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Main Discussion Area => Announcements => Topic started by: Shiloh on September 17, 2012, 08:49:59 pm

Title: New member from Western WA state
Post by: Shiloh on September 17, 2012, 08:49:59 pm: Hey everyone! I just stumbled onto the primitive archer boards a couple days ago while doing some research into the English Longbow and immediately signed up. I'm a freshman in college, and got into traditional archery in 2009 when I started making board bows (which I still do to this day) and am currently trying to finish a bow before the archery deer season closes. Up to this point I've only built basic flatbows/American longbows in the #30 to #50 range, but the next project I want to tackle is an english longbow/warbow.

Anyway, that's pretty much me in a nutshell. I can't wait to do some reading and get to know you folks a lot better!

-John, AKA Shiloh
Title: Re: New member from Western WA state
Post by: Adam on September 17, 2012, 11:19:56 pm: Welcome! I'm sure you'll learn a lot here as I have. Everyone is so willing to help out and share their knowledge.
Title: Re: New member from Western WA state
Post by: Pat B on September 18, 2012, 12:05:42 am: Welcome to PA, Shiloh. Like Adam said there are lots of friendly, helpful folks here that are willing to share what they know.
How about posting pics of some of your bows.
Title: Re: New member from Western WA state
Post by: JW_Halverson on September 18, 2012, 12:39:07 am: Welcome to the addiction!

I have family scattered across western WA from Bremerton to Kelso/Longview. What part of WA are you in?
Title: Re: New member from Western WA state
Post by: Shiloh on September 18, 2012, 12:54:36 am: Quote from: JW_Halverson on September 18, 2012, 12:39:07 am
Welcome to the addiction!

I have family scattered across western WA from Bremerton to Kelso/Longview. What part of WA are you in?

I'm in Lake Stevens, which is just a few minutes north of Everett. Thankfully it's close enough to college that commuting isn't a hassle, especially on the bus.

In reply to Pat B - Unfortunately my most recent bow (a red oak board I tried to turn into an ELB) snapped completely at mid-limb, due to some poor design choices on my part. The other one, which I named "Ugly as Sin" recently took a crack in the upper limb, so I retired it to the shelf on my wall. :'( But for being my first succesful bow after breaking four before it, it did surprisingly well for the two and a half years of its life.
Title: Re: New member from Western WA state
Post by: aaron on September 18, 2012, 10:17:44 am: welcome to the club-.
I live in Ilwaco WA (astoria).
sounds like you're ready to try a bow from a stave- I reccomend Vine Maple!
good luck with deer season-!
if you ever want to try flintknapping, i can hook you up with some obsidian.
Title: Re: New member from Western WA state
Post by: Shiloh on September 18, 2012, 08:52:59 pm: Hey aaron - I've actually got a vine maple stave in the garage right now! :laugh: I cut it about a year and a half ago and recently tried working it down some, but the Gerber knife I was using just isn't cutting it. So until I can find a decently-priced drawknife, it's not being touched.
Title: Re: New member from Western WA state
Post by: Pappy on September 19, 2012, 08:48:49 am: Welcome John,glad to have you here,great to see young men jumping in,that's the future of this pass time,[adiction] :) Looking forward to seeing some of your work. :) :)
Pappy
Title: Re: New member from Western WA state
Post by: spyder1958 on September 19, 2012, 07:39:26 pm: John, welcome from Plant city. You'll like it here.
Graylan
Title: Re: New member from Western WA state
Post by: JW_Halverson on September 19, 2012, 10:33:26 pm: I got an uncle in Marysville that is really involved in primitive archery and helps organize a number of shoots and bow building classes. He kinda looks like Pat B, poor sod.