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CraigMBeckett:
Hi Pat,

Thanks for the info.

For those interested the Irish company is Flybow and the German tool supplier is Dick GmbH.

Craig.

Jaro:
What good exactly is sucha chunky and unwieldly tool?

J.

mullet:
 Jaro, that's what I was thinking, I'll stick to my Draw knife and cabinet scraper.

bow-toxo:

--- Quote from: Steve H on March 02, 2010, 09:06:32 pm ---Hello

I am new to this forum so I thought I would start off with a question.

I am interested in the Bowyers Flote.  Does any one have pictures of one, know how they were made, how they are used or even made or used one them selves?  I would be most interested to hear what you have to say.

Happy shooting

Steve H
 
 The bowyers float is a coarser version of the float files we have today. Same cut. The floats, apparently used only by bowyers, were best suited to smoothing the sides of a stave. The tool marks are still visible on Mary Rose bows that had not been subsequently scraped or sanded.

 



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acker:

--- Quote from: Jaro on March 05, 2010, 06:04:17 am ---What good exactly is sucha chunky and unwieldly tool?

J.

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It's very usefull tool on hardwood, you get a nice and very clean surface without any toolmarks.
Its more for the finish work.
 easy to build , just try it.
You can use the steel from an old sawblade

Gruß acker

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