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Tony, welcome aboard. Looks like that longbow is treating you good.
Fred

I appreciate the responses.
Bjorn, are the SBD strings you are using padded in the loops?

Fast Flight string questions Besides being stronger with less stretch, what are the other advantages? If not needed for strength, why would you build a 14 to 20 strand ff string? Of the material available which ff string material has proven to be the quietest and most reliable? I use B50 on "mo...

I've had this on my mind for quite some time and decided last week it was time to get my living quarters organized. I've always displayed bows in my retreat living area but never enough room for all the bows and gear. Wanting an inexpensive alternative to hang most of the bows in close proximity. Af...

Sally, the $40 upcharge scared the bigonias off of me,. but thank you.

Leon, The bow was made in the late 60's and early 70's. The following was copied from a post on Leatherwall by Carbonman 03-02-01. Not many people have even heard of Tice & Watts Bows. They were designed and built by Lovell Tice and Bill Watts of Huntsville Alabama. The were both Physicists for ...

wood, I've never used Ramin shafts but have and still use poplar. It's heavier and stronger than POC.
Also stays straight.

You might want to bookmark this one. Time doesn't always change that much.
http://www.stavacademy.co.uk/mimir/arch ... ntials.htm

And thank you Larry. And I still have that 500' of pipe. I'll cut them into 5' sections, Cost of the kids bow, absolutely nothing with the exception of shipping. I might have a thousand foot divided by 5 equals 200 kids bows.

Jeff and I were out cutting and splitting firewood the last couple of days. Needless to say we scared off all of the game, but at least we'll be warm next month when returning to the cabin. A lot of activity around here and the weather is cooling off fast. I'm thinking rut early November, right befo...