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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: arachnid on April 29, 2014, 04:28:39 am
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Hi Guys!
Well, I feel a bit bad for the whole "showdown" thing that started in my thread.
I think it went a bit over the line and the atmosphere wasn't`t so good.
So, I thought- Why not get to know each other a bit better? Know the men behind the bows?
I guess some of you already know each other personally, but thee are few new members in this
great forum (including myself) that don`t know the people here. Not to mention that
some of use are from overseas (including myself).
So, I`ll start-
My name is Dor, I`m 30 years old.Married +3.
I live in Israel and I`m a 9th grade teacher.
I started building bows about a year ago, after having a fun experience shooting a bow for the first
time in my life. I`m still learning the trade but getting pretty good at this. Learned a lot
from this forum. Besides bowyering, I also draw and paint (mainly fantasy themes paintings).
Well, that's me in my little corner of the world....
You are all welcome to share...
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Hello Dor and, if I haven't said so yet, welcome to the site and this addictive bow building forum. Don't feel bad about your post. Yours was an innocent question and what followed had nothing to do with you. Some of these guys have been on here a long time and are very passionate about their views. I have only been on here a few years, but I think I can attest that disagreements like this one are the exception to the rule. Don't let it dampen your enthusiasm and please continue to post your questions, as we all learn from the discussions that follow - even ones as spirited as the "showdown" :D Oh, and I am Howard, age 49, from Alabama, USA.
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Real name is Jeremy and I'm 25 years old. I'm from Fredericton, New Brunswick in Canada. Been building bows for a few years now. I'm a mechanical engineer and I work for a company that builds custom fire trucks.
Israel eh? What kind of bow wood do you have around there?
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Thanks for the warm welcome Howard :laugh:
Israel eh? What kind of bow wood do you have around there?
Nice to meet you Jeremy.
In Israel it`s forbidden by law to cut any tree, so I build my bows from boards only.
As for boards, the commons are- Oak (white/red), Beech, Ipe, Maple.
You can get other stuff too, but it`s not so wide spread... you`ll have to drive for a while...
But we Don`t have any Osage nor Hickory.... :'( :'( :'(
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Dor,
Shalom, and nice to meet you. My name is David, I own an auto repair business. Started building bows several years ago and like you built board bows for some time. Don't visit this thread as often as I should, as the handle implies, I spend most of my time on the flintknapping side of the arrow. Again welcome and enjoy the ride!
Knapper
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FORBIDDEN BY LAW TO CUT TREES!!!!! man my world would end , nothing beats an axe and bow saw in hand as I hunt down the perfect tree. Is that law due to over harvesting or is there another reason. I dtartsd following the showdown thread and its obvious how passionate most of us can be about our craft. even when tempers may flare, its only proof that we have ourselves fully vested in this ancient and magical art.
Anyways, Im John from central NY. I am 24 years old, and have been bitten by the bowyer bug BAD! From the first ash sapling I split and whittled down for the first "attempt" at a bow, to my latest meat hook recurve I am addicted. I work in car parts manufacturing, thats fancy talk for factory man. :laugh: but I escape the drudgery of work with wood shavings, my fiancé and our two year old son (who also likes to "help" make and shoot bows)
To bad you are so far away arachnid, other wise I would try to send you some staves of wood so you can try your hand at a self bow. also, are you really into spiders? or was that just the coolest screen name you could think of? >:D :laugh:
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FORBIDDEN BY LAW TO CUT TREES!!!!! man my world would end , nothing beats an axe and bow saw in hand as I hunt down the perfect tree. Is that law due to over harvesting or is there another reason. I dtartsd following the showdown thread and its obvious how passionate most of us can be about our craft. even when tempers may flare, its only proof that we have ourselves fully vested in this ancient and magical art.
Anyways, Im John from central NY. I am 24 years old, and have been bitten by the bowyer bug BAD! From the first ash sapling I split and whittled down for the first "attempt" at a bow, to my latest meat hook recurve I am addicted. I work in car parts manufacturing, thats fancy talk for factory man. :laugh: but I escape the drudgery of work with wood shavings, my fiancé and our two year old son (who also likes to "help" make and shoot bows)
To bad you are so far away arachnid, other wise I would try to send you some staves of wood so you can try your hand at a self bow. also, are you really into spiders? or was that just the coolest screen name you could think of? >:D :laugh:
Well, Israel is a small place. If people will go about cutting trees, there will be none left.
About my nickname- I actualy hate spiders!
