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Im with Greybeard will have to go out and have another look at what I know as red ash,local names really muddy the water , that photo is interesting . The leaves look right , the seeds are close but the bark is not the same as the qld version of red ash , could just be a regional differance in the s...

Fella's buy some field points and grind them to the profile of your choice on a bench grinder , Cliff Turpins been doing it for years with both 125 and 160 grain points . only cost your time then.
regards Perry

Duane if I understand your post you are looking at tanning a hide in the field . If you within sevaral hours walk of camp or your vehicle you will have no drama's with the hide spoiling or with hair slippage . If you apply liberal quanity's of a fine grained salt which soaks up the fluids from the h...

Cant help you with dates but I had a mate who owned a book with a photogragh of a native american sinew backed bow from about the 17 th century with a small stick bound to it . The story on this setup was that the bow was used from a permanent blind constructed near a game trail . I've lost contact ...

Cant get my head around the mentality of that sort of mongrel. A short while ago in the west of Brisbane some mindless twit was maiming Roo's with arrows .A while ago wounded native animals found there way into Australia zoos care arrows and all, unfortunatly in todays Ill disiplined society these a...

Dazza were we at the same shoot! , this years Gathering was the best shoot I have ever attended , I was like a kid in a candy store , there was so much to see and do ,there where no delays or restrictions or over zealous officials, the wet weather only gave people an opportunity to get together and ...

Makes a person proud to veiw all the photo's and praise heaped upon us for the Corrival . Cant thank every body enough for coming and suppoting us either
Regards Perry

The first craft show was well received with 7 entrys in 4 catagories. We had support from many other people who were too modest to enter there self made equipment in the show but were more than happy to display there craft . Over the course of the weekend lots of " How do you splice feathers li...

I have used buffalo horn for tip overlays ,deer antler,cow horn and goat horn for bow nocks . Cow horn and goat horn does grow black as well , I assume thats why you want the Buff horn. Otherwise you will find all horn is the same material -keratan Try flea markets, ebay, local classifieds the abbat...

Trad Bound welcome to the fold , mate, any of the Samick line in my opinion are very good value for money , comes down to what feels right in the hand .If you dont plan on doing much hunting I reckon you could be better off with a recurve in the 66 / 68 inch nock to nock range .You will find the lon...

Fella's it's a natural progression to make your arrows purty. I got hold of some genuine imitation snakeskin[actually its flanelette with a snake skin pattern for $2.99 a metre at spotlight] and have been decorating my selfbows for years with it One day I suddenly realized that footing broken arrows...

People Im reasonably sure the correct term is " Fletcher "not arrowsmith Hav'nt made arrows from hickory but from in terms of appearance / mass weight and hardness American ash is close. It was not much bother to straighten with heat first then the brass rod stroked gently on the outside o...

The Caboolture Corrival is hosting its first Archery Crafters Guild show on the weekend of 21/22 Oct . We will be awarding Best selfbow / best longbow /best recurve / Best axe or knife / best leatherwork / best set of arrows and a special junior encouragement award . Bring along all your achery rela...

Cliffs a mate of mine. he has made and or sold in excess of 3000 selfbows and he aims mostly at the reinactment market. His bows are losely based on the medievil period english longbows. Usauly he uses spotted gum as it gives him reliable perfomance.He also sells leather quivers,tabs and armgurds as...

Stickbender I spoke to Alan Podlich yesterday about things and he said that the Sth Qld Bowhunting Society ran the Huntingdale event from 1964.He also said it was shot in different paddocks over the years. As said earlier Im aware that the Grange Bowhunters originated from the Grange Company of Arch...

Yoeman I,ve cut most of the Brigalow I,ve used out in the south west of QLD . Can absolutly tell you I have seen it in Lazaraides Timber Agencies located in Banyo ,a nothern suburb of Brisbane.I dont have there phone number but will email you when I can get hold of it- bloody expensive though- might...

When I was 12 or 13 years old preparing to shoot in my first comp my best mate had forgotten his arrows so being a true mate? I let him use my brand spanking new POC's with white fletches and green speed nocks bought with money from months of mowing the neighbours lawns. No worries mate I'll use my ...

Stickbender off the top of my head I cant help you any pre 67 bowhunting clubs but I can tell of the Huntingdale shoot that started in 1963[some one will correct me if it was 1964] The shoot is a 1 arrow round and a speed round.The highest 1 arrow round wins the Jim Stevens memorial shield. Had to b...

Quite a hornets nest this one- ouch!. As a queenslander I only attended 1 longbow muster at Tiaro, drove up for 1 day only as I have the privilage of my oldest daughters birthday falling on or about that weekend- spewin! This year my eldest had her birthday celebrations the weekend before and I chos...

I have made a couple of Osage selfbows and[ meaning no disrespect or offence ]other than being exotic looking I see no advantage over a quality Grey Iron Bark, Brigalow,Spotted Gum or any number of similar AUSTRALIAN timbers from a performance looks or durability veiwpoint. I appreciate pretty figur...

Dances with Dingo;s, the only trouble with that approach is that I cant hit the small target at 20mts as often as I'd like and the compounders have one lucky shot and are definatly none the wiser.I hate that!

Really enjoyed the photos .Im the worlds 2nd worst photographer,the worst is whoever is taking photos of me and my bowhunts. A few years ago I had to give up my finches when we bought our townhouse.I bred Zebra;s and Gouldians ,quite miss the cheerfull chirping , it drove my misses nuts.So now weve ...

Forgive me for being a little vague with my last post, this monthly Trad shoot idea we are working on is still in its infancy.To start wih it will be at Cabooltures grounds . In time I hope that clubs thoughout the country will coordinate with each other and a body such as TAA , 3Daaa[ I dont care s...

Fella's Perry from Caboolture Bowmen here,I make this statement cautiously.Over the last few weeks a bloke from our club has approached 3DAAA with the idea of us starting a monthly Trad shoot in 2007 . The idea being other clubs will join in and help us develop a Traditional series.3DAAA has agreed ...

Sorry to be the voice of doom, if you try glueing a handle on that bow with the way it has been tillered im positive it will simply pop the handle off .If you bind it on as well i reckon it will stress the bow near the ends of the handle and you will end up with more bad frets.Chrysals are the minor...

Years ago I recurved a spotted gum selfbow by steaming.It was meant to be a static recurve but the recurve pulled itself out pretty quickly. In hindsight I should have laminated a thin strip of timber to the belly side of the recurve where it curved in order to stiffin it.Havent made a recurve im ha...

Had a thought that will help you no end with both the glue up and performance of a bamboo laminate bow.Bamboo is very hydroscopic,its is very difficult to get its moisture content down around 8 to10%.It will be worth your effort to build yourself a hotbox.This is simply a cabinet large enough to hol...

Gidday Running Bear,Ive had good results using a marine grade epoxy called EPIGLUE.Should be available from any good boating accessesory store.Other mates use Technaglue and swear by it ,cant help with were they get it.Common old Resoursinol has also been recomended to me,it is widely available in g...

luke I dont reckon the diameter of the shaft is that important.In my experience the mass of an arrow is due to the species of timber used .If you are looking for a light arrow use a light timber such as Port Orford Ceder[personally i think its too weak-as in breaks easily no matter what diameter] bu...

Gidday all, my first time on,im perry jackson been around archery for 32 yrs many of you know me.Finally been dragged into owning a computer cant work it good yet so be patient.I first went to australia zoo in the early 70s, was known as qld reptile park then-loved it,saw a croc eat a lawn mower, st...