[Namron] FW: [Wiesenfeuer] Final Notice: Wiesenfeuer Crossbow Project

[Elric Dracwin]

Cross posted by request.

Elric Dracwin

-----Original Message-----
From: tracystar2000 [mailto:tstar2000 at earthlink.net]
Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2004 12:35 PM
To: Wiesenfeuer at yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Wiesenfeuer] Final Notice: Wiesenfeuer Crossbow Project



Your last chance to be part of the Wiesenfeuer Crossbow Project is 
Officer's Meeting on Tuesday. If you have signed up, I must have a 
check or money order from you at this time ($90.20 for steel, $70.20 
for aluminum prod). This will give me enough time to purchase the 
materials for the crossbow kits prior to the workshop. If you have 
not yet signed up, now is the time.

This workshop will be concerned with the cutting, shaping and milling 
of the crossbow stocks. At this time I have three templates cut out 
for your selection:
Straight Crossbow, c.1100 - 1550
Dragon Crossbow, 13th Century
Italian Crossbow, c.1500

I am told that one person in the project will be bringing the pattern 
for a Japanese crossbow, but as of this missive I do not know its 
time period.

After the stocks have been cut and milled, the workshop participants 
will be given the opportunity to shape and smooth their stocks to 
suit themselves. Carving tools will also be available (with 
instruction) so that participants can customize their crossbow stock
(s). Period finishes of tung oil and linseed oil will also be 
provided.

The stock making workshop will be held at my keep (2053 Mattern Drive 
OKC, 73118) on Tuesday, September 7th at 7:00 pm.

To find my keep, take your best route to I-44 & North Penn. Go North 
on Penn, then turn East onto Mattern Drive (what should be NW 49th 
street). My keep is on the North side of the street with the black 
car port and the gargoyles on the roof. This is two blocks South of 
Penn Square, and 50 Penn Place is situatied in my back yard. If you 
have trouble finding it, call 843-5502.

Future workshops to create and fit the metal portions of the 
crossbows will be announced in this forum. It is hoped that we can 
complete the crossbow creation classes by the end of the year, with 
subsequent classes on arrow and quiver making early next year. Any 
artisans wishing to help with the project should contact me ASAP 
(magusmalaki at earthlink.net).


In Service,
HL Malaki