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The history of horseback archery stretches back to the very beginnings of civilization, and was employed as formidable and devastatingly effective method of warfare by many early nations, particularly in Asia and the Mid East. The Scythians are thought to be the first to develop an equestrian martial art, but they were followed by the Koreans, the Mongols, the Huns, the Turks and the Magyars. And the horse bow has been identified as one of the most important of all the historical weapons that have had a profound effect on the political and social makeup of the world we live in today. One interesting bit of archery folklore has the ancient Greeks inventing the mythical half-man, half-horse centaurs after their first exposure to horse archers.
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 SKB Korean Horse Bow
When a customer brought one of these little horse bows with an amazingly smooth draw into the shop about a year ago, we fell in love with it and immediately ordered a dozen of them from Samick. Well, the worldwide demand for these bows is such that the factory was months behind and our initial order has just arrived, over one year later. It seems anyone, be they traditionalists, re-enactors, or dedicated compound shooters, who shoots this bow wants one. Please note that the draw weight on these bows is measured at 30 inches and the actual draw weight at 28 inches of draw may be up to five pounds less than the stated weight.
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| Price: $349.00 Sorry! This item is temporarily out of stock. | |
Don't forget! Shipping is free on this item to anywhere in New Zealand if your order is over $250.00.
Shipping to Australia may involve additional charges. Click the kanga for details | |
Arrows for Horseback ArcheryThese arrows are built by NZAP to the specifications given to us by Horseback Archery New Zealand specifically for shooting from horse bows. We use full-length (32 Inch, 81.25cm) Easton Gamegetter shafts, 4-inch shield-cut feathers and silk-thread binding on the leading edge of the fletching to protect the shooters bow hand. Only one colour feather is used because horseback archers must shoot quickly and don't have time for the luxury of selecting a cock feather. Nor is shaft spine as important as it is in other archery disciplines so the two size of Gamegetters (400, and 500) offered here should suit most horseback archer's needs very nicely.Naturally, NZAP can make your horse-bow arrows any way you want them form any shaft we have in stock, so if you want something a little different that what you see here, get in touch and we can discuss it. | |
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Price:$13.50 Each |
6 for 78.00 ($12.50 Each) |
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The Australian Price on this Item reflects the differences in the exchange rate and GST between New Zealand and Australia. Don't forget! Shipping is free on this item to anywhere in New Zealand or Australia if your order is over $250.00. Click the kanga for details | |
QUICK TIPRefletch Your Arrows without a Fletching JigInspired by a question from RobertArrows with feather fletching are fairly easy to refletch without a jig as you can lace the feathers onto the arrow shaft with sewing thread until the glue dries. But vanes are a bit more of a problem. Here is a really cool old trick given to me by Howard Hill himself (or maybe was it Robin Hood? It was a few years ago.).
Give it a go and let us know how it works. And if it doesn't work all that well, we have a super fletching jig from AAE (the Fletch III Fletching Jig) for only $49.00. (Actually it must have been Howard Hill as the Sherwood Forest telephone book would have been way too thin.) |
Contact DetailsThe NZAP retail store is open weekdays noon to 5 except on public holidays. Saturdays by appointment only.
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