File : The Society Seasonal Archery Challenge.doc Description : Society Seasonal Archery Challenge-general rules...
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Taslen
taslen2000
Sep 8, 2012 4:34 pm
here take a look at this http://www.feb-news.net/jobs/?alert=89766...
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neilsuesz
Sep 13, 2012 4:07 pm
Just to add my tw cents, I am a long bowman and I welcome shooting against anyone. It dose not matter to me if they are shooting recurve or crossbow. If I get...
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rdsandusky@...
rdsandusky
Sep 13, 2012 4:27 pm
And to add my one cent. Longbows were used all over Europe and even in Asia. The crossbow in Europe goes back to classical Greece. They competed against one...
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Frank Schalles
wtexan4u2
Sep 13, 2012 5:56 pm
Greetings!, My two cents worth. Crossbows have a decided advantage, especially at longer ranges. Take a look at the Royal Rounds and see how many Bow Masters...
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Scott B. Jaqua
sjaqua
Sep 13, 2012 6:10 pm
I have sent multiple messages to the address indicated to unsubscribe to the list to no avail. I would very much like to unsubscribe my deceased husband's...
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Mike Gideon
mg1m@swbell.net
Sep 13, 2012 6:13 pm
Notice the "fine print" at the bottom of the emails -- [Email to SCA-Archery-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com to leave this list] Michel mac Donnchaid ...
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aelric_southlake
aelric_south...
Sep 13, 2012 9:40 pm
Anyone here ever made nocks out of horn? 3 Rivers carries a horn nock that is meant to be INSERTED into bamboo arrows, but I'm looking for either a source of...
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John Edgerton
sirjonfitzrauf
Sep 13, 2012 10:05 pm
Done My condolences. Sir Jon Fitz-Rauf, group owner ________________________________ From: Scott B. Jaqua <hagerson@...> To:...
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John Edgerton
sirjonfitzrauf
Sep 13, 2012 10:19 pm
Are you looking for a horn equivalent of a slide on tapered plastic nock? If you know of a reference for these being used in period, I would like to add it to...
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James W
jameswolfden
Sep 13, 2012 11:03 pm
Here is one site http://traditionalbowshop.com/arrow-accessories/91-horn-nock-to-arrows.html James...
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Doug Copley
vincenti_da_...
Sep 14, 2012 1:57 am
I have never used a nock like that and have never seen one documented as being period. My horn inserts have always been the ones that were fitted in to a slot ...
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James W
jameswolfden
Sep 14, 2012 2:20 am
No, I don't believe they are period. There is a turkish horn nock but it doesn't really look like this. It is really just a modern plastic nock out of a...
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Doug Copley
vincenti_da_...
Sep 14, 2012 2:54 am
ahhh, kk. I was thinking that I really needed to read this:-) Vincenti...
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Bill Tait
arwemakere
Sep 14, 2012 3:31 am
But. It _is_ a nock made from horn, not plastic. William...
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aelric_southlake
aelric_south...
Sep 14, 2012 4:04 pm
Thanks for replies. Don't mean the 'sliver of horn' type nock reinforcement. Or the 'wedge of horn' type. I should have explained. My periods-of-interest...
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John Edgerton
sirjonfitzrauf
Sep 14, 2012 4:54 pm
You could make your own. But, you would need a mini-lathe and a drill press and make parallel, rather than tapered fit for the shafts. And I would suggest ...
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James of the Lake
jotl2008
Sep 14, 2012 7:11 pm
Erik Roth, _With a Bended Bow: Archery in Mediaeval and Renaissance Europe_, Spellmount, The History Press, Port Stroud, Gloucestershire, 2012, ISBN...
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aelric_southlake
aelric_south...
Sep 14, 2012 8:20 pm
Thank you Jon and James. I see this topic has come up before, should've searched before posting, my apologies. James, thank you for the book reference! Sounds...
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Ld.blackmoon
ld_blackmoon
Sep 14, 2012 8:48 pm
greetings i believe what 3 rivers sells are the rivercane / bamboo nocks and points : http://www.3riversarchery.com/product.asp?i=6344X...
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John Edgerton
sirjonfitzrauf
Sep 14, 2012 9:18 pm
See the photo section of the group for the drawing of the arrow with brass nock from the book. Go to period nocks folder and click on viking brass nock, Jon ...
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John Edgerton
sirjonfitzrauf
Sep 14, 2012 9:30 pm
You can also attach the horn to a short section of shaft and insert the shaft into a electric hand drill held in a vice or into a drill press and use that to ...
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James W
jameswolfden
Sep 14, 2012 9:40 pm
Actually, I think the gentlemen in the older post was looking at the pre-drilled horn nocks for english long bows which 3rivers still sells. ...
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lekervere
Sep 14, 2012 9:53 pm
Since we're on this subject anyway, I have a question: A lot of the arrowheads found in viking era graves are leaf shaped with a long thin tang for mounting to...
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lekervere
Sep 14, 2012 10:00 pm
Interesting. That brass nock looks a lot like the profile of many native american arrow nocks, which were designed to be used with a thumb and finger pinch...
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aelric_southlake
aelric_south...
Sep 14, 2012 10:22 pm
Yeah, about 3 minutes after I made my last post I was like, "wait a minute, duh... the 'previous post' I mentioned was probably talking about bow nocks."...
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aelric_southlake
aelric_south...
Sep 14, 2012 10:35 pm
Jon, great idea. And thank you for direction to the pic. That raises so many questions! And wow! I'd only read about the cast brass nocks, didn't imagine they...
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JDS
ren.touch@...
Sep 15, 2012 12:00 am
I have done a couple hand made shafts and seen many made not really all that hard to do.* Of course tapered an matched takes a bit more effort. Knowing how to...
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James W
jameswolfden
Sep 15, 2012 3:53 am
The shafting could be any wood. It doesn't need to be hollowed out. You can either auger a hole out for the tang or just split the shaft for the length of the...
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JDS
ren.touch@...
Sep 15, 2012 5:21 am
Yes reinforcing the nocks is very important I seem to recall James was marshaling the line (In the agro plex) when i split a fletch right off because I wanted...
