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    Slow delivery from online archery shop

    Ordered a Bearpaw Tapering Tool off of them last Wednesday,was posted through the Door on Friday,excellent service.
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    correct spined shafts for longbow

    All ready to go with the supplies,but one more thing. Tapering tools (oversized pencil sharpener) Would this work ok for modkin/medhead points or best to make the point taper by hand?
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    correct spined shafts for longbow

    You know what Del I've just been explaining this to my Dad,who made all the family arrows back in the 90s when we first started Longbow and he said "I don't remember all this bollocks when I did em" 😂
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    correct spined shafts for longbow

    Thank you both for your advice. Decided to order a couple of 30/35 and 35/40,make them up,experiment and just shoot the buggers for two hours.
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    correct spined shafts for longbow

    35-40 would be good middle ground if I'm honest. The beauty of quicks selling them seperately as well as in packs of 12 too means at worse I could get one of each to experiment with before making 12 then shooting them and it not working out. Had one shop saying the 30-35 would be fine (10 #...
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    correct spined shafts for longbow

    I need some advice for buying the right spined shafts for my English Longbow,to make some arrows. - 45 # at 29 inches and I'm drawing to 29. -Indoor Target shooting . -I'll be going with port orford cedar at 5/16 I've asked various sources and the following was suggested 30 to 35 spine 35 to...
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    Advice on Starting with the Warbow.

    I might take you up on that,as I'm always motorway bound visiting places (That is when life is running normally) :)
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    Advice on Starting with the Warbow.

    I know it well. I've been keeping an eye on the east kent warbow page on facebook to see when it resumes,it's about the nearest there is to me (roughly 65 miles away),but always living in hope there is something literally on the doorstep. As you know,a lot of clubs,even longbow ones,go into...
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    Advice on Starting with the Warbow.

    Hastings East Sussex
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    Advice on Starting with the Warbow.

    Fiver in the post Del ;) I actually found your video the other day on the tube,but you've got it spot on as well as John. If it means anything,I'm 6ft 2 and 175 pounds (beanpole in other words!) with fairly long arms,so it would be good to see a bowyer in the flesh one day to see what my draw...
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    Advice on Starting with the Warbow.

    Hello all. I'm after advice on how to get into shooting the warbow. Just returned to longbow archery and am currently shooting a 45# longbow with an indoor target club. I've heard from many that the best way to shooting heavier is to slowly move up the draw weights. But the only thing I will say...
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