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Offline LittleBen

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Bowyers in Upstate NY
« on: July 11, 2015, 10:02:45 am »
Hey PA

Looking to make contact with other Bowyers in upstate NY. I'm in Albany County.

Anyone else up in this area or anything reasonably close?

My regular travels take me as far west as Rome and as far south and east as the Island (north fork).

I would really like to try to get a group together for a meet-up/build day or a shoot or something like that.
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Offline Blaflair2

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Re: Bowyers in Upstate NY
« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2015, 02:02:07 pm »
I wanna say rblustous is from Albany, I'm in Ithaca. Neolithic man is also in ithaca
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Offline ajooter

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Re: Bowyers in Upstate NY
« Reply #2 on: July 11, 2015, 05:38:21 pm »
I'm right in latham.  It would be fun to get together with some other bowyers sometime.
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Offline Saxton

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Re: Bowyers in Upstate NY
« Reply #3 on: July 12, 2015, 03:00:22 pm »
I'm in Auburn
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Offline ajooter

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Re: Bowyers in Upstate NY
« Reply #4 on: July 12, 2015, 03:35:08 pm »
Sounds like we can all meet somewhere centralized and makes some shavings and sawdust
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Offline Blaflair2

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Re: Bowyers in Upstate NY
« Reply #5 on: July 12, 2015, 04:18:39 pm »
Let me m ow if ya guys come up with something. Scarhand is just over the border in pa too
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Offline LittleBen

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Re: Bowyers in Upstate NY
« Reply #6 on: July 12, 2015, 09:50:38 pm »
Does anyone have a shop that's suitable for something like this ... Few guys? My shop is a one car garage .... So that might not be the greatest ....

Could always meet somewhere outdoors, like state park or forestland or something ... Don't know if that'd be against the rules .... Doubt anyone would care. That obviously would limit the scale of the work to be done since there aren't gonna be vises for holding staves ...
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Offline johnfolchetti

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Re: Bowyers in Upstate NY
« Reply #7 on: July 13, 2015, 07:04:25 am »
Russ Lusthaus is in Somers & I'm in Patterson. Also got a place out in Otsego County near Westford.
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Offline ajooter

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Re: Bowyers in Upstate NY
« Reply #8 on: July 13, 2015, 07:34:30 am »
I got a stave press and a vise mount for the back of my truck we can make something happen....state park sounds like a good idea.  I only have a garage myself.
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Offline RBLusthaus

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Re: Bowyers in Upstate NY
« Reply #9 on: July 13, 2015, 12:42:34 pm »
As John says, I'm in Somers, not near Albany, but it is not too far.  There is also a guy named Erich, not sure of his handle, who lives somewhere near Albany as well.  I keep being unable to meet up with him for a wood trade.    Probably one of the others who replied to this thread, as far as I know. 

We could also meet at a campsite for a nite?  We will end up with plenty of kindling for fire. 

Russ
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Offline bloodstone

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Re: Bowyers in Upstate NY
« Reply #10 on: July 13, 2015, 11:53:25 pm »
I'm from Syracuse. I know of a guy that has a place in Pompey that he set up to be a bow makers workshop head quarters. My college did several workshops there for bow making through a group called primitive pursuits.
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Offline Blaflair2

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Re: Bowyers in Upstate NY
« Reply #11 on: July 14, 2015, 11:10:45 am »
Tim is a cool dude. Primitive pursuits is a great program
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