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Awesome, thanks guys I shall let him know (and tell him to hurry up and buy a bow)!

Hi guys, has anyone on here tried taking a bow in a case with arrows (same package) into New Zealand or tried importing into NZ? My work mate is looking at buying a bow package and has been told that if they are both in the same package or case that he can't do that as it is considered a weapon. Has...

Hi guys, My husband is moving over to Melbourne at the start of June so I was wondering if there are any clubs or groups that are based in East Melbourne. He'll be working out of Lilydale but as this point we're not sure where he'll be living as he'll be organising this once he is over there but I a...

those are some very sexy arrows!!

Just wanted to say that there is a lot of people in NZ that are thinking of the people effected by the fires in Victoria. Such a horrible ordeal to cope with for both human and animal. My husband was shocked to see pictures on the net of the Pakenham area in smoke, he was working in that area a few ...

Hi guys, I'm making some arrows for a friends b'day and I've just realised I'm not too sure on the spine. Her bow is #45 at 28inch. I was going to get some #45 arrows but I thought if they were cut down to 28 from 32 (3Rivers) won't that increase the spine making the shafts higher than I need? Help ...

thanks Jhoniel, although I'm not keen too make one at this point in time simply because I have no idea on the shape which is why I'm wanting to buy one first.

Thanks for posting that, that was very cool!! but my god some of those horses can go, the palomino certainly liked to run

Thanks. I am trying to avoid 3 Rivers at the moment as their ones are $35 and I feel they are way too high for their shipping costs.

Does anyone have any recommendations for where to buy a horn thumbring from? I'm wanting to give using a thumbring ago but I'm having trouble finding where to buy one in two different styles, horseshoe and teardrop. At this point in time I prefer to buy one rather than make one, might do once I get ...

morgan wrote:gt1cm2 , if you look up here http://www.arlho.net/ that will most likely list any clubs in perth.

Thanks for that link, unfortunately we have already looked thru that but no such luck.

Well my husband does 1450ish Italian, a bit of wma and sometimes longbow archery (if he can find where he put the longbow) and because we have two horse bows he is also going to have the kit together to do some mongolian stuff too which is kind of funny since he is 6ft 2. My time period is 1410 Pola...

well petrol hit 1.91 per litre here and 1.51 for diesel (plus road user charges for diesels) just insane. I'm taking my 50cc scooter to work now but going for my bike lic so I can upgrade. Hopefully the demands drop off soon so the price drops!

I had no idea how far to cut the nock, I thought it clips on nicely (I'm forever dropping arrows off the bow, think that is my technique thou) so that'll do!! :lol: As a matter of interest does it make much difference if it is cut deeper? I think the feather chopper was a traditional cut from 3River...

Excellent, thanks Mick, hopefully these won't be easly lost in the grass :wink: Here is another one I have done but I'm going to order some brass points to go with these as I think the brass will go really nicely with the green and bronze. I also have some turkey feathers that were whole, I've cut t...

Hi guys, These are my second attempt at arrows, not fully finished yet as I still need to nock some more shafts and I stuffed up on one as I forgot to seal it (which is why I haven't bound it yet). Also need to get some more feild points as our supplier gave us 11/32 instead of 5/16 but hopefully I ...

Didn't think about feather mites, not even sure if we get them here.

What about the cold Dylon dye's? Instead of using the hot ones?

Thanks Mick, I think I will just leave them undyed. But I did win the auction so now its just the work of cut them up

Hi, do any of you guys dye your feathers? I'm biding on some full turkey wing feathers (just plucked and uncut) and I'm interested in knowing if its not that hard to dye them without ruining them or if its too much work and the end result isn't worth it.

Cheers
Cindy

I have read somewhere that from horseback you want four feathers because then you don't have to worry about getting them around the right way.

Well, finally got to test out the arrows on the weekend just been, had a medieval camp to go to. I'm happy with how they went. Few issues I had came down to the fact that a) its a new bow and b) its a new horse bow!! Had to learn a new bow all over and how to hold it, make sure I wasn't choking it, ...

Don't they just drop a few occasionally?

Moulting season is coming up soon for geese (so I'm told) so you should be able to pick some up. Or you could clip them if your brave enough

Do you mean the whole nock or just inserts? What do side nocks look like?

I'm getting a heap of free cattle horn from work so i will be practising horn inserts.

The rest are a bit rough, I'm sorry to say. I've got a lot to learn yet.

Ha know the feeling

Thank you Matt, as you can I had no idea how far to bring the fletches down so point is noted and will be used for the next lot!

They look good! Your cresting is far better than mine thats for sure

Thanks for the comments guys, yup I hope they fly nicely as well Hopefully get to try them out this weekend if it ever fines up!

Next lot I'm hoping to try horn inserts as I can get cattle horn for free.

Well I finally made some target arrows and I think I bit off more than I could chew!! :D Haven't actually used them yet as they were finished only today. They have hardwood reinforced self nocks, cresting (which looks like rubbish as it was by hand) and binding. Binding is a bit all over the place b...

at the moment he's getting about a 12 inch arrow grouping when releasing from 10-12m.

That is bloody excellent!! I used my bow on my mare last weekend, new bow, and I would have been very lucky to hit the bale of hay let alone get a group like that!

Hi Perry, loving the information that you have there, as tawhai said in an earlier post we only just got our bows so we're both learning a great deal here. Can you please explain what is a tapered or barreled shaft means? I assume a tapered one is one that tapers towards the point? If possible can s...