also on a unrelated note, what are these trade bows i've heard about? just bows you make for other people?
Once or twice a year someone gets the idea to herd us cats into a group and do a bow trade. There are rules and regulations, of course. People decide if they can successfully produce a bow they would be willing to send to a (probable) stranger. If they are feeling up for it they then submit their name, address, phone number, draw length, preferred draw weight, and right/left handed preference, along with bank account numbers, passwords, and where they hide the spare key to their truck. The organizer then mixes it all up in a hat and sends the individual participants their secret victim, erm, recipient and it's ON!
We always strongly recommend you get a few working bows under your belt before jumping in on the trade. We generally have time limits on how long you must be a participant here, and you must be in some semblence of good standing in the community. Certain persons have failed to send out a bow but have received one in the mail. With few exceptions those people are not very welcome in the bow trades.
That's about it.
