rohirwine Posted July 12, 2004 Author Share Posted July 12, 2004 I know a guy who makes bows and sells them in Italy for 10,000 bucks. Hmm, 10,000 bucks? Do you know wich kind of materials does he use?Wich kind of bows does he make? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaas Posted July 12, 2004 Share Posted July 12, 2004 That's probably also someone like me who uses one tree and one pig for each bow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rohirwine Posted July 12, 2004 Author Share Posted July 12, 2004 Lol, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uppy Posted July 12, 2004 Share Posted July 12, 2004 @rohirwine The guy makes the bows out of some kind of extreamly expensive wood and other expensive stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rohirwine Posted July 13, 2004 Author Share Posted July 13, 2004 Hmm, even so it's a bit too expensive, imho.BTW, does he have a site to take a look at his work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aldaron Posted July 15, 2004 Share Posted July 15, 2004 19k $??Is it a golden bow or...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rohirwine Posted July 27, 2004 Author Share Posted July 27, 2004 Yesterday i finally began the Bowyer course.We began to work on Ash billets, with a great production of wood splinters on the floor and skin bristles on the hands...I'm working on a medium sized longbow (not the exact english design). It'll be 1,86 m. high (it should be 20 cm. longer to fit in the tradition), and it has a good wood grain, wich makes me hope it will sustain the stress of being draw......the only downside is that the billed is slightly recurved and this will probably set some degree of string-follow (wich usually lessens draw weight)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aldaron Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 Sweet! Have fun Matt! And post pics!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKen132 Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 Yes you definately should post pics . This is really cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rohirwine Posted July 28, 2004 Author Share Posted July 28, 2004 Hmm, i'll try to put the digital camera in recharge this evening, but do not expect pictures till friday......yesterday we had the first problems: the back of the stave was scarred by the machines wich handled the trunk in the lumberyard, moreover wood-worms eat through the bark (wich does not matter at all) and lesioned also the first two layers of wood (wich matters much more). The only remedy is carefully taking away the ruined layers to expose an intact one: it's a forced labor task, i assure you... Bah, i'll see how it goes on.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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