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- Thu Dec 09, 2010 10:55 am
- Forum: Traditional Tackle
- Topic: Wet weather arrows..?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 5483
Re: Wet weather arrows..?
I am still with Perry on this one - bare shaft your arrows well and your fletching is not so important, get it right and you wonder sometimes why you put it on...
- Wed Dec 08, 2010 4:50 pm
- Forum: Shooting The Breeze
- Topic: Are synthetic arrows,vanes and laminations traditional?
- Replies: 38
- Views: 1674
Re: Wet weather arrows..?
Dennis you are too argumentative to be bothered with.
- Wed Dec 08, 2010 9:28 am
- Forum: Shooting The Breeze
- Topic: Are synthetic arrows,vanes and laminations traditional?
- Replies: 38
- Views: 1674
Re: Wet weather arrows..?
Geez guys settle - like being a kindergarten teacher again. Dennis I am sorry to say you are at times just too verbose and vehement. Your opinion is yours fine, but in your own verbose and dogmatic way you shout down other opinion and have nearly chased me away from this site due to it. Chase may be...
- Mon Dec 06, 2010 6:59 pm
- Forum: Mastering the Traditional Bow
- Topic: Arrow weight and Trajectory
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1755
Re: Arrow weight and Trajectory
easy way to know is to shoot some of the old arrows and some of the new at 20m using the same aiming point - be surprised if it was more than a couple of cm's
- Mon Dec 06, 2010 6:56 pm
- Forum: Traditional Tackle
- Topic: Wet weather arrows..?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 5483
Re: Wet weather arrows..?
Dennis my sneer is not at any person but in the attitude I get all the time at shoots and yes even on here that trad bows should be shot with wood arrows and feathers or it is not trad. Well Kim I agree - it is not as "trad" as shooting wood arrows. Nor is using a laminated fibreglass bow...
- Mon Dec 06, 2010 6:49 pm
- Forum: Traditional Tackle
- Topic: Wet weather arrows..?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 5483
Re: Wet weather arrows..?
Must be an oil of some sort that can be used on feathers, after all it works for ducks...
- Mon Nov 15, 2010 11:19 am
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: Making your own Spine Jig
- Replies: 3
- Views: 37369
Re: Making your own Spine Jig
Not that there is anything wrong with this type of spine jig - a tried and tested system, but there is a simpler option. For those a little less technically inclined, a few years ago on tradgang there was a thread about the simplest jig I have seen and I have used it ever since. You put a wooden &qu...
- Sat Nov 13, 2010 9:57 am
- Forum: Traditional Tackle
- Topic: Does tis sound right to you?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2910
Re: Does tis sound right to you?
Like everybody else I unstring when not going to shoot for an hour or longer, but a lot of that is heat in the summer, ease of storage etc. I still think that since there is wood in a composite bow that there may in time be some change, maybe not, but why risk it? If you have any skill at all with s...
- Fri Oct 22, 2010 5:04 pm
- Forum: Video Links
- Topic: WTAF - Romanian Archers
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1893
Re: WTAF - Romanian Archers
though no longer practicing I will put my physio hat on and state that I see nothing wrong with this release method from a bio-mechanical perspective, and actually for the high anchor point she is using it will be better in avoiding any impingement in the shoulder.
cheers,
cheers,
- Tue Sep 21, 2010 1:00 am
- Forum: Scene & Herd
- Topic: Independent Archers list
- Replies: 44
- Views: 14496
Re: Independent Archers list
add me Ed Lomax B.PT, Grad Dip OHM from SA
and you should get a membership list of the Southern Field Archers in SA as well as they are an unaffiliated club with a lot of members.
and you should get a membership list of the Southern Field Archers in SA as well as they are an unaffiliated club with a lot of members.
- Sun Sep 05, 2010 5:38 pm
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: Self bows and string follow.
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2362
Re: Self bows and string follow.