When I was 14 I watched starship troopers and it was so cool I started calling myself Arachnid in every forum. Has been my nick ever since.
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Hey! It's illegal to cut trees in many areas, but there's ways around it. A branch isn't technically a tree! ;)
My names Ryan, Im 30, I live in Vancouver BC and work as an air conditioning and refrigeration mechanic.
Started target shooting a couple years ago, but have only been building bows for about 5 months.
Being bit by the big is an understatement, I've finished 5 bows, have 3 others with sinew curing, and am working on number 6. Not to mention my shed is full of seasoning vine maple, yew, hazelnut and pacific dogwood. I love tree indentifying, (and cutting)
I get huge satisfaction from making shavings, it's very meditative to me, and I'm sure all of you. Really teaches you patience, and to sloooow down.
A couple years ago I experienced a huge loss in losing my brother very suddenly.
I can't even begin to explain how important archery and making bows has been to my mindset. I lose myself in a piece of wood, and I love it.
Welcome aboard!
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Steve White here. Been building bows since 92'. Older than dirt. Come and go in the cyber world. To damn many irons in the fire:^(
Forced into retirement because of health issues. Seems like I'm always busy tho. Too much type A in my genes.
On occasion can poke a little fun at the fact that we primitive archers use a lot of 'power tools'. And I don't mean hatchets.
At first I was amused at the bantering on the mentioned thread, but some of the comments made were out of line. For whatever reason, they were uncalled for.
Here is a picture of my 2nd bow made in 92/93. It appears to have a hinge in the top limb. The log had a serious dogleg at one end. I left it and tried to tiller accordingly;^)
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My name is Bruce, I live in central NY. I work with john(neolithicman) I have a busy life. I have a house of 6 kids and a wonderful soon to be wife. John and I were bitten around the same time and just fed each other's fire. I've been building for a little over a year. I have quite a few bows in process. Couple put down till I gain further knowledge. Those are special. I don't wanna ruin em. The bond u can get from making a shooting Bow is amazing. U and a log make almost a relationship. Sometimes u yell at it, sometimes u talk sweet to it. Some times it does u right, some times it let's go. But I always want more.
I don't believe ur at fault at all, just some grown folk problems. All of which could have been hatched out privately. What if new members read this, or guests?
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Welcome Dor, glad to have you. This is a good site in general and like anything else you have to sort it out for yourself. My name is Jonathan and I started making bows after learning flint knapping. Got a few under my belt and for me it's the making process that I like. Once I get one shooting I'm on to the next. Be very carefull my friend, this hobby will make a hoarder out of you before you've even realized it's happen. ;) Have fun and be sure to post your work.
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Welcome Dor, glad to have you. This is a good site in general and like anything else you have to sort it out for yourself. My name is Jonathan and I started making bows after learning flint knapping. Got a few under my belt and for me it's the making process that I like. Once I get one shooting I'm on to the next. Be very carefull my friend, this hobby will make a hoarder out of you before you've even realized it's happen. ;) Have fun and be sure to post your work.
Ohh I'm in to bow building badly! Very addictive stuff! My wife doesn't understand why I need more then one bow. It's something you can't explain. I have one friend in Israel that makes bows. He's the only one that gets me...
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When I was in Beersheba in December I had a hard time keeping myself away from those old, Olive trees. They just looked like they wanted to be a bow. If I lived there I'd probably spend most of my time knapping. I've never seen so much good rock in my life.
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When I was in Beersheba in December I had a hard time keeping myself away from those old, Olive trees. They just looked like they wanted to be a bow. If I lived there I'd probably spend most of my time knapping. I've never seen so much good rock in my life.
So I guess it's normal to look at every tree as a bow to be? ;D Good, now I know I'm not nuts....
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Hello Dor, I am a 51 year old relative new comer here myself. I'm from a small town in southern Indiana (Paoli - thus the handle). I grew up with recurve bows and went the compound route for a while. Eventually I became so disillusioned with the compound I just gave up on archery. I ran across my old recurve a couple of years back and the spark rekindled. I introduced my kids to archery and it's became a fun family activity at our house.
I got interested in bow building a couple of years back and do it for fun. Board bows mostly but I have a couple of hickory stave bows under my belt. I simply love relaxing and carving away on a bow. I will never be as "serious" as some folks but I will always have fun doing my thing. If it ever stops being fun, I will take up something else. Can't imagine how it could ever stop being fun though!
