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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: Terry Green on August 06, 2009, 02:30:00 PM
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Welcome.... :wavey:
http://www.blackswanarchery.com/
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Nice, its good to see Black swan join the camp fire.
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Great!!
Ordered some ILF recurve limbs from Arvid at Etar.
Steve
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man do they cast an arrow......
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I have two Swans, excellent bows!
Arvid is a great guy too..........
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Somewhere in Vermont a man is clapping...
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Originally posted by beachbowhunter:
Somewhere in Vermont a man is clapping...
:thumbsup:
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Someone in Vermont made it happen at ETAR and will be the internet face here for Black Swan, :goldtooth:
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Originally posted by vermonster13:
Someone in Vermont made it happen at ETAR and will be the internet face here for Black Swan, :goldtooth:
Good on ya. I hope this exposes a lot more people to his product.
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Thats great news! The new carbon foam ILF hybrid limbs should be coming any day now, can't wait to test them out.
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My son and I ate dinner with Sam and Arvid at Denton this year two great gentlemen , A lot of talk went on wish I was not deaf , missed most of it son did his best to fill me in later.
Good to see them on this sight.
MARK :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Boy that 50" sniper looks great !!
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Originally posted by vermonster13:
Someone in Vermont made it happen at ETAR and will be the internet face here for Black Swan, :readit: :D
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So that's why everyone is selling their Silvertips
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Fine bows no doubt. Been wanting to shoot one of the longbows.RC
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Next week there is going to be a Trad Gang only sale on some in stock Black Swan 3 piece bows in the Sponsor Classifieds.
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Sweet, Does he sell limbs as well.
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He is now making ILF limbs and of course limbs for his 3piece bows.
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Welcome!
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Arvid does make a great bow, I always liked his 3 piece metal handle longbow. But the thing I like is he is also a great archer! In an earlier 1980's edition of the Archery Digest, by Roger Combs, there is a great chapter of Arvid and another gentleman. They both shoot for 24 hours ... splitting arrows! Take that Myth Busters. Great read and Good shootin, Steve
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Arvid shot over 360 robinhoods in 24 hours.
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Arvid is a fine man and a true American Patriot. I have hunted and shot with him. The man can shoot.
Danny
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Welcome!!
I have never shot a Swan, but have heard nothing but good about the bows.
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The new carbon foam core limbs are now in production. I'll have some pics this week.
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Great looking bows!
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Glad to see it, His bows are awesome and I am amazed at the robinhood thing. Awesome shooting.
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I would love to shoot one of these. do they have them in shops or order only?
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Direct order or the ones to be listed in the Sponsor Classifieds here only.
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What kind of release is he using on that opening video on his site? It certainly isn't a tab.
Nala
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He uses a thumb ring.
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Actually it is a small leather strap used. He pinches it between thumb and forefinger due to his severe arthritis.
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Is there a site where I can read more about the "robin hood" record? I've heard different stories about it, but would like to see something "official".
Chad
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It was written up in The Archers Digest 4th Edition and an Official from the NAA was there as the observer. It is officially entered in the Guinness Book of World Records in 1985.
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I was wrong about the number, it was 347 in 24 hours.
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Glad to see Black Swan as a sponsor. Super bows, I have two of them....the only two bows I own anymore.
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Welcome. :campfire: Did I miss the pricing somewhere on the site?
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Any idea where I can read about it online? I'm more interested in the-up.
Chad
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3pc is $950 1pc is $850
After UPS gets here I"ll be listing some bows of the forward handle 3pc design in the sponsor classifieds for $650.
I don't know Chad, try a Google search and see if you can find the record. Guinness lists a very limited number on their site and I couldn't find it there.
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UPS must have come and gone - not that I'm waiting. ;)
Steve
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No luck with a search. I'm just curious to know how it was set up--how many arrows were being shot at, what size, what size arrow was being shot, etc.
It was an amazing feat just to shoot for 24 hours, but that many robin-hoods.....if it was one arrow shot at one arrow, not likely that record will ever be touched.
Chad
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TTT
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I'm not familiar with that record either Vermonster. Were they actual nocked arrows, or ones without nocks, like some trick shooters used to do. If they are nocked arrows, I will be impressed even moreso.
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They were nocked arrows shot one at a time. Aluminum 2016s with 5" feathers and field tips.
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Well, that would indeed impress me 8^).
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Were those the arrows Arvid was shooting, the arrows he was shooting at, or both?
Chad
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I haven't had any luck at all finding anything on-line.
To save a bunch of back-and-forth, I'll just give what I heard about the feat and someone can confirm or refute it--if anyone has a site that gives any info. that would be nice.
Like I said earlier, shooting for 24 hours straight is an amazing feat in and of itself.
I was told the target butt was stacked with arrows, and Arvid shot among them--not a shooting one arrow at one arrow kind of deal. I have no way to verify or refute this, and every time it comes up I get really curious.
Can someone set the record straight? If that was the way it was done, fine. It's not as impressive as shooting one arrow at one arrow, but honestly it is a lot more believeable.
If that wasn't the case, just how was it set up? It's not like I have any aspirations of breaking the record--I'm not going to stay up 24 hours straight, much less shooting a bow that long, and I can't afford to destroy that many shafts if I could do it. I would just like to hear the rest of the story.
Chad
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It was one arrow shot at one arrow both with nocks. 2016s used. With fingers. It was witnessed by a couple of magazine writers, some friends and an official from the NAA per Guinness guidelines. You can read about it as told earlier in the thread in the Archer's Bible 4th Edition.
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Ok clarification. He would take 36 shots into 1 bale then 36 shots into a bale behind him while the arrows in the first bale were removed. If an arrow was missed on the first shot it would be attempted 2-3 more times. The next target arrow would be shot about 4 inches away from the first and tried again. The first arrow shot was the target arrow each time and the one that counted. It took approximately 9000 shots in the 24 hours to get 347 robinhoods. 60 dozen 2016s were used for the record. He couldn't shoot again for a couple of months afterwards and had severe blood blisters on his fingers.
Now who wants to buy a Black Swan? :)
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I couldn't find a copy of the AB 4th edition on line, and the book itself was listed as "out of stock" or "unavailable".
I'll keep looking--maybe someone has a copy. I don't like going on "he said, she said".
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Man alive--if I did my math right, that averages to be 1 arrow shot every 10 seconds (actually a tad less) for 24 hours straight. Like I said, that is a feat in and of itself.
I'm going to keep looking for that book--I need to read up on that.
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I just need a Black Swan! They look like great bows David.
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It was filmed in part and a lot of the made shots were second arrow into first arrow ones. Easier to focus on one arrow than to try to do one in a group hence the limiting the shots at each arrow. The most I know he has done in a row recently is 7 when he was filming the opening part of his website.
He is using his thumb tab there though.