I agree with Perry, and would like to state very simply that a finished bow is not a "living" thing and so you can not train it like a muscle. It has it's structure and all you can do is stress it, either within it's limits and so it will when released go back to it's shape, or beyond it's...
- Sat Sep 04, 2010 8:21 am
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: Self bows and string follow.
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2362
Re: Self bows and string follow.
I have a vague recollection that Howard Hill preferred a little string follow. Idea was that the bows are more "pointable" and "stable" in the hand.Steven J wrote:Bob,
String follow is not all bad.
Steve
- Fri Oct 23, 2009 1:15 am
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: History of wood laminated bows
- Replies: 40
- Views: 5041
Re: History of wood laminated bows
some more on the Japanese half bows - here called hankyu as a proper name.
http://l5r.wikia.com/wiki/Hankyu
http://www.trocadero.com/MONTES/items/5 ... store.html
http://l5r.wikia.com/wiki/Hankyu
http://www.trocadero.com/MONTES/items/5 ... store.html
- Fri Oct 23, 2009 12:52 am
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: History of wood laminated bows
- Replies: 40
- Views: 5041
Re: History of wood laminated bows
Not a lot on the net about Japanese bows outside of the kyudo standards, some on history of the laminating though - try starting here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yumi I think that sort of length of history should keep the ABA happy... :roll: As for timbers, some of my friends in Japan are kyudo nut...
- Wed Aug 26, 2009 11:05 am
- Forum: Mastering the Traditional Bow
- Topic: Wrist Slap , Not ARM Slap With a Longbow
- Replies: 98
- Views: 14772
Re: Wrist Slap , Not ARM Slap With a Longbow
fat lot of good you buggers are eh. Man has a simple question and you all just say "suck it up"!! I learnt a good trick from a coach in Adelaide - partly because I was shooting real heavy bows and wrist slap though not regular was real nasty when it happened. He showed me that the way of g...
- Wed Aug 12, 2009 7:07 pm
- Forum: Mastering the Traditional Bow
- Topic: FOC
- Replies: 90
- Views: 14227
Re: FOC
I use about 15% FOC and would rather have an overly heavy arrow and adjust for the trajectory than have a lighter arrow without the FOC
- Sat May 16, 2009 11:21 am
- Forum: Traditional Tackle
- Topic: Arrow spine chart
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2663
Re: Arrow spine chart
the arrow spine adjustments for length is confusing. If you take an arrow spined for 28" and need to draw 29" then it is effectively weaker than the stated spine. With every inch of draw beyond 28" yo uneed an arrow of approximately 5# heavier spine for a center cut bow. Less so the m...
- Sat Mar 14, 2009 6:54 pm
- Forum: Scene & Herd
- Topic: Herald Sun Poll Kids and hunting
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3743
Re: Herald Sun Poll Kids and hunting
Journalists are only trying to sell papers - not actually represent anything fairly. I was taken hunting as a kid, was always jumping out of trucks to get down rabbits. Always fishing and yabbying as well. But this is all tempered by being given pets and taught how to care for them, and stock animal...
- Mon Feb 02, 2009 6:19 pm
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: Yew Mary Rose style ELB
- Replies: 28
- Views: 5674
Re: Yew Mary Rose style ELB
nice hunting weight - for French!!
suppose it would be pretty good for piggies, camels, scrub bulls and buffalo...
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suppose it would be pretty good for piggies, camels, scrub bulls and buffalo...
- Mon Feb 02, 2009 6:15 pm
- Forum: Shooting The Breeze
- Topic: ANOTHER GIVEAWAY AND THE WINNER IS ....JCM
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3798
Re: ANOTHER GIVEAWAY
ooh ooh, just what I need for March bunny hunt!!
