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Dane:
Very nice, Andreas. I did join the site and the buildalong is easy enough to follow along, so I wont have any problems. I will of course ask questions if I need to. I like the extra flap to keep the arrows in, too.

Dane

Cromm:
I like the quiver. Is the flap to stop the rain from getting onto the feathers?

AndrewS:
@cromm
yes, the flap of deerhide is to stop the rain from getting onto the feathers. And the flap out of the fur is to stop the arrows from falling out, when you walking, running or hold the quiver headside down and so on ;)

animus_divinus:
maybe i should post some logic on the otzi story... theres evidence he also farmed goats... so having worked with copper, raised goats, ask yourself what he was doing in the glaciers?... theyre inhospitable now, even moreso then, the only reason someone would go into these regions is to deter someone from following.. since his bowstave was unfinished, being that far in the mountains would have been even worse

so most likely.. something happened, most likey broke, or was accused of breaking some law, and hastily grabbed his tools including an unfinished bowstave, and fled into the mountains planning to complete the bow when he was in the clear... if whoever killed him was just some criminal after his goods, he would have taken the tools

also, from what i could gather the profile of the otzi bow probably would have been a standard D-shape longbow which my guess is would have been pretty similar to the english longbow, which wasnt uncommon throughout europe before and after the roman empire, and throughout regions that werent part of the empire (romans themselves used composite recurves)

Sparrow:
 The world was and is a hard place.Go to Mid-Africa or Afganistan now,carrying good weapons and crossing country alone and see just what happens, For that matter,walk thru any urban slum alone and see what happens,(even wolves tread lightly). Nothing wrong with it,it has always been the way.
Can't beat a breach-clothe and a vest with good pockets in the warm,add leggings and a pullover for cool.And of course,good moc's  '  Frank

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