The reason I am asking is that I am looking for someone to quote me an idea of a price for making me a primitive bow - Holmegaard/Otzi/Star Carr -ish type thing - of only about 30lb at 28" in Willow or other hardwood found in Mesolithic or Neolithic Britain ...
I tried starting making one myself but even scraping the bark off a Hazel pole I thought would suit the project was enough to make my duff shoulder play up a bit too much - there is no way that it would survive actually shaping a bow!![Frown :( :(](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
The bow would need to be very light in the draw - my shoulder again - but would mainly be for display to show school kids articles of Stone Age technology ... all part of my job at Castell Henllys Iron Age Fort but some thing I would have to fund myself as it is above and beyond what Pembs Nat Park would want to cover.... and it is a bit of a personal project as well as I am interested in playing with primitive tech![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Soooo - anyone interested in thinking of a price to do this for me?
Some pictures of me at work, taken by my Supervisor...
![StoneAge4.jpg StoneAge4.jpg](https://bushcraftuk.com/community/data/attachments/57/57100-4d4e2229cdc8f509222bf5e8d9ce039f.jpg)
![StoneAge5.jpg StoneAge5.jpg](https://bushcraftuk.com/community/data/attachments/57/57101-9c15c3371cae37dffe85027661eaf8d7.jpg)
![StoneAge7.jpg StoneAge7.jpg](https://bushcraftuk.com/community/data/attachments/57/57102-a217a684d33c212a109fbc0bc8a812b1.jpg)
![StoneAge10.jpg StoneAge10.jpg](https://bushcraftuk.com/community/data/attachments/57/57103-6bfee0327f4d28607f9e5ad27752b3a4.jpg)
I tried starting making one myself but even scraping the bark off a Hazel pole I thought would suit the project was enough to make my duff shoulder play up a bit too much - there is no way that it would survive actually shaping a bow!
The bow would need to be very light in the draw - my shoulder again - but would mainly be for display to show school kids articles of Stone Age technology ... all part of my job at Castell Henllys Iron Age Fort but some thing I would have to fund myself as it is above and beyond what Pembs Nat Park would want to cover.... and it is a bit of a personal project as well as I am interested in playing with primitive tech
Soooo - anyone interested in thinking of a price to do this for me?
Some pictures of me at work, taken by my Supervisor...
![StoneAge4.jpg StoneAge4.jpg](https://bushcraftuk.com/community/data/attachments/57/57100-4d4e2229cdc8f509222bf5e8d9ce039f.jpg)
![StoneAge5.jpg StoneAge5.jpg](https://bushcraftuk.com/community/data/attachments/57/57101-9c15c3371cae37dffe85027661eaf8d7.jpg)
![StoneAge7.jpg StoneAge7.jpg](https://bushcraftuk.com/community/data/attachments/57/57102-a217a684d33c212a109fbc0bc8a812b1.jpg)
![StoneAge10.jpg StoneAge10.jpg](https://bushcraftuk.com/community/data/attachments/57/57103-6bfee0327f4d28607f9e5ad27752b3a4.jpg)