Health & Safety would have a fit !!
07 September 2008, 10:58 PM
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Health & Safety would have a fit !!
Flicking through some photos, found this one of the kids in the back garden.
They were bored so I showed them how to make bow and arrows with some sticks, branches from our trees, some string etc. Even made up some red indian headbands etc.
So we have deadly weapons, a rusty saw, a stanley knife, the grass might be wet and not a high viz jacket in sight
They were bored so I showed them how to make bow and arrows with some sticks, branches from our trees, some string etc. Even made up some red indian headbands etc.
So we have deadly weapons, a rusty saw, a stanley knife, the grass might be wet and not a high viz jacket in sight
07 September 2008, 11:16 PM
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The catapult is on the list of " Dangerous stuff that Dad can dream up when we are bored" list
No doubt any local animals in the vicinity will have to scarper
And the green house will get it in the neck
As for scalping , that is stage II. They needed to practise blood curdling yells first.
I think ' Look Mummy no hands !! ' on the bike followed by ' Look Mummy no teeth' is scheduled this autumn
No doubt any local animals in the vicinity will have to scarper
And the green house will get it in the neck
As for scalping , that is stage II. They needed to practise blood curdling yells first.
I think ' Look Mummy no hands !! ' on the bike followed by ' Look Mummy no teeth' is scheduled this autumn
08 September 2008, 12:20 AM
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The catapult is on the list of " Dangerous stuff that Dad can dream up when we are bored" list
No doubt any local animals in the vicinity will have to scarper
And the green house will get it in the neck
As for scalping , that is stage II. They needed to practise blood curdling yells first.
I think ' Look Mummy no hands !! ' on the bike followed by ' Look Mummy no teeth' is scheduled this autumn
No doubt any local animals in the vicinity will have to scarper
And the green house will get it in the neck
As for scalping , that is stage II. They needed to practise blood curdling yells first.
I think ' Look Mummy no hands !! ' on the bike followed by ' Look Mummy no teeth' is scheduled this autumn
i just had a little girl last week and shes ace, shes so small though 5 pound 13 when born
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08 September 2008, 08:50 AM
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Hahahaha, yeah, think HSE would have a few issues there!!
Reminds me of when I was younger my dad came home from work once with 2 "He-Man" style swords he had made for me and my brother from 3mm sheet Aluminium, surprisingly Mum wasn't having any of it!!!
He kept telling her that it was OK since the edges were blunt, but still!!!
He also spent months making us a swing from bits of steel tubing left lying about at work, looked ace, he then had to QA it himself and it collapsed, never did get fixed....
Reminds me of when I was younger my dad came home from work once with 2 "He-Man" style swords he had made for me and my brother from 3mm sheet Aluminium, surprisingly Mum wasn't having any of it!!!
He kept telling her that it was OK since the edges were blunt, but still!!!
He also spent months making us a swing from bits of steel tubing left lying about at work, looked ace, he then had to QA it himself and it collapsed, never did get fixed....
08 September 2008, 10:34 AM
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My dad had a building company when we were kids and we lived in one of the new builds in a row of houses that he was putting up. Hence our playground was a building site and one of the best games we used to play was riding in the dumper truck bucket and being tipped out of it by whoever was using it at the time
08 September 2008, 11:09 AM
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Swiss, some of us never grow out of that stage!!
1 of the guys at the club keeps making his own bows (and is good at it) and has around 75 to date, and they all work.
Me, I prefer slightly more modern materials
1 of the guys at the club keeps making his own bows (and is good at it) and has around 75 to date, and they all work.
Me, I prefer slightly more modern materials
08 September 2008, 11:21 AM
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Paper targets that have animals on, or life size 3d foam rubber targets of animals, or boringly normal round targets.
Its called field archery, good fun and quite a challenge
But that bows colour is changing. Its going over to the riser (handle) in WR blue with the limbs looking like carbon fibre
Its called field archery, good fun and quite a challenge
But that bows colour is changing. Its going over to the riser (handle) in WR blue with the limbs looking like carbon fibre
08 September 2008, 12:00 PM
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Paper targets that have animals on, or life size 3d foam rubber targets of animals, or boringly normal round targets.
Its called field archery, good fun and quite a challenge
But that bows colour is changing. Its going over to the riser (handle) in WR blue with the limbs looking like carbon fibre
Its called field archery, good fun and quite a challenge
But that bows colour is changing. Its going over to the riser (handle) in WR blue with the limbs looking like carbon fibre
08 September 2008, 03:02 PM
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I'm a recurve archer myself (only type allowed in the olympics), but would like to get into compound shooting at some point.
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08 September 2008, 03:12 PM
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LOL it's a compound bow. Used in the states for hunting, over here, mainly target archery: exceptionally powerful and accurate bows. The cams on the top of the limbs mean you can have a bow with a 60lbs draw weight, but only be supporting about 18lbs at full draw. It's almost akin to rifle shooting! The arrows wil leave the bow at well over 200fps.
I'm a recurve archer myself (only type allowed in the olympics), but would like to get into compound shooting at some point.
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I'm a recurve archer myself (only type allowed in the olympics), but would like to get into compound shooting at some point.
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Wher about you based? NFAS big game rounds are fun and all singing recurves have their own class.
That bows only about 43# draw weight as I have shoulder probs, but only 50% let off.
A guy at the club has a guardian, and hes oly holding 9lb at fill draw, from a 62# peak.
Give it another 8 years and I can see compounds being allowed in the olympics and possibly a field demo in 2012
08 September 2008, 04:01 PM
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08 September 2008, 04:22 PM
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As an ex recurve (Gnas) archer, I found it sooooo easy to switch, to compound ltd, the biggest shock and thing to get used to it not holding the full draw weight.