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I just recieved this email from Sambhu who is going to be studing in Sydney for 6 months and he is keen to learn how to make traditional bows from a bowyer in the Sydney area while he is here. This is his email address if anybody wants to make contact with him and can help him out...Glenn... "S...

Not talking about a wood horn and sinew recurve but a fibreglass or an all wood static tip bow when designed properly will increase in length as the bow is being drawn. The tips should stand straight up at full draw making a lower string angle than a working recurve. And as Chris said it will make t...

That'sa beautiful bow Chris. Brandon comes from a fine pedigree of bow builders...Glenn...

Edward those arrows are very poorly made, forgetting the quality and the fletches not lining up, they will never have stable arrow flight, distance the fletches are down the shaft will nerer stabalize the arrow they and will never fly straight out of your bow. The fletches need to be up as close to ...

Daryl, American Cherry is a popular lamination for laminated fibreglass bows. I doubt if you will have any problems with it at all. It's a very nice looking lamination...Glenn...

I shot some T.D. recurves Matt Giffin made in 1990 and they had black wattle for the core laminations, I think he used some brisbane wattle for laminations as well. Those bows shot very well, I think Matt shot some red deer with those bows. I have made wattle selfbows and shot pigs with them, it's a...

Looks as though it was a good shoot, I'm sorry I haven't been able to get to any shoots in Gladstone for a couple of years now but when my life settles down again I will be going...Glenn...

Perry is right as stiffness can vary, but if you are using timber shafts I much prefer to pick the top and a bottom of the shaft, if you look at the shaft the feathers of the grain will point one way and on the other side thay will point or run out the other way. When the feathers of the grain are p...

Good poost Grahame, I have couple of rock maple selfbows myself that will benifit from a cable backing like you have done...Glenn...

I have a set of as new Martin arrows scales for sale if anyone is intrested...Glenn...

I remember the Bear Bruin longbows, I think but not sure that it would be a mid to late 80's model, although it could be an earlier one because I think by then they were using the green action wood or a camo model...Glenn...

Rod next time you want to try making a backed bamboo bow you could just try a softer backing material. You will have a lot more success with using a pine species, I would ask for clear hoop pine, it's a evan grained native timber and no problems buying it. Bunya Pine is a really timber to use if you...

I don't know if anybody can truly appreciate how much effort has gone into this magazine and how much of a financial risk one person has taken to get it on the shelves. It's easy to say there is not enough of this or that but at the end of the day send in an article with the content that you would l...