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I'm going to attend a Bowyer course


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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)...

:P

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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... :P

Bah, i'll see how it goes on..

:P

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