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What is achery to you?

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Mallorn:

--- Quote from: Newindian on February 25, 2014, 02:11:12 pm ---Another thing I love about this particular field of archery is that very few of us limit out hobbies to just archery and/or bow making. We are also tanners, knappers, arrow makers, knife makers, blacksmiths carvers, boat makers, tipi makers, atlati makers and throwers, basket makers, quiver makers we are into primitive fishing and pottery, and we make many of the tools that go along with each of these crafts .as a group we can make almost everything a pre-Columbian Native American would of had and much more. To me archery is about these jack of all trades do it yourselfers

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+1  I like to learn new things and build things, and this field keeps me busy!

Thanks for posting Pat :)

lostarrow:
A way of life !  A connection to the past that we can all make ,regardless of race colour or creed. It's a part of us, in the deepest sense. So ingrained that we no longer recall where it began, just that it seems it's always been there. It's akin to finding your soul mate.  The first time you pic up a bow, and put arrow to string  ,it's like she's been there all along .Just waiting for you to find her............................................. I guess it would be fair to say I like it ;)

JW_Halverson:

--- Quote from: Newindian on February 25, 2014, 02:11:12 pm ---Another thing I love about this particular field of archery is that very few of us limit out hobbies to just archery and/or bow making. We are also tanners, knappers, arrow makers, knife makers, blacksmiths carvers, boat makers, tipi makers, atlati makers and throwers, basket makers, quiver makers we are into primitive fishing and pottery, and we make many of the tools that go along with each of these crafts .as a group we can make almost everything a pre-Columbian Native American would of had and much more. To me archery is about these jack of all trades do it yourselfers

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So long as you remember that pre-Columbian North Americans never had a lock on any of those crafts and technologies! They just happened to be using them later than some other parts of humanity.  And there are still some cultures still making their way with these technologies. 

For me, more than anything else these days, it's about making connections with a diverse group of people with similar interests.  I never wanted to shoot bows all that much, hunting big game was not even something I had any interest in....but the crafting of the bow and the arrows...that was what hooked me.  "Making" was the gateway drug to my current venison addiction!  Grow, adapt, evolve, because the only thing that does not change is the past. 

Dharma:
Like some others here, traditional archery came to me at a dark period of my life when I needed something to put myself into that would keep me focused and, well, sane. I met a friend who taught me how to make arrows and found a craft that I love. I even wear a Ketoh (Navajo armguard) and an arrowhead with a piece of turquoise tied on to it daily now as jewelry. My wife gave me a Hopi silver overlay bracelet for Christmas and, lo and behold, a Hopi told me that style of bracelet is taken from an armguard.

kleinpm:
It's a few things for me but the biggest one is I am an introvert and need a certain amount of time by myself. Working on bows and arrows lets me do do that in a productive manner.
I stay home with my extrovert daughter that talks from the second she wakes up until she falls asleep at night. Some quiet time in the shop at night keeps me sane.

Patrick

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