Saturday, June 26, 2010

My weapon of choice


Robin Hood has always been my favorite fictional character. Defender of the poor, hangs with his mates in the forest, gets the beautiful maiden. Whats not to like apart from death and lawbreaking?

As a maker of wands and all things nerdy I feel it has long been on my list to create my own bow. Here in the heartland of the Robin Hood legend I found a 2 day longbow making course. With the aid of Lee the guy who makes longbows for a living I recreate the merry outlaws weapon of choice and 6 arrows of my own colours. It was a jolly good fun to make and is an incredible memento of my trip to the motherland. Just hope I can get it home :o)



You guys let Julia Gillard take charge??? Hmm maybe my longbow has a practical use after all

1 comment:

  1. Thats right!!! we (i like to claim red-head status for this purpose only) are taking over (insert evil laugh).... bowing is optional.

    Word is red ninja is getting foregin affairs portfolio, great call

    Quinns

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