Ozbow

Hello Perry, Its hard to say how much sinew went into the bow, it was started a few years ago, at a guess i would say 15-20 leg tendons went into it but i cant be sure as they went on in stages. the first layer was the entire back of the bow, left it dry for 3 ish weeks and took the ace bandages off...

Hello all, Just got a whole load of Eucalyptus regnans (Mountain Ash) ash as fire wood from a friend, it came in 5-6 foot long by up to 15 inch sections of the trunk and branches, it seems there are about 2-3 usable stave sections that i can split out (one already sitting on the kitchen table :biggr...

Hello Yeoman, Thank you for your reply, i had a look for the Japanese rasps you were talking about, are they the ones with a honeycomb appearance? if so they do look like they would do the job, it seems you can get them with a normal rasp handle or a two hand set up, i think that will be the next to...

Hello all, before i even considered taking tools to wood i had done many hours of reading on making bows, it seems that no one likes the good old drawknife, everyone says that you need the blade dull for separating growth rings and roughing out a bow but i find the sharper the blade on a drawknife t...

G'day everyone. I was at a shoot a week or so ago and had trouble putting my bow into a category (recurve, horse bow, longbow) it was purchased as a "Scythian bow" which tells me its a horse bow but it has no syahs and technically isn't a recurve as no part of the string contacts the limb,...

Get some pork on ya........ arra?.... no fork
i think I'm going to have a bit of a play with arrow weights.
Nice shot Kim.
Harry

my understanding is that any animal product can come into the country if it has been disinfected. when i brought some bows into the country some had horn nocks, they were brushed with a disinfectant by customs before they were allowed into the country. i can see this as a problem for snake skin back...

about 2 months ago i was in the market for a horsebow, i was looking around on the Australian market and all i could find was fibreglass limbed..... things, that are apparently "Following the age-old traditions" yet somehow using fiberglass as the only working part of the limb. i finally f...

"fly into melbourne then hire a car (with the aid of gps) and drive there? Does this sound right?...Roscoe"
yep thats it mate, fly into Melb and drive to Geelong, it should take 40 mins or so