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03 May 15 - 07:51 PM (#3706226) Subject: BS: Want to buy a bow From: kendall I was an archer with King Henry at the battle of Azincourt, and more recently just a back lawn dub. Something is telling me to get a bow and take up archery again. Anyone have a bow they don't want? Prefer wood, but might take to a compound. Arthritis limits me to 25 pound draw weight. |
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03 May 15 - 09:10 PM (#3706237) Subject: RE: BS: Want to buy a bow From: gnu At your (and my) age, go with a compound. You will get the feel of a long bow with far little effort. Just one caution... get everything set up by a REAL bowmaster EVEN if you buy a new bow. It might cost $40 or $50 but it will be well worth it. Trust me. If you buy at Cabela's or some such, email me about that. |
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03 May 15 - 09:13 PM (#3706239) Subject: RE: BS: Want to buy a bow From: gnu BTW, it's great exercise. Kinda like darts at the pub without the beer and you walk a lot more. |
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03 May 15 - 10:06 PM (#3706246) Subject: RE: BS: Want to buy a bow From: Rapparee If you tie a string to your arrow you don't have to walk out to retrieve it. |
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03 May 15 - 10:15 PM (#3706248) Subject: RE: BS: Want to buy a bow From: Bee-dubya-ell Craigslist has a listing for 20# breakdown recurve bow for sale somewhere in Maine. (CLICK HERE) The listing's 16 days old, but it hasn't been taken down so it may still be available. |
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04 May 15 - 05:40 AM (#3706297) Subject: RE: BS: Want to buy a bow From: Thompson That's the way to do it. |
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04 May 15 - 07:04 AM (#3706305) Subject: RE: BS: Want to buy a bow From: maeve Kendall- you have access to ash, willow, hickory, juniper, oak, cedar, and birch for making your own bow, and milkweed or dogbane for a cordage bow string. Add some native Arrow wood for bows and a few chicken or turkey feathers for fletching and you're all set. :D You're welcome. |
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04 May 15 - 07:19 AM (#3706307) Subject: RE: BS: Want to buy a bow From: jacqui.c I'll get him started on that rightaway Maeve. |
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04 May 15 - 07:23 AM (#3706309) Subject: RE: BS: Want to buy a bow From: GUEST,Dave the Gnome Wouldn't work, Maeve. As the song says... Only, Yewwwwwww, Can make a decent bow. :D |
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04 May 15 - 07:30 AM (#3706312) Subject: RE: BS: Want to buy a bow From: Stu I've got a Bickerstaff longbow made of hickory backed with lemonwood and it's superb. 50lb draw and great to shoot. They're in the UK but are probably the best longbow makers in the country, but I'm sure they ship to the US. Bickerstaff Bows |
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04 May 15 - 07:32 AM (#3706313) Subject: RE: BS: Want to buy a bow From: Jack Campin We need to talk about Kendall. |
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04 May 15 - 09:13 AM (#3706335) Subject: RE: BS: Want to buy a bow From: olddude Captain, I send you a. 44magum. It's much easier :) |
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04 May 15 - 10:06 AM (#3706346) Subject: RE: BS: Want to buy a bow From: Rapparee Picture this, if you dare: Kendall running around in his back yard wearing naught but a sash-like thing covering his private parts, a cute little recurve bow in one hand and some heart-tipped arrows in the other, and as the police take him away he's screaming, "But I'm Cupid!" Then he's put away, because anyone running around in so little in Maine in February has to be nuts. |
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04 May 15 - 10:31 AM (#3706352) Subject: RE: BS: Want to buy a bow From: Bill D Find some Osage Orange (Bodoc..or Bois d'arc)...well, not where you live, but someone will sell you bow stock. It is the only wood that will make a good longbow (besides Yew) without laminating. |
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04 May 15 - 11:42 AM (#3706374) Subject: RE: BS: Want to buy a bow From: maeve Huh! Rap, anyone running around in Maine in February is nuts anyway. Dave the Gnome- Aha! But we have yeeeew toooo. At a 25 pound draw weight we're not talking longbows here, are we? . |
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04 May 15 - 04:20 PM (#3706445) Subject: RE: BS: Want to buy a bow From: Rapparee We called 'em Thorn Apples. The fruit is about the size of a softball and will make a very nasty dent at anything you throw it at, such as your brother's head. |
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04 May 15 - 08:40 PM (#3706503) Subject: RE: BS: Want to buy a bow From: Bill D Hedge apples... whatever. I got in a 'wee' bit of trouble 63 years ago when we were trying to roll 'em in the street so cars would run over them. Mine bounced & hit the side of a car. Got a lecture.... People in Kansas use the warped trees as cheap hedge rows to keep the cows in. Someone once claimed that if Osage (Maclura pomifera)were frown in a remote forest on the Amazon, people would send expeditions and charge a fortune for the wood. It is fun to work with. |
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04 May 15 - 09:11 PM (#3706511) Subject: RE: BS: Want to buy a bow From: olddude Now I know how he got jacqui that cupid Kendall |
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04 May 15 - 09:13 PM (#3706512) Subject: RE: BS: Want to buy a bow From: olddude Well if you are willing to wait I can probably find one at the flea market that starts end of this month |
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04 May 15 - 10:06 PM (#3706516) Subject: RE: BS: Want to buy a bow From: frogprince Oh, an archery bow; I saw the title and thought one of the characters around here wanted a decoration in case his kilt blew up... |
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04 May 15 - 10:34 PM (#3706519) Subject: RE: BS: Want to buy a bow From: Rapparee Everything you need, Kendall, in a low draw weight compound bow. And it won't break the bank! |
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04 May 15 - 11:52 PM (#3706530) Subject: RE: BS: Want to buy a bow From: GUEST anyone heard of that new fangled thing they invented - the crossbow ? |
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05 May 15 - 04:34 AM (#3706557) Subject: RE: BS: Want to buy a bow From: GUEST,Dave the Gnome Didn't work to well for the French at Azincourt and Cressy, Guest! |
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05 May 15 - 09:25 AM (#3706609) Subject: RE: BS: Want to buy a bow From: Rapparee Worked pretty good on Richard the Lion Hearted, though. But crossbow users are always in a such tearing hurry that they don't eat a good breakfast, which is what makes them cross. |
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06 May 15 - 06:16 AM (#3706804) Subject: RE: BS: Want to buy a bow From: Nigel Parsons Daddy wouldn't buy me a bow . . . Wow! |
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06 May 15 - 10:24 AM (#3706883) Subject: RE: BS: Want to buy a bow From: olddude I have a bow tie does that work |
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06 May 15 - 10:34 AM (#3706887) Subject: RE: BS: Want to buy a bow From: Rapparee Railroad ties work, bow ties just hang around. |
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06 May 15 - 04:23 PM (#3706964) Subject: RE: BS: Want to buy a bow From: Nigel Parsons As the bra said to the hat: You go on ahead, I'll give these two a lift. |
