I'm presently here in Iraq, but I'm from Philippines, land of lots of beautiful islands, with the help of one friend, who is serving in us army ( but he getout already in this dusty hot country) he taught me how to make a bow from the very beginning, and I had found out that it is a very exciting and very interesting kind of business. When I go back home I can apply all that I learned in making bow using our local wood in the Philippines. THANKS