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Quote from: poplar600 on July 17, 2016, 03:27:09 pmQuote from: Ian. on July 17, 2016, 02:33:14 pmWhen people say there are secrets they don't want to share it normally means they have nothing to offer. If we're talking about good bow makers there only one or two you could even get a heavy self yew bow from.Who are the bowyers for MR replicas? Did a google search and found quite a few. Mostly UK based.Roy King was the one who made them but that was years ago, and sadly he passed away. Others have made 'replicas' but never convincingly. The rest of the crowd were historians, archers and an actor who knew a bit about archery. Nowadays you're limited
Quote from: Ian. on July 17, 2016, 02:33:14 pmWhen people say there are secrets they don't want to share it normally means they have nothing to offer. If we're talking about good bow makers there only one or two you could even get a heavy self yew bow from.Who are the bowyers for MR replicas? Did a google search and found quite a few. Mostly UK based.
When people say there are secrets they don't want to share it normally means they have nothing to offer. If we're talking about good bow makers there only one or two you could even get a heavy self yew bow from.
Quote from: Ian. on July 17, 2016, 03:38:40 pmQuote from: poplar600 on July 17, 2016, 03:27:09 pmQuote from: Ian. on July 17, 2016, 02:33:14 pmWhen people say there are secrets they don't want to share it normally means they have nothing to offer. If we're talking about good bow makers there only one or two you could even get a heavy self yew bow from.Who are the bowyers for MR replicas? Did a google search and found quite a few. Mostly UK based.Roy King was the one who made them but that was years ago, and sadly he passed away. Others have made 'replicas' but never convincingly. The rest of the crowd were historians, archers and an actor who knew a bit about archery. Nowadays you're limitedWhat makes a true MR replica? Please explain
The secrecy silliness would be due to people taking themselves too seriously.This site is for people to share information and ideas.If someone has set themselves up as a 'professional' bowyer and has joined a 'Guild' then they may adopt some of the practices of bowyers of the past!One of them being to keep the tricks of the trade secret from all but their apprentice!It's pretty harmless really because plenty of us amateurs are on sites like this and are only too happy to share our collective wisdom about any challenge you may encounter.
