Mullet, well, I don't really know what is the deal with warbows in Croatia (does anyone make them?). I think I am only bowyer in my city, and in the rest of the country, there are probably others (probably a handful at most), but I don't know what they make.
Archery here is 99.9% Olympic archery, so a sport, just for tournaments and such, and there are many successful archers who competed in world tournaments, using modern equipment. That is why archery shops sell only those type of equipment so you can see my topics on this forum where I ask for alternatives for strings and such, because of that unavailability.
Traditional archery is almost non existent. I know for one club in my city, that is like a medieval reenacting club and they want to be historical, but keep using laminated bows and such, even with handles that doesn't fit at all with medieval battles. But they make good arrows. I had some minor issues with them when I first started to make bows (read: they weren't helpful at all and practically didn't want to help).
Biggest "problem" is that I don't know any other bowyers personally and what is worst, I am almost sure they don't use this forum or paleo planet forum. If they were on forums and showing their work, it would be moral imperative for me to seek them out personally, to learn something, or to share my findings with them.
I would really like that in future, to connect all these individuals, as I think we are here, a man for himself, making bows for himself.
