Bow making course in Devon.

[bigpaul]

bow making course at Rackenford just off the A361 North Devon Link Road. 14th September 2013....£75 including lunch.......includes string making!.....................www.bukworthyproject.org.uk

[I-K-E]

that sounds good shame it's is no where near me

[bigpaul]

I've already sent them an email asking how many vacancies on the course in case any one else is interested, I shall probably book myself in anyway.

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I reckon at £75 its a cheap course seeing once I have the knowledge I could make myself any number of bows!

[bigpaul]

just spoken to the guy who's running this course, provisionally booked a space subject to him receiving my cheque he says he still has a couple of vacancies so if any of you are interested i'd book soon if I was you-details on the website.

[BeardyMan]

Sounds good to me. Fingers crossed there are still spaces when I have funds that aren't already spoken for!!

[bigpaul]

(6 August 2013, 12:11)BeardyMan Wrote: Sounds good to me. Fingers crossed there are still spaces when I have funds that aren't already spoken for!!

its 14th September a Saturday...haven't had the details yet he said he'll send me that when he receives my cheque...jolly old royal mail!

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I wouldn't leave it too long BM...better to get booked in as soon as funds allow.

[BeardyMan]

(6 August 2013, 12:59)bigpaul Wrote:

(6 August 2013, 12:11)BeardyMan Wrote: Sounds good to me. Fingers crossed there are still spaces when I have funds that aren't already spoken for!!

its 14th September a Saturday...haven't had the details yet he said he'll send me that when he receives my cheque...jolly old royal mail!

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I wouldn't leave it too long BM...better to get booked in as soon as funds allow.

Yeah, will do. Need to replace current vehicle first!!

[bigpaul]

yeah, good luck with that. when I get the full details i'll put them on here.

[bigpaul]

I am today recovering from my bow making course of yesterday. very interesting place, not far from Exmoor, just off the North Devon Link road( could hear the traffic ALL the time I was there) on the old back road from Tiverton to South Molton. in a clearing in the woods, next to a roaring log fire(wife says I smell well smoked!!) we were using coppised Hazel and while we were not making a standard Longbow as such (this would have taken longer than just 1 day) neither was it a survival bow but somewhere in between. I ended up with a 20LB draw weight bow @20 inches, 55 inches long, 1 guy ended up with a 13LB bow and another with a 22 LB bow....that one was a real beastie, you should have seen the size of the timber he started with !, I used a thinner piece so didn't have to remove so much wood as others had to. using a spoke shave(never used one before), a metal scraper and a rasp...that's it, and yes we used a made up vice on a trestle, 3 to each trestle, 6 in the group( see I do DO groups sometimes!) I was very pleased with the result, a good bow that will fire an arrow a considerable distance, first arrow missed the target, skimming the top and flying off further down the field, the second hit the target with a resounding thud! more than that I now have the knowledge to be able to make a reasonable bow from natural materials I find around me. we touched on bow string making and we all made our own serving onto the bow strings on which to fit the nock end of our arrows. a very enjoyable day with some like minded people, but after all the standing and stooping over the trestles my old back and knee is feeling the strain

[Highlander]

You should of took photos as you went along,..it would have made an interesting thread

.... but well done