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<P><BR><BR></P>Greetings Robert,</DIV>
<DIV class=RTE> I would be interested in your idea on bow making. A series of classes sounds good. As to making part of an AoB, I like that as well. I recently attended a Winterkingdom that had an all day CPR/First Aid class. The good thing about this was I attended the long term class, while there were other things and classes for my Lady to attend. You might give it some thought.</DIV>
<DIV class=RTE>Thomas Quilliam</DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>From: Sylvrfalcn@aol.com
<DIV></DIV>>Reply-To: Archery within the Kingdom of Ansteorra<ansteorra-archery@ansteorra.org>
<DIV></DIV>>To: ansteorra-archery@ansteorra.org
<DIV></DIV>>CC: gilli@hot.rr.com
<DIV></DIV>>Subject: [Ansteorra-archery] Congratulations, it's a bow
<DIV></DIV>>Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 18:22:50 EST
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<DIV></DIV>>Happiness is.....
<DIV></DIV>> Finishing my latest long bow. Put the finishing touches on it Friday and
<DIV></DIV>>"shot it in" over the weekend. What a majestic beast! It's a six foot long,
<DIV></DIV>>beautifully tillered, hickory self bow, that registers sixty pounds on the bow
<DIV></DIV>>scale at my draw length.
<DIV></DIV>> A sixty pound longbow is not for the timid, but this one's very smooth and
<DIV></DIV>>stable, with a wickedly fast cast and flat trajectory. My first practice IKAC
<DIV></DIV>>round, by way of breaking the bow in, yielded a score of 180 points. Nothing
<DIV></DIV>>spectacular, but not bad for a previously untested bow. Still smells of curing
<DIV></DIV>>tung oil, and bee's wax, and oiled leather, sort of the medieval archer's
<DIV></DIV>>version of "new car smell" I guess ;-)
<DIV></DIV>> I've been toying with the idea of setting up a two day bowmaking/string
<DIV></DIV>>making/fletching seminar. Would probably ask Arcus Gilli if I could host it at
<DIV></DIV>>his place, since he's got adequate workspace and a range on site (if archers
<DIV></DIV>>get together, they're going to want to shoot). Just thinking out loud for now.
<DIV></DIV>>If enough folks let me know they're interested, I'll start thinking harder ;-)
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<DIV></DIV>>Cheers,
<DIV></DIV>>Robert of Yorkshire
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