Mark - the guy from Paoli - Bruner
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Hello, I am new to Primitive Archer. I have been building bows for a long time, since I was 10 or so. I am now 60, but I wouldn't say I have 50 years of bow building experience! I started out with green birch limbs and didn't really understand much. I made arrows from rose, willow, and currant bushes. They were pretty crude. My folks bought me a bow at 12 years old. It was one of those fiberglass Scout bows (youth bow) and it kept me busy for many years. Then I got into the compound world. I started shooting league archery and bowhunting. I became disillusioned with the "Wheelie" world and started making bows again. I have made many longbows from Bingham Projects, which is located nearby. Now I am finding that the attraction of trees and self bows is taking down a new road. I have built a bowstring out of sinew for my juniper bow, which broke the other day as I was tillering it. I am getting ready to start over with another one now. I live in Northern Utah, in a yurt that I built last fall. I am currently unemployed and looking for work. I have enjoyed the forum and was disappointed in the showdown thread. I hope it is the last that I read of that sort of thread. It wasn't your fault.
Thanks for all I am learning on this forum.
PS Please help all us newbies by spelling out some of the acronyms in use here. For example for the longest time I thought that HHB was a tri-lam bow with a hickory belly, a hickory core and a bamboo back!!!
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Hi Dor
I'm Ben from New Zealand, 26 years old. I've been bothering everyone on the forum for awhile, but only just started my first bow a couple of weeks ago, a 60 inch elm stave. I'm about done building my tillering tree, so soon I will get a long string on it and start bending :D
I think my case is terminal, I even have a favourite limb on my elm bow which gets more attention than the other ;) Oh well, it's a good way to go :laugh:
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When I saw this thread I thought it was interesting. Bow making has had a profound affect on many of us, mostly in good ways but sometimes not in good ways. I thought it would be interesting to interview guys all the way from the first year to the guys with over 20 years on all the aspects of bow making and the impact it had had on their lives. On the surface it appears it would only be of any interest to a small percentage of us bow makers but in reality it could apply to any number of hobbies and interests that we tend to become passionate about. Years ago I read a book called the "Epitaph of a Peach". It was just a simple story about a farmer who was trying to develop a white peach. When I got done I couldn't help but feel like I just read a book about bowmakers. I don't mind at all when someone on a thread like this takes the long winded approach and tells us all about his bow making experience.
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Hello Dor - Welcome to PA. As others have already assured you, the pissing match over on your other thread was in no way your fault. Don't feel bad about it at all...
I am Eric Fors, II - aka - OneBowWonder. I got started in bowyering through a class offered by the Missouri Conservation Department many years ago that taught how to build a long bow to teachers and youth leaders with the thought that we would pass the things we learned on to our charges. I have since made a couple hundred bows with and for kids.
I am "onebowwonder" thanx to my brother who nicknamed me that early on in my bow making career. Soon after my initial training class, our church men's group needed a men's group activity and I got nominated to train the guys in what I'd learned in making bows. At that point I had only made a handful of successful bows myself, so my brother thought that was a funny handle and it stuck. We broke more than we made in that class, but everyone had a blast! Now I'm just OneBow, but that's where the name comes from.
I enjoy building bows. There's just something about the creative process of turning a piece of timber into a functional weapon that really resonates with my soul. I suppose should spend more time shooting my bows or learning more about using them to hunt, ...but generally, I'd just prefer to start making another one!
My time to engage with this hobby is limited by a demanding career life, I work in information tech for banking, but when I have the time to invest, ...this is the thing I enjoy the mostest!
OneBow
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I'm Lennie from Hannibal MO. I've been making bows for something like a dozen years or so. I don't make as many as I used to but I still love cutting bow wood and I keep a nice hoard of seasoned hedge and other woods, also have the stuff to make bamboo-backed bows. I like collecting drawknives too. I make the occasional blank for people who want to try their hand making bows, and once a year we journey to the center of the state for MOJAM a bowmaking/rockbreaking extravaganza. I usually get inspired and tiller a bow during the festival. I intend to retire in a few years and spend more time on all my various hobbies.
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Lennie, welcome back!
I'm Jawge and have been makin' and breakin' bows since '89.
I've been shooting bows since 1956. Yup. I'm 65.
I am a retired chemistry teacher and loved teaching quantum mechanics to sophomores in HS.
arachnid, I mention that because you said you were a science teacher.
