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- Thu Mar 08, 2007 5:53 pm
- Forum: Traditional Tackle
- Topic: Spotted gum ELB
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2829
heavier bows
thinking about it there would be an efficiency problem anyway doubble width to get a 100# vs 50# would be just like putting two 50# bows together. If the 50# bow threw a 500grain arrow at say 150fps then the two together could only push a 1000grain arrow at 150fps too (each pushing 500 grains) - tru...
- Wed Mar 07, 2007 10:48 pm
- Forum: Traditional Tackle
- Topic: Spotted gum ELB
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2829
can I ask why a heavier draw weight would need to be longer? I would have thought that the length was more a function of how much draw length you want and that the thickness and width was what determined the draw weight. Certainly works for fibreglass bows, and I know Hill did not change the length ...
- Sun Feb 04, 2007 10:51 am
- Forum: Traditional Archery Events
- Topic: Clout
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3971
I have enjoyed clout a couple of times too. I am not sure clout should have an angle limit though. I remember hearing about war archers shooting both high and low trajectories so that the enemies could not cover both angles with their shields. Whether it is true or not I don't know. The SCA group do...
- Sun Jan 21, 2007 10:22 pm
- Forum: Traditional Tackle
- Topic: Make your own three piece take down longbow
- Replies: 23
- Views: 4224
- Sun Jan 21, 2007 5:44 pm
- Forum: Traditional Tackle
- Topic: Make your own three piece take down longbow
- Replies: 23
- Views: 4224
- Sun Jan 21, 2007 5:17 pm
- Forum: Shooting The Breeze
- Topic: Can you spot Clint
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1264
- Sun Dec 31, 2006 7:42 pm
- Forum: Traditional Tackle
- Topic: what got you guys into archer
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2861
Bandit, as a physio I have worked with all kinds of people and injuries. People like you are an inspiration, keep at it. The gadget is pure genius and I love your by line - very Neitszche *attack life, its going to kill you anyway* I was introduced to archery by a friend and then pointed to a re-ena...
- Sun Dec 31, 2006 7:31 pm
- Forum: Traditional Tackle
- Topic: crack advice
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1151
made the saqme mistake myself with my first bow just recently. Too wide a limb as I went off the designs in the TBB and Torges' boo Hunting the Osage Bow. Then I checked his dvd - suggests making the limbs much narrower even when using tough wood like osage. I thinned the belly wood down to a rather...
- Fri Dec 29, 2006 3:37 pm
- Forum: Traditional Tackle
- Topic: Advice on my next project
- Replies: 3
- Views: 827
- Sun Dec 24, 2006 10:59 am
- Forum: The Ozbow Trade Blanket
- Topic: VA Harwood Shafts
- Replies: 28
- Views: 5964
- Sun Dec 24, 2006 10:56 am
- Forum: Traditional Tackle
- Topic: wooden arrows
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2274
here is the thread for the best shafts I have bought in Australia. Since using these shafts I avoid POC as these are sooo much tougher
http://www.ozbow.net/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=2153
http://www.ozbow.net/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=2153
- Sat Dec 23, 2006 6:12 pm
- Forum: Traditional Tackle
- Topic: newbie needs advice
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2625
- Fri Dec 22, 2006 11:31 am
- Forum: Traditional Tackle
- Topic: newbie needs advice
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2625
longbow draws
Hi jape (is that name for real?), I have an internature bow that I draw to 32 inches that has lasted me two years. It has shown some signs of stress. I had another that broke on it's third day of usage. Both were of heavier poundage though, and my wife also has a 30 pound internature which managed 3...
- Tue Nov 21, 2006 10:04 pm
- Forum: Shooting The Breeze
- Topic: Videos
- Replies: 2
- Views: 510
- Sat Nov 11, 2006 11:28 pm
- Forum: Shooting The Breeze
- Topic: Bows & arrows aren't toys!!!
- Replies: 46
- Views: 6042
exactly, take a look at what the kids watch on tv, what playstation games they play. There is everything from soft porn to murder in kids programs let alone the fact that many kids are given almost free access to PG, M and some even AO stuff. Ofcourse these are the same kids we want to wrap up in co...
