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Offline Archeress

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Kel's Warbow life.
« on: October 21, 2013, 09:34:10 am »
Mods, please feel free to shift these if you think they should go somewhere else ay.

Now this is a BIG bow. Italian Alpine Yew. bigger than me.
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Re: Kel's Warbow life.
« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2013, 09:40:28 am »
From humble girly beginnings..an obvious attempt to confuse my enemies.

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Re: Kel's Warbow life.
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2013, 09:43:11 am »
to my first forays into trad longbow...thats a 40 pound ash.

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Re: Kel's Warbow life.
« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2013, 09:46:06 am »
My best blokey impression.  i play a male archer in my group.  might as well look the part. thats a 70 pound elm with a half inch bobtail war arrow..yeah i know its outta whack but it was a photoshoot for a newspaper.  what the public dont know, the members of Primitive Archer forum wont reveal..will you all ?.
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Re: Kel's Warbow life.
« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2013, 09:47:25 am »
Early days with fake medieval clothing..sorta like SCA ..lol... too much archery that night. Maybe a little more mead than usual.
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Re: Kel's Warbow life.
« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2013, 09:51:49 am »
A familiar body on the right ?.  me on the left.


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Re: Kel's Warbow life.
« Reply #6 on: October 21, 2013, 09:52:47 am »
As you can see..my first Yew bow is very knobly.

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Re: Kel's Warbow life.
« Reply #7 on: October 21, 2013, 09:54:07 am »
80 pound trilam.


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Re: Kel's Warbow life.
« Reply #8 on: October 21, 2013, 09:54:36 am »
Moving up the draw weights

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Re: Kel's Warbow life.
« Reply #9 on: October 21, 2013, 10:00:10 am »
Now for something completely different.   5 weeks into my attempts at 127 pound yew..notice the very high draw arm and elbow?.  simply because i have not been able to complete my rotation / crank whatever you want to call it therefore my arm is stilll on the way down.  My technique needs tweaking in several areas and i have begun to address my shortcomings.  No where near full draw yet.  though i have put the bow down in the last few weeks and hit the gym in a big way.  novemeber should see me haul it back further..  i hope.

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Re: Kel's Warbow life.
« Reply #10 on: October 21, 2013, 10:00:38 am »
:) Sweet pictures. That is a sweet Steve Stratton bow too!
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 the upper part is pressed down,
 the lower part is raised up,
 the part that has too much is reduced,
 the part that has too little is increased."

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Re: Kel's Warbow life.
« Reply #11 on: October 21, 2013, 10:04:43 am »
Thankyou TMK.  it is indeed.  My next yew is a Ben perkins..he must be close to sending it out to me.  120 pound polletti stave Italian Yew.  Cant wait.
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Re: Kel's Warbow life.
« Reply #12 on: October 21, 2013, 10:05:07 am »
Cool pictures, keep them coming.
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Offline toomanyknots

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Re: Kel's Warbow life.
« Reply #13 on: October 21, 2013, 10:06:51 am »
Quote from: Archeress on October 21, 2013, 10:04:43 am
Thankyou TMK.  it is indeed.  My next yew is a Ben perkins..he must be close to sending it out to me.  120 pound polletti stave Italian Yew.  Cant wait.

And welcome to primitive archer!
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"The way of heaven is like the bending of a bow-
 the upper part is pressed down,
 the lower part is raised up,
 the part that has too much is reduced,
 the part that has too little is increased."

- Tao Te Ching, 77, A new translation by Victor H. Mair

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Re: Kel's Warbow life.
« Reply #14 on: October 21, 2013, 10:08:02 am »
Thankyou Mr Mullet..sir. 

Oh by the way..i make all my own arrows and one day will start my bow making career.  one can only try.
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