Jawge
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Lennie, I think you started showing up at Mojam about the time I quit going. The heat and humidity got the best of me. Rumor has it, that you break a pretty mean rock ;^)
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Hi Arachnid, and greetings from the USA. I'm from Oregon, an environmental studies student at UofO and have been making and breaking as George said for about 12 years off and on. I have a fiancee and two daughters and we're all Native American so we enjoy making things and trying to perpetuate our culture. I teach bow classes for my Tribe, the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians, and I teach at the craft center at UO. I think this is a great thread. I know a lot of folks on here know each other, but I haven't been able to go to any of these gatherings, and I'm not mobile so...good idea Arachnid. Starship Troopers kicks butts btw (By the way) ;)
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Hi I am little Badger, I started making bows when I was one, my grampaw won't let me use the real draw knife so I am still working on the same bow and I am 3 now. I hope to post it soon.
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You've got me beat on that picture. I have on of my grandson when he was 8 years old at Mojam one year making his first bow.
I like the mini shaving horse!
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Hi I am little Badger, I started making bows when I was one, my grampaw won't let me use the real draw knife so I am still working on the same bow and I am 3 now. I hope to post it soon.
They don't let you use a drawknife?
(http://i399.photobucket.com/albums/pp78/pat_05/IMG_0355_zpseac80a5f.jpg)
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I only have a grand dog. :( Jawge
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Hi Dor, I am Willem from South Africa. Pharmacist and need hobbies to keep me sane. So I am building cane fly rods knives and recently started building bows. In six months build about twelve laminated bows and then decided that all wood trad bows is more interesting. Ive build oak, mulberry and of course got me some osage from the states and finished one osage recently. The forum is my source of information. Thank you to all. 51 years old, married, three daughters and lots of places to hunt over here. Regards
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Hi I am little Badger, I started making bows when I was one, my grampaw won't let me use the real draw knife so I am still working on the same bow and I am 3 now. I hope to post it soon.
Badger
"That's Priceless" ...............That is about the cutest thing I've see in a long while.
DBar
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Hi I am little Badger, I started making bows when I was one, my grampaw won't let me use the real draw knife so I am still working on the same bow and I am 3 now. I hope to post it soon.
Looks like he's making better progress than I am! ??? And he's got 23 years on me... Maybe by the time I get around to visiting your side of the world he can teach me how to make a proper bow :D
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Welcome Dor. I always enjoy seeing the new guys get started down this long windy road. I'm Rob if your my wife, mother or banker, otherwise I'm Slimbob to my friends. I tricked a bowmakwer friend of mine into teaching me the craft about 18-19 years ago. Never intended to really shoot them much, as wheelie bows were my thing. The real thing! I'm pretty sure I'm gonna finish up the 4 or 5 I have working now, and then work thru all the wood in my shop, maybe 10-15 staves and then give it up as I intended. I do have some Bodark that I will cut in the next few weeks and a good bit of Persimmon that I was just given that will need to dry, so I will work thru all of that as well before I go back to my, wheelie bow passion. So there you go. Pretty plain vanilla story of a guy who built one, and then a few more, and then a few more on top of that, but that's it for me, in another couple of years I'm done with it, as planned.
I do want to build a few board bows first, just to say that I can, maybe a war bow for the same reason. And then obviously the Wilcox Douflex before I'm done. But then I'm done, for sure.
There's talk of some type of challenge to build a 60" 100# bow, so maybe I will attempt that at some point but that's as far as I'm willing to stray. Then I'm done with it.
Edit...Almost forgot, never made an HHB bow, so I will add that in. Black Locust ditto.
Gotta make a badly bent buckthorn bow as well. A Marc St. Louis R/D, a Blackhawk "Molly Curve" and a Pearl Drums static recurve. That about does it for me.
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I actually almost believed you for a second there :o
Very well put :laugh:
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I quit my wheelie bows after I'd hiked a mile and a half back to my favorite secluded spot, only to realize I'd left my release laying on the dash of my pickup truck;^(
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Welcome again, Dor. I'm Eddie Parker, a fifth generation Floridian and made my first bow from a hickory sapling in the mid eighties. I was hooked from there. I've been shooting bows since I could pull one of those little hickory bows with the rubber cups and it didn't take long for me to pull the rubber off and terrorize anything I could shoot at. I like all bows as long as it doesn't have wheels. I have a small fondness for Bear Recurve bows also.
