[Ansteorra-archery] Period-ness, when is a bow not period due to the string?

[Frank Schalles]

Thank You all for responding!

If marshals are not setting up open and period shoots perhaps I can
help that situation.

What if I traveled around the Kingdom specifically to conduct period
shoots at regularly
scheduled practices or at scheduled events? I will be happy to do so
to promote archery.

And, you are correct that there seems to be a lack of active Boyers.
To that issue, I have
begun a self taught course of building bows, and would be happy to
teach what I know or
have learned at these events. Consider it a Kingdom outreach program
for Archery. We can cover
fletching, strings, making board bows, tillering, and other topics of
interest. Is anyone interested
in an Archery college or classes at the Kings college?

If there are any Archers that are interested in having me run a
period/open/IKAC shoot in their
area, please contact me privately at francisschalles at gmail.com and we
will set something up.

In Service to the Kingdom of Ansteorra and Archery,
Ld. Francois de Lions
Keeper of the Royal Rounds,
Kingdom of Ansteorra

On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 7:37 AM, Ld.blackmoon <ld.blackmoon at cox.net> wrote:
> greetings
>
> while there are some of the requirements for " period " royal round that can
> keep people from shooting in that devision ( no shelf, no fiberglass,period
> nocks, etc. ) not to mention the fact that it seems rare to find local
> bowyers / fletchers in a group .
> the biggest hurdle i have seen for the royal round ( period or open ) is "
> marshal boredom "... i have seen many marshals only want to run one shoot at
> their events, whether this is due to time constraints, or just wanting to go
> do other things at events, i'm not certain. but many marshals over the years
> have also stated that royal rounds / ikacs were boring. i believe that this
> is due to the fact that many of them shot the royal round for years, and no
> longer find them a challenge, or in some cases , no longer score as well as
> they used to. so there is no excitement left for them. so they set up other
> shoots instead, and when those are done they call it a day , forgetting how
> exciting it used to be to reach that new level, and get that new tassel...
> forgetting that to a lot of nubies , the royal round is exciting , and new ,
> and how they judge themselves against other archers in and out of kingdom
> .....
>
> there are interkingdom competitions in most missile activities , ikac's (
> which include royal round scores ) and seasonal challenges for archery . and
> twic's for thrown weapons.  and probably something out there for seige.
> at one time we ( ansteorra ) were always in the top 5 at least for some of
> the divisions, and it was a big deal . but it seems that as membership has
> dropped so has the pride in our kingdoms missile  rankings, both in and out
> of kingdom. : (
>
> basicly to get more royal rounds shot / scored , i believe will depend on
> getting the marshals excited about them again .
>
> just my opinion
> Be Safe , Be Happy, Have Fun .
> Arthur
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Schalles"
> <francisschalles at gmail.com>
> To: "Archery within the Kingdom of Ansteorra"
> <ansteorra-archery at lists.ansteorra.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 12:02 AM
> Subject: Re: [Ansteorra-archery] Period-ness, when is a bow not period due
> to the string?
>
>
>> If we restricted the period shoots to only hemp or flax strings, how
>> many would participate?
>>
>> The point I am trying to make here is that to shoot period bows and
>> crossbows we allow modern materials for the sake of increased
>> participation in period Royal Rounds. As a community we need more
>> period Royal Rounds. Now that we agree that we can use modern
>> materials for the strings, there is less restriction, and hopefully
>> more participation in period shooting.
>>
>> I would encourage each Archer in this Kingdom to consider in
>> participating in at least 2 period Royal Rounds in the next 3 months.
>> Make or borrow a period bow or crossbow and participate for the honor
>> of Ansteorran Archery.
>>
>> Yours in Service,
>> Ld. Francois de Lions
>> Keeper of the Royal Rounds
>> Kingdom of Ansteorra
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 10:40 PM, Bill Tait <arwemakere at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> If you want to be _that_ correct, make your string from hemp or flax.
>>>
>>> A _modern_ flemish twist string is dacron (or other).
>>>
>>> William Arwemakere
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 8:38 PM, Frank Schalles
>>> <francisschalles at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Archers!
>>>>
>>>> Is a long bow not period when it does not have a period string?
>>>>
>>>> Even a Flemish string is made with modern material. So is a
>>>> period bow not period when using a modern string?
>>>>
>>>> I seek a debate, wisdom, and common sense. Where do we draw the line?
>>>>
>>>> Ld. Francois de Lions,
>>>> Keeper of the Royal Rounds,
>>>> Kingdom of Ansteorra
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