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Beautiful bows Otis, you recon you'll have a go at making a business of it eventually? Any native timbers used?

Hi Troy, I got it from this website http://www.recurvebowshop.com/Traditional+quiver+scythian+quiver+standard+quiver.htm Just had a look and they have three new styles, they look nice too!! The guy there is Peter Molnar and he's good to deal with. Its a Hungarian company and he also sells a good var...

Deet is what I find most effective but you need to constantly reapply because the sweat washes it off it comes in % concentrations 100% being the strongest, but I've seen the 100% stuff stain clothes and strip paint (I sometimes use the 100% stuff on clothes and 40-50% deet on skin for a more total ...

Yea this is a beauty to shoot. Only worry I had was that a lot of people were saying that the grip was too big. No problem for me and Chad was saying that the Bowyer Marc Moriez is looking at changing that a little now that he owns the company. Ah well all happy with this bow and damn good prices fo...

Sorry Jeff my photoshop wasn't letting me make it any bigger for some reason. I'll have a little play and see if I can get it any bigger. I bought this beauty after I foolishly ordered a custom job from Chad at recurves.com. The wait was 6months for a first bow so I was gonna get a samick but couldn...

Thanks Jeff,

I knew someone would want a nosey, wanted to post them before but was having issues.

Pretty happy with the bow, lovely smooth draw and although my technique still needs working on I can see the improvement from when I was using the old club bows.

Cheers

Si

Thanks Hue, Does the timber need any oils to keep out the moisture?
Si

Hi everyone, got myself a chek-mate falcon recurve, purpleheart riser, maple & black glass limbs. I was wondering if the timber needs any specific looking after or not, its a satin finish rather than a gloss.

cheers

Si

Oh that nice lush green stuff! Could we have some of that down here in Western Vic?

Not seen this new one but I always liked some of the stuff Ray Mears does. I remember a week he did once living along the coast of Scotland living off plants and shell fish and he had a video to give a video diary but that was it. Good practical stuff, not the sensational Steve Irwin stuff. I rememb...

As the subject header says, anyone heard of them and what do you think if you or own a bow by them?

They're fantastic! You'll have to fix them in place with grass tree resin too to give them that extra bit of authenticity. Usually get grass tree resin found around the trunk of the plants, smells a bit like frankincence when heated too.

Yea weavil, I do a lot of seed collecting for revegetation and I see a lot of these and some very bizarre looking weavils living amongst the Acacia seeds and if the seed is left long enough you can see the larvae boring into seeds. This guy looks fantastic, how did you find him?

but seriously though, use the system. I'm certain there is a law that requires property owners to take all appropriate means to prevent dangerous stuff (and probably includes animals) from causing harm to others. My mother in law is a barrister I'll ask her some day.

Look at it as good practice on a moving target.

Thanks Hue,

I just bought a cartel one that has the sleaves for a fraction of the price. The string on the cartel is a bit bouncy so I'll swap it for the $25 string on the expensive, albeit useless stringer . Should be sweet!

Si

Ok figured it, thanks longbow steve & kimall. Still slips a little, I think it might be a combination of the material its made from and the finish of the bow.

yea its a chekmate recurve, the saddle just slips down the limb not sure what I'm doing wrong. trying it now again but don't wanna stuff the bow

Yes, I'm about to butcher the thing and stick some leather sleaves on the ends of the very expensive piece of string.

Hi Folks, Ok I'm new to the scene and in the process of getting my gear together. I bought a bow stringer the other day, I wanted one with sleaves on both sides but they didn't have the one I wanted so I got one with a sleave on one side and a rubber saddle on the other (much more expensive too!!). ...

Good to hear about all those Goanna's. I hear that in some parts of the country the numbers of them are getting fewer and fewer.

Nimrod, those pics look like somewhere in England at the moment, where is it?

I work in the conservation industry and I see people in this industry doing more good things in a single week with bugger all money compared to Irwin in his career. Although I recon Irwin has popularised Australian wildlife here and overseas I don't think that has really made much difference to cons...

Thanks Wayne, yea I'm hooked! Looking for an intermediate bow is doing my head in though! The guys who said they had one now said they don't have it anymore :? I found a website in Canada that has in-stock checkmates for about $400 including shipping but I recon I'll get in trouble with Nadine Simon

Hi Toby, not sure about WA but in Victoria its illegal to disturb or remove stone tool or tool factory sites.

Other stones other than flint can be knapped to form axes or arrow heads. Quartz and quartzite that you find scattered throughout the goldfields could be a goer and is made from same stuff as flint. I'm a pom and back home I used to collect rocks as a kid and one thing we looked out for when hunting...

Hi everyone, Here is the deal, I'm new to the trad archery scene and I have ordered a chekmate from Chad Weaver in the US but the wait is 6months :shock: so in the mean time I think I'll be needing something to keep me going. I'm spending up on the custom job so I don't want to break the bank simply...

Ok so I'm new to this game, ordered all the small gear and still waiting for my bow from the US. Here is a quiver I just ordered from recurvebowshop.com based in Hungary, they have a nice selection of handmade trad quivers and pretty good to deal with too. This one was pulled in customs for a few da...