My bow making skills really jumped in the learning curve when I found this site, there is just so much accumilated knowledge here. I've also met some really good friends on this site and put a lot of miles on my Jeep traveling and hunting with these great people. I don't think you can go wrong hanging out here, and those little debates?, they come around every so often, kinda like brothers arguing sometimes and sometimes Mom's got to throw a pot of cold water on the mess.
I travel a lot with work and will be back in Israel in the future. Maybe we can get together, it seems like every place in Israel is an hour away by car.
Shalom
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Eric Smith here aka indianguy.
Been building American Indian bows since 1984. I also work for the bureau of Indian education and teach Native American kids from all over the United States bow and arrow making, archery history,terminology and shooting techniques. Currently I have worked with kids from the Creek, Comanche,Kiowa,Havasupi, Sioux, Apache, Tohono-Odom,Pueblo,Navajo,Omaha, and Ho-chunk Nations. I have also taught a few non natives as well.
Working with kids is very challenging but rewarding.
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Welcome Dor, Marc St Louis here. Been making my own bows and arrows since 1971. Not your fault your thread got highjacked, my fault it went as far as it did though.
Chi Meegwetch
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Big Badger here. I tried a few bows as a kid going into puberty without much luck, I was 46 when I got back into it but I was using fiberglass cloth on the back to keep them together. About 1990 or maybe 89 I found Jawges sight and followed the instructions and was able to make a bow with no FG. I was off and running and 14 years later I am no less passionate about building than I was when I started. I am now 65 and retired. Funny thin was when I first started I had no clue how to build and or knew of anyone to ask. All my bows were 62" working recurves with big sweeping curves almost exactly like the Wilcox duoflex, now I seldom do recurves but still enjoy them when I do.
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Hello Dor, Joe here. I rarely post here, but lurk almost daily. I had my first attempt at a selfbow about a decade ago and failed. About 5 yrs ago i got the B.B. And found these websites. Since then ive given all my compounds away and havent turned back. Im pushing my 50th bow now(maybe 25 are good shooters) and i dont see a end to it. Its a great passion that has given me a whole new vision in the woods. oh yea im from ohio.
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Hi Dor! Welcome to PA and the addiction! I am Neal (Patches) from Missouri. I have been shooting bows as long as I can remember (I am 42 now). I enjoy shooting bows as much as making them. Honestly, I have not made alot of bows. The ones I have made I use alot though. I end up making more arrows that anything (if you shoot alot arrows, you break alot of arrows). I have also made several spears (or darts) for using with atlatls. I am a wildlife biologist, a grandpa, and enjoy projectiles of all types!
Neal
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Welcome DOR! My name is Carson Brown and I am an addict :laugh:. Born and raised in Jefferson, Oregon. 32 years old now. Libra. ;D I grew up with traditional archery but didn't become hopelessly obsessed with archery until I made my first self-bow about 3 years ago. The joy of making wood bows and the great kinship among archers and bowyers inspired me to attempt making a living at it. I started Echo Archery two years ago and haven't looked back.
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Hello Dor, Art Lemos here (38). Welcome to the addiction. I'm from Salem Oregon, father of two teens one boy, one girl and married. I started on this road several years ago after buying a garbage wheelie contraption that I just could not get to shoot worth a dang. Funny thing is the guy who owned the archery range specializing in them is the one who showed me his traditional bow and got me hooked, been regressing every since. I dabble in leather making ,flintknapping and most primitive crafts(dabble being the key word). You know your truly addicted when having most of the good bow wood isn't enough, I'm currently growing Osage ,guava and an olive tree in the back yard along with arrow bamboo and black bamboo.
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Hi Dor, I am Willem from South Africa. Pharmacist and need hobbies to keep me sane. So I am building cane fly rods knives and recently started building bows. In six months build about twelve laminated bows and then decided that all wood trad bows is more interesting. Ive build oak, mulberry and of course got me some osage from the states and finished one osage recently. The forum is my source of information. Thank you to all. 51 years old, married, three daughters and lots of places to hunt over here. Regards
Willem, I am begging you to post a build-along thread on one of your cane fly rods! I think a lot of people in here would love to see the artistry and craftsmanship that goes into making a fly rod.
I'm John and I started making bows about 13 years ago as a form of divorce therapy. I still build a few bows, but not like I used to. And I don't like shooting them. Never have, probably never really will.
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Shalom, Dor!
