[Ansteorra-archery] Congratulations, it's a bow

[Sylvrfalcn at aol.com]

Happiness is.....
  Finishing my latest long bow. Put the finishing touches on it Friday and 
"shot it in" over the weekend. What a majestic beast! It's a six foot long, 
beautifully tillered, hickory self bow, that registers sixty pounds on the bow 
scale at my draw length.
  A sixty pound longbow is not for the timid, but this one's very smooth and 
stable, with a wickedly fast cast and flat trajectory. My first practice IKAC 
round, by way of breaking the bow in, yielded a score of 180 points. Nothing 
spectacular, but not bad for a previously untested bow. Still smells of curing 
tung oil, and bee's wax, and oiled leather, sort of the medieval archer's 
version of "new car smell" I guess ;-)    
    I've been toying with the idea of setting up a two day bowmaking/string 
making/fletching seminar. Would probably ask Arcus Gilli if I could host it at 
his place, since he's got adequate workspace and a range on site (if archers 
get together, they're going to want to shoot). Just thinking out loud for now. 
If enough folks let me know they're interested, I'll start thinking harder ;-)

Cheers,
Robert of Yorkshire