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Zuma:
Who are and  were your teachers, mentors?
Why are you here on PA?
It occurred to me today as I joyfully knapped  another point on my deck and
contemplated my collection, that I was blessed.
In my awakening I mused about having more than one meaningful relationship with others that led the way for me.
Not just collecting, researching, knapping or other ancient skills
Well, then my mind wandered to the beginning.
Who, how , when and where did I get hooked?
One day my fishing buddie's brother was there as we pulled into the dock. He asked,
 " Have you ever found any of these?"
In his hand, he had a awesome group of local (arrow and spear points).
Please acknowledge the relationship of folks that guided you.
Real names are not to important, but if you know they don't mind, please give them Kudos.
It's about those that have inspired us. No matter if they are still here with us or not.
If you have a story or a photo of a mentor-- please post it.
This thread is about them.
Thanks, Zuma

Pat B:
I'd have to say that Jay Massey was my mentor. I never met Jay but I have two of his books he signed to me. That got me started in wood bow building.
 I came on PA as soon as I got a computer. Many years ago I was reading a Traditional Bowhunter Magazine and saw an ad for a new magazine called Primitive Archer and immediately sent in a check for a subscription. Seems like that was about 6 months before the first issue of PA came out. Before I got my first computer I checked out PA on my work computer and when I finally got a computer I signed up on PA as a member and have been on ever since.

Bryce:
hands down these fellas right here. Saxton pope and Arthur young. i read "hunting with the bow and arrow" when i was in middle school and was enthralled by the stories. later i read it again in my late teens. and here we are today. i think alot of ppl have these men to thank for modern archer as we know it today.







 

bowtarist:
My step-brother, Eric Luse, got me into archery when I was in about 3rd grade. I thank him the most. He passes away in 2003 and I had a resurgence in the interest and went primitive at that point. Got a subcrip. to PA in 2008 and started knapping after getting on the forum in 2011, I think.  Art Young and Saxon Pope are extreme heros, but I thank Eric the most for sparking the interest at a young age.  There have been several on this site that I have mused from, but I don't want to swell anyones head so I'll leave the names out.  ;)

Positively, dpgratz 

lostarrow:
  My Uncles. Lee and Jim in particular. They taught me most of what I know about tracking ,hunting , fishing , field dressing. etc, etc. I ran the bush  for moose and deer with Jim from a very young age (great experiences, and some interesting stories) Lee was always the one to be a little more traditional. We'd  be walking through the bush and he'd be foraging as we went, eating any number of things from trees and shrub, collecting leaves for tea . He made his first muzzle loader from the steering column from a model "T" .

 As for the Archery? I think I got the bug when my brothers friend came over with a bow like object that he fashioned from a sapling. I was 3 or four at the time. Fascinated ever since.

 While we are talking about it,  I would be remiss if I didn't mention the mountains of inspiration gleaned from the members of this site.  Thanks everyone! Newbie or "Old Hand", the  bows posted here are all a source of info .

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