2011 marked my third full year of archery and competitions ranging from target and clout, to wand and field! I will try to chronicle my favourite bits of the year with as many pictures as possible! January: Westcott Indoors Always a fab shoot and always a pleasure! Great way to start the new archery season [...]
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My bow is now finished! I managed to finish sanding off all the fluffy bits so it was smoothe all over: The next stage was to coat it in Danish oil – I really wanted to find a really nice green woodstain for it but couldn’t find one so I made do with ‘mahogany’: Anyway [...]
Just heard about the UK Primitive Archery Meet 2011 that will be held at Magna Carta’s field course in Surrey. Unfortunately I’m too late for the National Champs being held on the Sunday (Plus I’ll be doing the Salisbury FITA) but I have booked into the Saturday fun day Details: Saturday May 14th at 10am [...]
Here’s me shooting it for the first time: Just need to add the finishing touches: Sand off the last of the fluffy bits, pencil marks and bark Smooth off the handle Rub it down with danish oil (just bought Mahogany coloured oil) Make some self-nocked arrows This bow won’t be shot that often as I [...]
Last year I wrote a blog post about wanting to make a bow similar to this: I had no clue where to start or what tools/materials I needed. The last time I did anything with wood and tools was in my last year of school where I made a Maze toy (pretty darn good though!) [...]
