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Now is the season when UK archers like nothing better then to go out into the fields and hunt down hay bales - atleast thats what I have done since starting this bow crase of mine. But this year I joined a field archery club, which means I still fulfill my lust for bale killing but in a woodland area giving me the added joy of shooting from all sorts of weird positions.
And just for the occasion I decided to make yet another quiver, or in this case convert an old shoulder one to a hip and create a snassy little buffalo horn clip so that I could attach my bow to it, strung and unstrung leaving my hands free to help alaberate on all those important archers yarns of adventure and mishap.
The clip in question can be seen near the top of the quiver and was drilled and sawn out of the horn in an elongated U shape with the gap being about the same width as the bow. This bow is made from fibreglas and the leather the limbs are covered with allows for a tight fit that does not harm the bow - tight enough to hold, but also loose enough to withdraw easily.
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Very nicely done. When I was a kid (and took my bow everywhere) I couldn't really find the perfect solution for bow carry (and couldn't afford a quiver!) so normally the bow was strung and put across me like the stereotypical Robin Hood style with the arrows in my belt. That would have been much more convenient and there'd have been much less string chaffing on my chest! :p
Outta curiosity, where's the bow from? Gorgeous style, I'd love one myself, but too expensive methinks. Possibly a bit wee, too, I'm 6'4" and a lot of the ones I have seen have had an inconveniently short draw length for m'self.
Pete
bushcraftsman
29-08-2009, 01:45
That is a great looking bow! I'd love to take up archery but like Draven said, too expensive...just have to pop into the woods and see what I can make! :D
just out of interest...is that a saracen style bow?
I like drooling on those (http://www.grozerarchery.com/index_b.htm).:)
That's gorgeous, Troy...(the leather work...:p ) Thanks for showing it.
welshwhit
29-08-2009, 09:22
Great looking set up!
Very impressive!
Drew
Cheers for all your comments.A few years ago these bows were pretty expensive - sort of on the morgage side of expensive but I guess popularity has done what the ps3 did to the ps2 and prices are right down - I got this one from good old or evilbay (depending on your views) from here - http://stores.shop.ebay.co.uk/BEST-BOW__W0QQ_armrsZ1.
The price I got this one for was roughly similar to the price of all the materials I have gathered to make a horn/wood/sinew scythian bow like the one on Grozers site i.e. not as expensive as I thought.
But for those who want to experiment, just take a look see down your local joiners or tree surgeon, they normally always have waste piles of cut off ( hardwood boards and trunks for staves) from where I have made quite a few decent powered flat/long bows - then just use my tutorials for bows and arrow making - found here some where or on my blog (http://blog.mtn-m.co.uk/2009/05/14/updated-pdf-tutorials/).
Also found this place on ebay, sells quite cheap sets of boards for laminated bows - http://stores.shop.ebay.co.uk/gibson-craftwood_Longbow-Wood-Blanks-Staves_W0QQ_fsubZ272789319QQ_s idZ95426979QQ_trksidZp4634Q2ec 0Q2em322 - some of these sets are glued together already, some not so better to ask him which is which first.
That's one of the best pieces of craft work I've seen. Really superb, I take my hat off to you Sir.
When I saw the title I thought you practised archery from horseback at full gallop:cool:
Seriously though, are there any mounted archers in the UK.? It would be superb to watch.
Hi Bod, I guess that this sort of thing would be frowned upon by many like proper rodeo events but I have seen roman reinacters do it somewhere in the north of england about 6 years ago - probably been baned by now as well!!!!
Eric_Methven
30-08-2009, 11:05
I don't know about the U.K., but there is a big following of horseback archery in Bulgaria and Hungary.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKxvQsZGIhQ&feature=player_embedded
Now, if you enjoyed that, you will love this! It is the riding school in Hungary where people come from all over the world to learn horseback archery.
http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=-5448367499255467471&hl=de&fs=true" style="width:400px;height:326px" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash
Here's the riding school (http://www.horsebackarcherybg.com/en/?p=2) website.
Eric
I don't know about the U.K., but there is a big following of horseback archery in Bulgaria and Hungary.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKxvQsZGIhQ&feature=player_embedded
Now, if you enjoyed that, you will love this! It is the riding school in Hungary where people come from all over the world to learn horseback archery.
http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=-5448367499255467471&hl=de&fs=true" style="width:400px;height:326px" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash
Here's the riding school (http://www.horsebackarcherybg.com/en/?p=2) website.
Eric
That's the coolest thing I've seen in a while! THanks for posting. I need one of these bows! :D
Cheers for all your comments.A few years ago these bows were pretty expensive - sort of on the morgage side of expensive but I guess popularity has done what the ps3 did to the ps2 and prices are right down - I got this one from good old or evilbay (depending on your views) from here - http://stores.shop.ebay.co.uk/BEST-BOW__W0QQ_armrsZ1.
Awesome, thanks for the link! Those are great prices. Are they made to order? Just wondering what the wait time is like.
Pete
Hi Draven - there is no waiting time just 2 weeks or 15 days post - mine arrived in 10 days to the deepest part of scotland.
I know there are some listed in german (mostly buy it now's) and others in English (mostly bids), just do a translate on the web page - http://babelfish.yahoo.com/ - grammer comes up odd, like we used to write as young kids but should explain everything. He answered my email quite quickly as well.
Cheers mate, sounds like a winner :) Christmas perhaps :D
The Cumbrian
30-08-2009, 20:30
Hi Bod, I guess that this sort of thing would be frowned upon by many like proper rodeo events but I have seen roman reinacters do it somewhere in the north of england about 6 years ago - probably been baned by now as well!!!!
They're still doing it.
I went to a Roman Cavalry re-enactment in Maryport about a month ago and they were shooting arrows from horseback there. They were throwing javelins too.
I think that the re-enactors were from somewhere in Yorkshire, but don't quote me on that.
Cheers, Michael.
SPTA also do horseback archery. Google them to see if there is a club near you.
Cheers cromm, just looked at their website - http://www.sptradarch.org/ - and it seems very interesting. know of one rider here whose always doing things like this, as for me I prefer the idea of the photo showing some of them doing it on a rocky horse. galloping while just using your legs is very highly skilled by the rider and horse and I find it differcult enough staying on a horse while cantering holding onto a horn for dear life - just got no rythom any more!!!!