I'm Tom Allen, age 53, live in Virginia, and I've been hooked on bowmaking for about 12 years. I don't make a lot of them, but once I start one, I get a bit obsessed over it until it's done. I just use hand tools, and mostly use my local Osage and Eastern Red Cedar. I still break my share, and have a long way to go before I master this craft (if that's possible), but I'm getting better, little by little. My philosophy is, if you learn something by making a bow that fails, it wasn't a failure.
I don't really have any bowyer mentors in my area, so this forum has been a fantastic resource for me, providing great lessons from seasoned experts like Mark St. Louis, Badger, George, and countless others. I lurk a lot and don't post very often, since need a lot more wisdom than I have to offer.
I've had the pleasure of visiting Israel several times on business in my former engineering career, and loved trip. Hopefully, I'll get a chance to visit again.
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My name is Dan from the piney woods of east Texas. I live to bow hunt, I'm also a bladesmith. I have had a bow in my hands off and on since I was 10 years old, I'm fixing to be 67. First and foremost, I'm an Archer. I love any and all kinds of bows whether made with glass, wheels or wood and I own many, but my passion is building and shooting wooden bows Been making and breaking bows for about 12 years but after retiring 3 years ago really got serious and with the valuable information gleaned from the good guys here on P.A., I've managed to built a few pretty decent bows. The dust up on the Showdown thread was pretty mild compared to some of the other forums I frequent. P.A is a great learning tool. I trust all the information I get here because I know that there are plenty of knowledgeable bowers here that will call you out if don't know what your talking about. I love this place, its defiantly flattened the learning curve for me.
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Hey Dor!
My name is Brian. I'm originally from DELAWARE in the States, but I've been living
in Japan for the last 12 years. I'm 41 and I've got a 10yr old and 2yr old girls and
another daughter due in July. I've just opened up an English school named ARCHER
ENGLISH...of course! Right now all my time is dedicated to recruiting new students,
so bow-building has been set aside for a little while...BUT, I've been building bows
for the last three years or so. Luckily, here in Japan I'm lucky enough to have a
wide array of suitable bow woods available, such as Yew, Mulberry, BL, Persimmon,
Cherry, etc. I may be one of the only people making primitive bows here, and I hope
to some day get more locals interested in bow-making. I also want to improve my
skills and master as many different bow woods as I can.
As it is said here in Japan...Yoroshiku Onegai Shimasu!
Japbow.
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I may be one of the only people making primitive bows here, and I hope
to some day get more locals interested in bookmaking. I also want to improve my
skills and master as many different bow woods as I can.
Japbow.
I hear you Brian. Here in Israel, archery is not a common sport, hunting is forbidden and bow building....... there is only a handful of people.
There is one guy I know and talk with, some other guy that contacted me through my youtube videos and started building bows, and maybe a few other I don`t know.
I kind of a dream of mine to see bow building spread here in Israel....
Dor
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Leon from Cheshire in England UK.
Married with a little lad of three. Worked in IT for most of my working life but always done crafty things to keep me sane. Computers are completely soulless and temporary.
Love the outdoors and always whittling something or making leather goods. Have been making bows for about 7 years now and still enjoy it as much as when I started. Well I say "enjoy" it but its more a roller-coaster of frustration, despair and joy.
I still think its amazing how far a piece of wood can bend and not break, and still keep up with modern materials.
The other thing that amazes me is how we all seem to be able to spend hours upon hours working a bit of wood only to have it break, yet we still carry on ???
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Name is Jason
Originally from Michigan's upper peninsula, currently in central New York
I'm a controls engineer for a packaging equpiment manufacturer, but hopefully for not much longer
Married, no kids yet.
I've done two bows in two years, which is absolutely glacial compared to some of the guys here. I really, really enjoy making them though. In addition to that, I am currently working with my wife on learning to make absolutely everything that we can.
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Names Connor, built my first bow when I was 7 out of a dead elm branch, baler twine and duct tape, it only lasted one shot but I've been hooked ever since, right now I live about 20 miles out of ekalaka montana and make knives and ride horses for a living.
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Hi Dor, It is really cool to know that the bowyer virus is affecting people around the world, My name is Deodato(Deo) Frutuoso I am 31 and from Santa Cruz county California, I have a 6 year old daughter and I am a recent graduate of Humboldt State University with a degree in wildlife Managment and Conservation. Trying to find work in my field. I have had a bow in my hand since I was nine (it was a sinwed back bow about 48 inches long). I started making bows since 2000 but it has been a slow process between work, school and being a father I have only made under ten bows so far. I am a much better arrow maker though. Good luck to you and may your arrows fly straight.