I would like to wish one and all a Happy New Year and a Joyous Twelfth Night. Jon, West...
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John edgerton
sirjonfitzrauf
Jan 1, 2010 9:19 pm
I just found a site with excellent photos of period crossbows, bolts and cocking devices. Jon ...
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John edgerton
sirjonfitzrauf
Jan 1, 2010 11:41 pm
Greetings and a Happy New Year and a Joyous Twelfth Night to one and all. I am looking for a moderator to assist with the group. This mostly consists of...
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Edward deWitt
sagebowman
Jan 2, 2010 2:09 am
Wow Jon, Those are some great links for old crossbows. Makes me want to convert to the darkside.LOL Edward ... From: John edgerton <sirjon1@...> ...
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padraig@...
frederickfen...
Jan 2, 2010 2:38 am
Come to the Dark Side. My Yeoman bakes cookies! Padraig MacRaighne, Forester of the Greenwood Company and crossbowman for the past 10 years On Fri Jan 1 21:09...
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julian wilson
smnco37
Jan 2, 2010 10:28 am
... <I just found a site with excellent photos of period crossbows, bolts and cocking devices. Jon http://www.vikingsw ord.com/vb/ showthread. php?t=7457&...
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kburgess1@...
kellyburges
Jan 2, 2010 10:23 pm
January 30 http://www.danscomputing.com/BWTA2010/index.html additional info ; this year there will be 3 bows awarded for prizes overall winner will receive his...
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Mike Gideon
mg1m@swbell.net
Jan 2, 2010 10:29 pm
If, like I have have no clue where this is talking about Better War Thru Archery January 30, 2010 - Indianapolis, IN Sponsored by the Barony of Sternfeld...
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kburgess1@...
kellyburges
Jan 2, 2010 10:36 pm
oops The Barony of Sternfeld cordially invites you to enjoy yourself at Better War Thru Archery! National Guard Armory 3912 W Minnesota St, Indianapolis, IN...
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blooney@...
blooney51
Jan 3, 2010 4:36 pm
Cross-bows? Check these out. http://win.cerasamechanics.it/balestrantica/balestra_da_bancouk.htm Custom made, hand carved, semi-precious stones. --...
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Cleve Johnson
lighttrek...
Jan 3, 2010 5:19 pm
Although I don't like snakes ("Snakes. Why does it have to be snakes?"), that is excellent craftmanship. Eadric  Cleve Johnson lighttrek@... ...
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Cleve Johnson
lighttrek...
Jan 3, 2010 5:30 pm
The kids and I are working (slowly) on crossbows for each of us. I made one set of 8 bolts and three triggers (pictures attached) so far.  Since we are...
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Carolus
eulenhorst2000
Jan 3, 2010 8:04 pm
I have found that a shoe rasp (one of those strange files with four cutting surfaces) to be most helpful in shaping stocks. They will quickly remove corners...
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Cleve Johnson
lighttrek...
Jan 3, 2010 9:51 pm
The trapezoid fletching is the back half of a shield feather. I was just experimenting and conserving feathers by cutting them in half and using both front...
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John edgerton
sirjonfitzrauf
Jan 3, 2010 10:34 pm
Not just crossbows .... works of art. The carving, iron work, engraving, etc. look excellent. Jon On Jan 3, 2010, at 8:36 AM, <blooney@...>...
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John edgerton
sirjonfitzrauf
Jan 3, 2010 10:37 pm
Do you have a drawing of what the finished crossbows will look like? Jon...
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John edgerton
sirjonfitzrauf
Jan 5, 2010 5:40 am
I just read in Atenveldt's "Aten-Archery" Yahoo list that "... per new Corpora rules, you must be an authorized archer to participate in the Tri-Baronial...
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obsidian@...
caeranor
Jan 5, 2010 9:23 am
Greetings I've seen the term "Corpora" used as a description for kingdom regulations a number of times, and I'm sure this is an example of that. The...
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padraig@...
frederickfen...
Jan 5, 2010 10:32 am
I think it could also be a case of an uninformed person putting out the notice. I run into this every couple of years here in MidRealm and usually have to...
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bluecat@...
dirkfrisia
Jan 5, 2010 2:57 pm
I agree with Nigel and Padraig. Some Kingdoms have archery 'authorizations' for target archery, but nothing in corpora requires it- nor have I seen any...
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John edgerton
sirjonfitzrauf
Jan 5, 2010 5:25 pm
I did email the person that made the post and have asked for further information. I will see what response I receive. Jon...
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John edgerton
sirjonfitzrauf
Jan 5, 2010 5:47 pm
I just heard back from the former Atenveldt kingdom archery officer. It was a misunderstanding on the part of the person that made the post. The requirement...
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John edgerton
sirjonfitzrauf
Jan 5, 2010 5:54 pm
One small correction. The requirement is in their kingdom archery rules. Not in kingdom law. Jon...
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John edgerton
sirjonfitzrauf
Jan 8, 2010 9:03 pm
There used to be a "SCA-Crossbow-Makers" group on Yahoo. I had not received any posts from it for some time. I just checked it on Yahoo Groups and it no...
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Eadric Anstapa
uisge77362
Jan 8, 2010 10:25 pm
There is the "crossbows" group. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/crossbow/?yguid=68228224 -EA...
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Siegfried
barunsiegfried
Jan 9, 2010 1:11 am
Speaking up briefly ... The 'crossbows' group was actually originally a group formed by the Society CA Marshal to handle discussions about combat crossbows....
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John edgerton
sirjonfitzrauf
Jan 9, 2010 1:54 am
Yes, I am a member of that group. But, I thought that something more SCA specific could be useful, particularly when it pertains to combat crossbows and ammo....
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Siegfried
barunsiegfried
Jan 9, 2010 4:41 am
oh oh, my apologies. That is the 'crossbow' group. Versus the 'crossbows' group. 'crossbow' is a general crossbow information group 'crossbows' is the...
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J. Hughes
jphughessr
Jan 9, 2010 1:32 pm
Jon, You can start with Godfrey of Bouillon in the first crusade and Richard in the third crusade. Hardly peasants. Charles O'Connor ...
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John edgerton
sirjonfitzrauf
Jan 9, 2010 4:17 pm
Charles Thank you. I already have them in my notes along with the instances I could find where they are mentioned using a crossbow shooting at the enemy. Jon...
