[Ansteorra-archery] Re: [Bowyerthon!

[Terry Varner]

I agree completely, this from someone who had never done more than make a few rough looking practice arrows, and now I am wll on my way to 72 inch hickory long bow, just have to bring the poundage down a little, started around 65 pounds now down to 50 pounds and still scraping and checking tiller. If you do this again next year I will recomend this class to everyone. Well back to scraping on my bow. Thanks again.

jspinks at ix.netcom.com wrote:I want to thank you for a most positive experience in bowmaking. I sorrow for those that were not there yesterday. They missed a most excellend experience in bowmaking not to mention Gilli's cooking. Your class has given me the confidence I was lacking concerning the tillering and I am already busy building my first tillering stand already. Expert I am not but now I will be trying a number of things out this summer including recurve building. I will let you know how that works out. 

I hope that you will find time in the future to offer classes on the various aspects of bowmaking in different parts of the kingdom. If I can, I will most definitely attend and would commend such classes to anyone wishing to become more familiar with bowmaking. You can never know enough and your knowledge is a most valuable resouce.

Just waiting to shoot my new bow
Arcus Jaque the Spink

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From: Sylvrfalcn at aol.com
Sent: Jun 1, 2005 6:10 AM
To: ansteorra-archery at ansteorra.org
Subject: [Ansteorra-archery] Almost time for Bowyerthon!

Friends and fellow archers
Some background into Bowyerthon. Several years ago, when I first took up 
the sport of archery, like many newcomers I was overwhelmed by the cost of 
proper equipment. I shot modern fiberglass bows because professionally made wooden 
longbows were fantastically expensive. Still, when I dressed myself in period 
garb, and stepped up to the shooting line with my "plastic" bow, it just 
didn't feel right. How could I enjoy a full appreciation of medieval archery 
shooting a mass produced 21st century bow? 
Thus my quest began, and after 3 years of research, study, hard work, and 
trial and error, I've reached a point where I can create excellent shooting 
period longbows economically, and with a minimum of tools and equipment. First 
goal met. Second goal; to teach others (Bowyerthon) how they can make their own 
period longbows and experience the true spirit of medieval archery. Final 
objective; to promote and perpetuate the bowyer's craft to such an extent that 
making and shooting period archery equipment will be no less commonplace than 
making and wearing period garb. With enough bowyers sprinkled about the kingdom, 
putting affordable longbows in the hands of our archers, our archery can once 
more have the look, and the feel, of the period of history we portray.
Lofty goal? Perhaps, but big things can come from small beginnings. Come 
join us at Bowyerthon, and see for yourself ;-)

Cheers,
Robert of Yorkshire
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Tegwared McAuley (mka Terry Varner) 
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