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Offline frassettor

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New here, introducing myself
« on: January 17, 2011, 08:01:46 pm »
Been a traditional bowhunter for sometime now and always an intrest in Primitive Archery as well. I'm looking at building myself a bow, but to be honest with you I don't know where to start. Any help would be appreciated. Happy to meet all of you!
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Offline sailordad

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Re: New here, introducing myself
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2011, 08:07:54 pm »
frassettor, welcome to PA
as far as building your own bow
your in the right place
we have some of the best wood bowyers in the world on here
check out georges website,all kinds of great info there (i dont know how to post a link but someone will)
check out the build along section,ask questions and post pics as you go
once again,welcome aboard

                                                              peace,
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Offline sweeney3

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Re: New here, introducing myself
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2011, 08:09:40 pm »
Welcome!  Lots of good folks on here.  In addition to here, a good general start would be the Traditional Bowyers Bible series.  It's a lot of jargon and information at first, but it starts to make sense after a while.
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Offline gstoneberg

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Re: New here, introducing myself
« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2011, 08:14:32 pm »
Welcome.  I'd first post up the general area you're from and see if anybody's near you.  Getting around other bowyers is flat out the best way to learn.

George
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: New here, introducing myself
« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2011, 08:29:42 pm »
Welcome!  Like mentioned above, there are a lot of great books on bow building.  The Traditional Bowyers Bible vol. 1-4, The Bent Stick, Bows and arrows of the Native Americans, and Hunting the Osage Bow are all great resources.  If you look on this site, there are almost 400 pages of threads in the "bows" section.  I like to turn on some BB King and start reading.  I keep a notepad by the computer and keep track of what page I stop on so I can pick back up later.  There are some great posts back there. 
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: New here, introducing myself
« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2011, 08:30:41 pm »
Welcome, frasettor. Thanks, sailordad. Here's my site. Jawge
http://georgeandjoni.home.comcast.net/~georgeandjoni/
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Offline John K

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Re: New here, introducing myself
« Reply #6 on: January 17, 2011, 08:33:43 pm »
Howdy ! Where you from frasettor ?

You can't go wrong with this place !
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: New here, introducing myself
« Reply #7 on: January 17, 2011, 09:55:12 pm »
Welcome Frass!  On second thought, that's not a good thing to call you.  "Frass" is the technical name for bug poop.  Ok, Frassetor it is!

Let us know where you are located, there is a good chance one of us might be close by and might be willing to help you get your feet wet!

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Offline Elktracker

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Re: New here, introducing myself
« Reply #8 on: January 17, 2011, 11:59:53 pm »
Nice to have you here this site is the best, some very friendly, helpful people, and you can get a ton of info from the search function. I would also recomend the bowyers bibles, and do a search for bow woods, im sure you have lots of great bow wood in your area?
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Offline Rick Wallace

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Re: New here, introducing myself
« Reply #9 on: January 18, 2011, 12:02:02 am »
HOWDY !   ;D
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Offline bubby

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Re: New here, introducing myself
« Reply #10 on: January 18, 2011, 12:04:41 am »
Osage, B.B. is good for reading but I put John Mayall on when I'm scraping on a bow
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Lombard

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Re: New here, introducing myself
« Reply #11 on: January 18, 2011, 12:06:52 am »
Welcome Frassetter, you have found the right cyber destination to learn and share.

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Offline luke the drifter

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Re: New here, introducing myself
« Reply #12 on: January 18, 2011, 12:15:00 am »
i am sure, as it has been said already, that this community will help even the most inexperienced bowyer to the expert.  trust you me, i am no expert but i have been able to get valuable information from these folks.  welcome to the community and who knows i might be able to draw off of you :) 8)
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Offline Sidewinder

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Re: New here, introducing myself
« Reply #13 on: January 18, 2011, 02:31:23 am »
Yes welcome. You are gonna love the journey. I do have to warn you though, this can be very addictive and a border line obbseesion for which there is no cure. I myself am a carrier and am consciuosly trying to infect as many people as I can.  Danny
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Offline medicinewheel

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Re: New here, introducing myself
« Reply #14 on: January 18, 2011, 03:25:55 am »
Quote from: Sidewinder on January 18, 2011, 02:31:23 am
... I do have to warn you though, this can be very addictive and a border line obbseesion for which there is no cure. ...

So true!
Welcome.
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