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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...

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 ...

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...

hehe, I can make bows that light too - trouble is I have been shooting for higher poundages Learning the methods of tillering the hard way it seems.

are you still going to try and tiller this bow? You know there are a few people out there that do pull silly weights with longbows at times. Looks like you are headed for a bow that is 100# at 28. If you could get it down to 80# at 31-32 I would happily borrow it from you indefinitely

agreed. It is the patterning of the camo that gives him away - it is too busy.

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...

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...

I was given a purple heart lamination and told to prepare the surface with a wash of caustic soda to get the oil out of it before gluing. It apparently turns the wood black and so I was instructed to use it for an internal lamination only. Same instructions given for osage too.

yeh the wood is too damn tough I do manage it but it gives the forearms a good workout! Take it slow. I am too stingy to buy a new house so I have room for a bigger shed and can therefore find room for any more equipment

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

the Turbow bows are a serviceable selfbow and very cheap at the basic model. As for how quick he can get you one made, I don't know but best to give him a call.

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...

I have done Japanese martial arts for nearly 30 years and still can't understand the lure of kyudo. Every time I have seen it practiced it has bored me silly. But if there was some old warfare kyujutsu to be seen...

The trad stuff was great!

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...

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...

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,...

given that you are backing the bow, how useful is the bend test? I have watched Dean Torges dvd on "hunting the bamboo backed bow and he does it a little different already. He shapes the bamboo first and then glues it to an unshaped wood stave and then cuts the whole thing down to shape. Any re...

also the original core woods (or even just belly wood as the earliest versions were only bamboo backed) was a mulberry branch and so were thicker at the bottom than at the top so this was a form of positive tillering - though it required the bow to twist in the hand during the draw and release.

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...

the linx's are kinda cute - whats the chance of getting one for a pet

good advice all round. Theraband, bike tubes and a heavier bow will all work well and allow you to "over-design" your body for shooting. How else do you hunt with a bow that is five or more pounds lighter than what you can handle. I would add that I lik MaylandL's idea of all over general ...

why not glue a handle peice on it anyway and see what happens

started work on a peice myself from that very site. It is the best site I have found on the net and I agree, it should have been published.

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...

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...

reminds me of Neitzsche"s book "Neitzsche contra Wagner" musicians should stay out of politics, just like actors should do (remember ray-gun Reagan?). Having expertise in one area does not make your opinions in any other area anything but that of a layman, no matter how famous you are...

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...

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...

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...