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geeze i could only see it after you guys pointed it out!
(must get new glasses...)

Hi everyone, I asked Jeff if I can send one of my books out into the world for others to read and enjoy. It's not a classic written by a ledgend of the game, but it is still an interesting read. It's titled "Longbow. A social and military history" written by Robert Hardy. Basically it foll...

hi perry,
remind me what the hawkeye shoot is again?

Looks good mate, what you can do with so little. :D Jeff thanks mate. :wink: when it comes to using what you have, everyone knows i'm the best 'cause I got nuthin'! :lol: :lol: seriously, i'd never have thought to use diluted boot polish as a stain before. It kinda looks like a red cedar colour in ...

well, here's about as fancy an arrow as i can make considering i have no fletching gear with me at the moment... All I had was one nock i taxed off an old arrow. The feather I found in the bottom of my bow case. The only tools I had at my disposal were a pair sewing scissors, a stanley knife, a tube...

that is impressive, well done.

Glenn, Some of the reasons you have mentioned (over competitive shooters, complaining about ranges etc.) is why I rarely shoot 3Daaa anymore. But above all else......... I don't like these shoots where you only go and shoot one arrow at each target. A shoot should be just that a place where you go t...

gary p wrote:i buy glass and laminations from binghams in the usa it was good when the aussie dollar was high should have bought a swag of it if i was smart enough.gaz.

I didn't know you were building bows gary??

nice air conditioned pants there buddy

Morning Gundy ... although I could have my hands full as one club has a large FITA compound group! It is only a matter of showing them the light. I note, with significant interest, the growth of people shooting Longbows and Barebow amongst the local FITA population. In my own club we have now 6 Arc...

a mobile phone and a credit card!

the light and dark contrast looks great mate.

This story doesn't seem to have been 'picked up' by the Melbourne newspapers as yet. Hopefully it won't be. But posting this type of crap all over the net wont help either :roll: It amazes me that when ever there is some sort of news like this , people cant wait to spread it even further over sites...

thats beautiful mate
whatever it is, elephant or hippo, they must be the biggest dang arra's i've ever seen!!

G'day Perry, Sorroy to hear about your mum mate. The last time i saw that gas bottle it was cooking up something greasy for a couple of guys who looked like the trip to the hunter valley wineries in the preceding days was being a little regretted! :lol: :lol: It will be great to catch up with you ag...

Jeff, Its certainly going to be hard to go back to making carbon arrows now, after these ones look so good made up, the only problem with the wood arrows is that they arent as durable as the carbons Jayden Try a timber like forro's ash shafts instead of cedar and you might think otherwise Jaydo.

they look great for your first go at purty arra's mate, well done!

interesting....
I have, in the past, used a hair drier on my arrows when the weather has been colder to prevent runs in paint or varnish.
Hi temp/ speed/ (whatever it is on a drier) for a minute or two whilst turning in my fingers before hanging vertically did the trick nicely.

Jeff and Matt are obviously naturally good archers that have done so many hours it is all instinctive, they know themselves, their equipment and the rest becomes second nature. Probably give them any bit of bent stick, a bit of straight stick and some string and they would feed the family - me, wel...

these are from an archery shop???
are they trying to loose business??!?!

i'd love to, but alas, all my arrow making gear is in Coffs Harbour still. :( All i'd be able to do is draw some feathers on with a big texta and use a bread knife to cut a rough nock :D Don't ask what i'd use for a point. :P If the comp is still running in about 6 weeks (the next time i can see bei...

John, do I have it correct.... 2 shafts. 1 x 5/16. 1 x 11/32?? for free?

if so can I enter 12 times?

They don’t hit nock right or left at close range; they fly straight no matter the distance. is that with or without the spectacles pappy rastus? :P :D Jape, I echo allot of what is being said re arrows matching each other and practice. The arrows that shoot most consistantly for me out of al...

why is Bonnie Tyler "I need a hero" the backing track to the asiatic bow world championships in Germany?!?!!?

Hi Gary,
i'd forgotten about that little gas bottle!

Yeah it's looking good for me to be able to go. See you there.

Matt

thanks, i decided to make a new avatar out of it

what do i win??!?!?

seriously, here is one that I will enter, although i'm sure richard will kick my butt with pics of the canadian wilderness.......

OK Jeff..... i got the winner right here.........

I think I might actually be able to make this one!
geeze, it's been a while............ better dust off the old curve.
Who else is coming??

Hi all,
I saw this bow first hand today and it is indeed an interesting bit of gear..... cannot say how it shoots as i was having anough trouble getting arrows to hit a target from a bow that I'm supposed to already be familiar with!