Please write my name on peice of paper and do like my ex did every time I went away![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon/smile.gif)
Please write my name on peice of paper and do like my ex did every time I went away
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- Mon Feb 02, 2009 6:12 pm
- Forum: Shooting The Breeze
- Topic: GIVE AWAY WINNER IS SCRUB BULL
- Replies: 50
- Views: 8023
Re: GIVE AWAY WINNER IS SCRUB BULL
a nice knife indeed!! and another excuse to get out in the bush now ![Twisted Evil :twisted:](./images/smilies/icon/twisted.gif)
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- Sun Feb 01, 2009 9:05 pm
- Forum: Shooting The Breeze
- Topic: GIVE AWAY WINNER IS SCRUB BULL
- Replies: 50
- Views: 8023
Re: GIVE AWAY
Aye up - count me in.
looks like a good utility skinner.
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looks like a good utility skinner.
- Sun Feb 01, 2009 12:54 pm
- Forum: Shooting The Breeze
- Topic: A good example of what not to do!
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3332
Re: A good example of what not to do!
when making strings for very heavy bows I serve the loops too. Not that hard to do when making the flemish strings, and with double the number of fibres of an endless loop string it should be even stronger. The serving is only going to stop the wear and tear, and has no effect on the strength of the...
- Sat Jan 31, 2009 4:48 pm
- Forum: Traditional Tackle
- Topic: Cartel Longbow
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1268
Re: Cartel Longbow
that has got to be a typo as I have one and it is also 68" long. Not many 62" longbows can manage a 28" draw.
- Fri Jan 30, 2009 6:16 pm
- Forum: Traditional Tackle
- Topic: Anchor point's?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3108
Re: Anchor point's?
I anchor with my index finger on the front of my cheekbone. I found the corner of the mouth anchor to variable for me and decided against sticking a dirty old glove against an eye tooth. With the front of the cheekbone as anchor I still get a decent shoulder position for the hold and my eye is right...
- Mon Jan 12, 2009 7:13 pm
- Forum: Traditional Tackle
- Topic: ? Interesting Perspective on Wooden Arrows for Heavy Bows ?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2717
Re: ? Interesting Perspective on Wooden Arrows for Heavy Bows ?
try a one ended spine test. There was a thread about one on trad gang a couple of years back. Essentially a wooden bracket attached to a vertical board or wall. The bracket has to have about a 3/4 inch slot for the shaft to go into. Then hang a weight from the other end and measure the deflection ov...
- Sat Dec 13, 2008 1:11 pm
- Forum: Traditional Tackle
- Topic: Esha Deflex/Reflex
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3368
Re: Esha Deflex/Reflex
gotta agree with Glenn after looking at those pics. The edge of the bamboo backing looks impossibly thick. It does not suprise me at all that it overpowered the belly wood with that thick a backing.
- Wed Nov 19, 2008 9:37 am
- Forum: Shooting The Breeze
- Topic: Back tension?
- Replies: 72
- Views: 7965
Re: Back tension?
stump shooting is great, even better with a couple of mates. I used to roam a paddock kicking out half sized soccer balls to 15-30m and we would see who would be the first to hit them. Sometimes small toys would find thier way into the game :) Kneeling shots, peeking left or right behind trees etc. ...
- Tue Nov 18, 2008 6:24 pm
- Forum: Shooting The Breeze
- Topic: Back tension?
- Replies: 72
- Views: 7965
Re: Back tension?
While much in this thread is very good, some bits are not. Graham - without tension in the mid-traps, rhomboids etc the scapula (shoulder blades) would "wing", if the scapula are not winging then there is tension. Regardless of if they move closer together or not on release. Not a criticis...
- Thu Nov 13, 2008 10:54 pm
- Forum: Shooting The Breeze
- Topic: Back tension?
- Replies: 72
- Views: 7965
Re: Back tension?
Hue and others, please be assured I am happy with debate, just cautious of a "one size fits all" mentality. I am very much a fan of form, repeatable form. If that means you use back tension to get repeatable form then no problem. I am however cautious of excessive muscular tension in a ski...