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Traditional Archery: Discussion/Q&A Discussions on the more traditional forms of archery: long bows, war bows, AFB, horse bows etc.

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Old 16-04-08, 10:19 AM
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  • Recurve
  • Compound
  • Traditional
Setup
Riser: On the Tiller Now
Limbs: Big Arms
Sight: 50/50 Eyes
Stabilisers: Big Legs
Button:
Bow String:
Arrows:
Compound Script currently under construction
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was originally looking to get back into archery and looking at buying a second hand recurve, but then started reading about the longbow and traditional style archery etc. I decided to have a go at making my own.

I bought a piece of lemonwood backed with hickory part tillered and here are the results so far after shaping tillering.
Next job is to get a decent leather grip on with an arrowpass (which i have a nice piece of mother of pearl for) and possibly back the nocks with some nice purpleheart or maybe horn?



Thanks englishwarbow for pointing me in the right direction
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Old 16-04-08, 10:26 AM
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In the Blue
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  • Compound
  • Traditional
Setup
Riser: one piece bow
Limbs: Border Elite
Sight: not too bad
Stabilisers: not yet
Button: no thanks.
Bow String: Dyneema 02 14 strand
Arrows: Wood
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Nice bow mate. What is the draw weight?
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Old 16-04-08, 10:30 AM
In the Green
  • Recurve
  • Compound
  • Traditional
Setup
Riser: On the Tiller Now
Limbs: Big Arms
Sight: 50/50 Eyes
Stabilisers: Big Legs
Button:
Bow String:
Arrows:
Compound Script currently under construction
Traditional Script currently under construction
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 5
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Nice bow mate. What is the draw weight?
not got around to checking the draw weight yet (need scales) but i would guess at around 50lbs
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Old 16-04-08, 03:01 PM
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Riser: Late or large(ish)
Limbs: English Warbow
Sight: My eyes
Stabilisers: My arms
Button: On me trousers
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Arrows: English battleshafts
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Traditional Script currently under construction
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Looking good! I bet your pleased I would be. Mother of pearl looks good as an arrow pass and I would definitely put something on to protect the nocks. How long before you'll shoot it?
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Old 16-04-08, 04:52 PM
In the Green
  • Recurve
  • Compound
  • Traditional
Setup
Riser: On the Tiller Now
Limbs: Big Arms
Sight: 50/50 Eyes
Stabilisers: Big Legs
Button:
Bow String:
Arrows:
Compound Script currently under construction
Traditional Script currently under construction
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 5
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Looking good! I bet your pleased I would be. Mother of pearl looks good as an arrow pass and I would definitely put something on to protect the nocks. How long before you'll shoot it?
as long as it takes to make my own arrows once its finished
looking for the cheapest source for shafts and a fletching jig?
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