Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Fundin on April 25, 2008, 12:13:06 pm
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As per request I am posting a little presentation of myself. I am 31yrs old, from northern Sweden and I made my first serviceable bow in 96, a noray pine bow of 40# made from a long branch....It worked well until the wooddried out enough, then it cracked. Since about 2001 I have made more serious bows, you can se some on my homepage under "Bågar jag byggt" www.asgard.se/henrik (http://www.asgard.se/henrik) they are just a few examples, I take to few photographs. I usually trade my bows for other stuff like axes, handmade cloth or a tanned skin.
I have subscribet to PA for a little over a year and I am really enjoying the magazine, now I am waiting for some back issues i ordered a while ago, sometimes the mail takes forever.
I am currently on the lookout for sturgeon skins for my next hunting bow, It will be a short yew bow spliced from billets, sinew backed to about midlimb and sturgeon skins to cover the sinew. I have been looking on the net on the advertisers in PA and now I am trying the forums.
Some of you might recognize me from PaleoPlanet where I use the same nickname.
Well, thats it, if you have any questions just ask
/Henrik "Fundin" Thurfjell
By the way, Fundin is a name i use in live roleplaying, its an old medieval swedish name mentioned in different places, among others the edda where Tolkien picked it up. I wasnt aware of this until I re-read The Hobbit and saw that Balin was the son of Fundin.... Under the name of Fundin Jägare (The Hunter) I enter the largest medieval longbow competition in Sweden each year.
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Nice to see you made it over here from "the planet"
Welcome!
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Welcome to PA Henrik! Its great to see more folks showing up from across the pond. Looking forward to seeing your work. Pat
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Nice to meet you and welcome. Jawge
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Welcome aboard ;)
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Welcome to PA Henrik! Its great to see more folks showing up from across the pond. Looking forward to seeing your work. Pat
dito!
frank
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Howdy :)
Jesse
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Welcome aboard, Henrik.
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Yep, I recognize you from PP, nice to have you here.
Sean
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Glad to see you here ,Henrik. I still have that spotted fawn quiver.
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Hello
I am a newby here too 47 years old got into bowmaking about 10 or 12 years ago. Kids were screaming bow and arrow for christmas. I was laid off no dough. I read an article in field stream made a bow for the kids the hickory was still too green took a terrible set but the kids loved it Didn't think too much about it until letely. now the nest is empty no kids to chase after. I have time to think about other things and primitive archery as consumed my mind. I see a bow in every tree I pass. I understand there may be a support group for this affliction. Any one want some pignut hickory? I have plent
Look forward to meeting some of you at 11th classic.
Thanks Ronnie
AKA Cracker