On heavier bows it can be helpful to have a second pair of stringing grooves filed into the nocks. This allows you to use a second string to string the bow - much easier then trying to string a bow using the step through or push/pull method.
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Three short videos on some kids bows made from Oceanspray (Holodiscus discolor, also known as creambush or ironwood). Made right from green wood, so they ended up taking quite a bit of set - but this is actually good for the young folks. It makes stringing the bow easy and also if they accidentally dry fire - which is bound to happen - it won't effect the bow as much. Twin brothers - grew side by side and heading far away from each other. Two stunning longbows - one on the way to England, the other on the way to Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Both going to great homes - they have been a treat to work on.
I would like to thank all the participants of this past weekends bow making course.
It was a pleasure to work with you all in finding the bow. they all turned out real nice.The photo is Meredith showing off her 30lb at 25" yew selfbow.One very interesting point is that we had a fellow Peter from North Carolina attend the workshop. To date that is the longest distance we have had someone travel to attend one of the workshops.I am getting ready to leave Victoria and ferry across to Vancouver for this weekend (May 3-5) workshop near Granville Island. We still have 3 spots open for this workshop so great timing if you are interested. Thanks, Jamie Here's the next batch of bows that Jamie is working on. 6 of them on the go. Quite a range of bows: 2 traditional English longbows; 2 recurved flatbows; and two snakeskin backed longbows.
We're having a great time in Alberta, meeting lots of great folks and finding out there's a lot of interest in the workshops! We've filled up the Edmonton and Calgary workshops, and if we'd brought more wood we'd be running a couple more.
We've also added anothe Bow Immersion week - August 17th - 24th and all ready there's only 2 spots left...For those who don't know, this 8 day course is the whole deal. You'll get out in the bush and learn about the famous yew tree, you'll build the bow of your dreams (any kind you want: longbow, flatbow, paddlebow), build a dozen arrows, learn how to harvest shafting, and learn about instinctive shooting in the alley right by the shop. We also have a class September 15-22 with a few spots left. Register here to hold your spot, they are sure to fill up. Thanks to everyone who stopped by our booth. We had a great time meeting you and chatting about the bows and workshops.
Jamie built a kids bow during his 3 one hour seminars. Great little bow that will make one 10 year old very happy. He gave it away at the end of the show and we know it'll have a great home in Lytton... We're posting all the bows that we had at the show - they will be up on the website this week. If there's one that you like, we'll honour our "show special" for this whole week. That means you can get 1/2 dozen arrows, leather arm guard and leather finger glove for only $45 - saving $100! Hopefully we'll see some of you before next year's show! And in the meantime we'll get working on a couple vine maple bows - from a big old piece that someone so very kindly dropped off for us to try.
We were here last year, had a great time, and met some great folks. Stop by our booth and get to see the bows & bowyers in person. Plus, we're offering a pretty smokin' deal this year -
buy a bow and get a 1/2 dozen arrows, leather shooting glove, and leather arm guard for only $45 (save $100)! We're headed to Alberta in March! We have two wooden bow workshops & arrow workshops in both Edmonton (March 8-10; 11) and Calgary (March 28; 29-31). We're excited to get to teach in a new province. We're receiving lots of interest, which is encouraging. Please register now to hold your place: http://www.ravenbeak.com/registration.html.
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