Out of Pod Experience

I've a few longbows hanging around my room. Handmade old-school stuff that totally bombed my wallet. They work excellently, but I've been way too busy with work and all to have some fun. Used to make my own arrows, as well.

Ah, the good old days...

Adventurer, Arrow, Knee, Guards, Skyrim...

Just getting it out of the way early before someone tries / fails to make it funny.

/On topic my father used to love hunting with a Compact Bow. He has gotten older now though. I asked if I could try it once but he said the cord would probably snap from age.

Well, I am into firearms competition, but every time I see some legolas type dude with big talent, I get motivated to try archery. I have tried it, but then really end up missing how fast I can destroy multiple targets at almost all relevant ranges with mah rapid fire noise makers

One of my hobbies is reenactement/Living history with focus on the european medieval times.
I have no bow on my own, but shoot sometimes with handmade longbows or crossbows from my friends.

Mostly fighting with sword and shield i'm faced very often with archers performing artillery on our line. Thank god we use blunts to prevent serious injuries but every hit deals a nice blue mark :D

I have an Archery/Devices blaster build in City of Heroes, that counts?

Ooh! I do! ME! I recently got a flatbow, now I'll never shoot anything else ever again.

Used to go to an Archery club nearby, twas alot of fun. Bro bought an old recurve bow too that I mess around with now and then.

I wanted to but never bought my own knowing it's an expensive hobby to get into if you arent serious about it (like how I ended up using my bros bow more than he ever did :lol: )

In LARPs, the original way to blunt was to take one of those small 'high bounce' balls, attach it to the tip, then cover with pipe insulation and duct tape. That tended to work out OK even in point-blank since the bows were restricted to kid-level draw power (15-20 lbs). The 'blue mark' is probably a powder bag similar to the early spell packet beanbags.

Of course, that also made the arrow front-heavy and not as accurate - sure you can compensate but only so much. I'll have to nag my brother about what his LARP is doing now, since they've gotten pretty deep into latex weapons.

I have a regular store bought 120lb crossbow and a self made 45lb composite bow from a fibreglass and maple.
I broke the string from the bow and since the string isn't of any standard length, getting a new string for the bow has proven to be difficult.
I made the string and the bow in school about 15-20 years a ago and the teacher who helped me with making the bow has since gone to retirement and taken his stuff with him and all that, hence the difficulties.

Sure...we are not mad :)
At last...even if over 5000 years old...bows (and slings <3) are weapons.




Did anyone of you ever shoot with "whistling arrows" ?(don't know the right english word). They're very scary if you hear them the first time.