Recent content by mart

Glenkens, very nice lookin area and not too far either.

Minstrel none of the local garden centres have any at the mo :( Yarrow, Very nice take down bow btw Where did you get the centre for it I've seen those on american sites and they look really nifty. I'm Googleing Glenkens now :)

Thanks for the link bilmo I'm gonna give them a bell tomorrow :)

Bow backs it is :) It seems they have the size I want for about a fiver but you have to order 5 of them. Still not too bad as a last resort.

I'm after some bamboo that's at least 6 feet long and 2 inch wide, also I don't want to pay the earth for it. I've tried the usual places like B&Q, garden centres ect and drew a blank. Thanks Mart.

Did you import the hisshou from Bugei trading yourself? I'm interested in finding out what the wait is like these days?

I am also building my first bow and its an ash flat bow. I am a total novice so I dont have any experience I can pass on but all I would say is that the Bowyers Bible series of books are invaluable if your learning how to make any kind of bow. There is an american guy who has a blog called Poor...

My dad has used a Milbro for as long as I can remember for keeping cats and heron away from his koi pond. Now before any animal lovers start, he aims to MISS. He is great with it because he has never hit anything, sounds mad that. He swears by the milbro but the thumb prod kills my thumb if I...

Hi there, has anyone any experience of this flatbow, Buck Trail Black Hawk. http://www.archeryworld.co.uk/acatalog/flatbows.html I'm interested in buying a bow and wondered if this was any good? For the price, obviously :) Thanks, Mart.

Thanks for the reply. I was all set to make a tiller stick when i saw a pulley system on an american guys blog. Pulley looks miles easier. I'm fairly well on with the kids bow I'm making so a tillering set up will be needed shortly. I plan to try and make cheap stuff, it would be a bummer to...

I've just read this whole thread and found it very enjoyable and a good resource. Please don't skip stuff, put in as much as you can be bothered with. I'm in the middle of making my first bow which is an oak board bow backed with drywall tape for my nephew Max. The grid lines you have on your...

Hey that's great. Anything will do appearance wise the knife is a user anyway and its the experience I'm after. If it ends up a functional and solid knife I'll be well chuffed :) Mart.

If he really charges $1400 for his courses I can see why that kid Justin was so cheesed of doing work about the place instead of learning new skills. Conway seem's a bit of a rouge if you ask me.

Man I wish I had 70 sovs right now. I bet that suckers sharp. Great knife mate.

100 x 45mm. That's 4mm excess all round, I think thats enough to allow me to sand to shape. But of course I know jack about this at the moment :)