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

[agnarr]

Hey Robert,

I'm all for learning new ways of making and doing things so please keep me 
posted if and when you can do this.

Agnarr

Oh yeah.... Dibs on first call for camping space (grin)

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Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 5:22 PM
Subject: [Ansteorra-archery] Congratulations, it's a bow


> 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
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