inclu...

Thanks Gav and Len Gav, I'll have to be careful next time I see you; I might get chronoed :lol:. I take your point re the relative tillering of the bows. Re the release, when you read the Trad. Bowyers Bibles and look at chronoed speeds of selfbows there is reference to the significance difference a...

Thanks Gav It's a very good point. You are right, I do have some shoulder issues. I'm drawing 27-271/2" in clout shots and with clout that draw is consistent. 'Tis true I draw a bit shorter in close field shots (a habit I'm trying to break). The Stretton bow comes with the instructions not to d...

Yes, I'd have to agree, but having said that my Sitka spruce arrows average average around 350-360 grains which includes 100 grain points. I use three 4" paraboloc fletches. I guess my thinking is that those are light arrows and that weight shouldn't be a problem. Certainly could use smaller fl...

Thaks Mrs S

I have a 45lb Stretton and I fall short of 145M with it. Wonder what I'm doing wrong? I get closer with one of Len's ELBs of much the same weight.

Simon

Thanks Leigh It's the sort of event that the history of ELBs is largely about. I particularly like clout but must admit to only having shot it at on flattish ground and almost invariably at known distances. Undulations and terrain with variable degree of slope would add alot of interest/challenge. S...

Thanks Len

That does sound like alot of fun. Just as a matter of interest did most people get the 150m or was there a cut-off relative to weight of ELB? I struggle a bit to get 145M with an ELB of around 45 lbs using 3x4" fletching.

Simon

Sounds like another interesting challenge. What's involved?

Thanks Mick

The ability of Ozbow members to source materials from a variety of places never ceases to amaze me. Thanks also for reminding me about Hiscocks. I used to buy a lot of my horse gear from them but had forgotten that thel also make harness etc to order from leather.

Simon