- Fri Nov 10, 2006 11:34 am
- Forum: Shooting The Breeze
- Topic: Bows & arrows aren't toys!!!
- Replies: 46
- Views: 6042
go to the events and see for yourselves. The marshalls they have are some of the most anally safety conscious people you will meet. I think judging the events without intimate knowledge of them does qualify as knee jerk. I was also brought up around guns and animals, and at first I thought there wou...
- Fri Nov 10, 2006 9:36 am
- Forum: Shooting The Breeze
- Topic: Bows & arrows aren't toys!!!
- Replies: 46
- Views: 6042
I don't agree. These events from what I have seen are well controlled and safety is well looked after. All armour is checked to be sure that an arrow can not penetrate to vital areas. All arrows are also checked for safety. The blunts are large enough that if they hit you in the thigh, arm or torso,...
- Wed Nov 08, 2006 6:14 pm
- Forum: Traditional Tackle
- Topic: Bamboo backed bow buildalong right here
- Replies: 31
- Views: 9537
- Sat Oct 28, 2006 4:01 pm
- Forum: Shooting The Breeze
- Topic: Japanese bows
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2628
- Sat Sep 23, 2006 11:42 am
- Forum: Shooting The Breeze
- Topic: Japanese bows
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2628
a lot of the modern yumi's are very light. There is no need for heavy poundages for kyudo, being both a meditative way and target archery. There were many types of construction. The simplest was bamboo backed mulberry. These days there are all sorts of internal lamination methods depending on the ma...
- Mon Sep 18, 2006 8:20 pm
- Forum: Shooting The Breeze
- Topic: Big Cat!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1887
- Mon Sep 18, 2006 8:15 pm
- Forum: Shooting The Breeze
- Topic: Conditioning for Shooting Traditional Bows
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3035
- Sun Sep 17, 2006 9:29 am
- Forum: Traditional Tackle
- Topic: Compression problems (i think?)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2496
- Sun Sep 10, 2006 1:50 am
- Forum: Web Sites
- Topic: Japanese armour
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7085
- Sat Sep 09, 2006 1:11 pm
- Forum: Traditional Tackle
- Topic: For those of you that like the darker woods
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2433
quite a few guys at Southern Field Archers where I shoot, have bows made by him or Alan Murray, or both. Joe's bows are very nice shooters indeed, quick for their draw weight and very smooth. If you go to the Adelaide Archery club nearly all the longbows there are from Joe, so he is very highly rega...
- Tue Sep 05, 2006 10:41 pm
- Forum: Traditional Tackle
- Topic: New bow is here! HORRAH!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2809
I have to back up these comments - do NOT injure the rotator cuff. They never fully heal to as good as before. There will always be some residual problems or weakness. It is good you are taking Kims advice on how to train for the heavier weight. Holds at any stage of the draw are also good. Most imp...
- Tue Sep 05, 2006 8:59 pm
- Forum: Humour
- Topic: Ted Nugent, Heavy Metal guitarist and bow hunter
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1577
- Sun Aug 27, 2006 6:14 pm
- Forum: Traditional Tackle
- Topic: Easton Legacy Shafts and Inserts
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1741
yep that is a bit unusual. They were bought from archery mart and bolted to a door at a mates place. We knew one would not be enough but figured two might manage. We were not happy at losing points into the door - some quite deep and so we will probably recover the points come firewood time. I don't...
- Sun Aug 27, 2006 4:07 pm
- Forum: Traditional Tackle
- Topic: Easton Legacy Shafts and Inserts
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1741
Graham - shot loads of arrows into strammit. makes no difference for me as two thicknesses of strammit doesn't stop my arrows. What did was the oak door I had behind the strammit - that pulled more than a few locktite and araldite points out. It never managed to pull the shock proof superglue out. I...
- Sun Aug 27, 2006 4:01 pm
- Forum: Traditional Tackle
- Topic: Longbow Video
- Replies: 27
- Views: 3693
oh ok, I got your post backwards. I think the old guys had a pretty good idea about weights from regular use and comparison. Historians are prone to getting it more wrong the further they are from the event. I knew a guy who did a history PhD by showing that at many of the battles in Europe after gu...