Return of the prodigal...nephew?

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A big hello to Uncle Bill and the HI crew. I've been not-reading the forum for entirely too long, and I decided to pop back in.

In order to keep this on-topic re: knives, I'll report that my wife has yet to destroy my villager, despite one or two more attempts. Tough knife.
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Ciao!
Mike

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"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." -Robert Heinlein
 
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Hello Mike!
Pull up a chair and settle in.
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>>>>---¥vsa---->®

"I would rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy."

........unknown, to me anyway........

Khukuri FAQ
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hey, Yvsa...you mentioned (I think it was you, at least) traditional archery as being a hobby of yours. Are there any good web resources for the sport/pasttime? I have an old recurve bow down in the basement (well-stored, fear not!) that has been crying out for use and perhaps a brother or two, and a quivver more of arrows...

Thanks,
Mike

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"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." -Robert Heinlein
 
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Mike I haven't been active at it for a long time. I d have a fairly nice little Bois D'Arc stick bow that goes about 35-40 Lbs. The person that made it didn't know that the heart wood only is supposed to be used for the bow. And that has caused it to take a slight set. I could sinew the back and more than strighten it out, but it isn't woorth the bother seeing as how I have several nice pieces of heartwood cureing in my shed.
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Raven & Rusty both had sent me the horsebow link, it's pretty good and deals with Asian Bows.
I haven't been to the other site for a long time so don't recall how good it is.

I will no doubt use several khukuri's when I get ready to start carving out a new bow.
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http://www.horsebows.com/
http://www.stickbow.com/HOME1.HTML

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>>>>---¥vsa---->®

"I would rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy."

........unknown, to me anyway........

Khukuri FAQ
Himalayan Imports Website
 
Mike,
I have a few longbows I shoot when I can.
Check out Howard Hill Archery. Very nice longbows. They'll make some of them up to 200# draw weight. They use bamboo in the limbs which makes them really light.
Terry
 
Mike
Wecome back.
I am a member of the Fort Lauderdale Archers,her in FLA.I use a Stotler long bow 60# and an asian recurve 80#.I like to shoot 3D targets.If you have not tried that yet give it a try it's fun.

PS
Florida is having a konvention in Feb(winter think about it--FUN in the SUN)


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Ray
 
Ray,
I have a 142# Martin Pioneer longbow and a 78# Bingham longbow . I used to have a 90# longbow but I let that one get away from me. (stupid mistake) I've made a few osage orange longbows. It's hard to find the time to do that now though. 3-D targets are very fun to shoot at, They taste really nasty though.
Terry

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( shhhhh! verry quietly: bows and armor in europe seesawed back and forth in effectiveness. I wonder - you can email rather than post in the forum if you wish - what modern bows and arrows would do against modern soft armor? not that I'm planning anything, but it would be nice to know if maybe a bow could become an urban terror weapon in the absence of firearms? Striking silently under the background noise level of urban areas, unregistered, ballistic fingerprints of string and rest easily modified...)
 
I would think that arrows/crossbow bolts would be terribly effective vs. soft ballistic armour. Kevlar defeats bullets by spreading the energy of the impact out over a greater space...basically enabling the target to absorb the energy imparted by the bullet.

HOWEVER, it is not terribly effective vs. knves...which slice through the fabric layers rather than flattening out like a conventional lead/hollowpoint bullet. Arrows/bolts, one would think, would do much the same as knives, only with a crapload more energy behind them.

If I read of any crossbow drive-bys in Nevada, I know who to blame.
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Mike

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"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." -Robert Heinlein
 
A couple of years ago there was a report of a security guard in Russia who died when he had a co-worker stab him with a knife, in an effort to show that his bullet proof vest would also stop a blade.

I suspect that an arrow (or a properly wielded khukuri) would penetrate kevlar.
 
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