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Rütger's SCA Combat Archery Folio |
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| Making A Simple Cloth Bow Cover | V0.2, 1 August 2005 |
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The year was 18,384 BC, in the late afternoon ...
Rut, son of Ger and a Hitter of Things, reached for the long thin curved wooden thing with a string* he had recently been given by Dor the Maker of Long Thin Curved Wooden Things With Strings. But Rut, not being one of the brighter boys in the tribe, had left his long thin curved wooden thing sitting on a rock for most of the day in the light from the bright thing in the sky. His beautiful new long thin curved wooden thing now had a sharp bend in its limb. When he used it to cause a thing that flies to fly, the thing that flies, didn't. Oh no, the long thin curved wooden thing with a string was ruined! When he showed Dor the next day, Dor smacked him soundly on the side of the head with his latest long thin curved wooden thing with a strng. Dor reminded Rut that he had been warned of this happening. Taking the new long thin curved wooden thing with a strng which Dor grudgingly gave him, Rut went off and used all of his limited cranial capacity to come up with a way to stop this long thin curved wooden thing from being ruined when he once again forgot to put it away. A sharp pain shot through Rut's forehead ... the bright thing in the sky caused the heat that bent his long thin curved wooden thing ... soooo why not wrap the long thin curved wooden thing with a string in something to keep it out of the light of the bright thing in the sky! But what? Tripping over the pile of skins of recently eaten animals, he picked up a deer hide. However, he had no idea how to turn a hide into something useful; after all, he was a Hitter of Things, not a Maker of Useful Things from Skin. So, running over to his mate, Fil, he described his idea. She took the long thin curved wooden thing with a strng, looked at is, and smacked him soundly on the side of the head with it. She had far better things to do, like gather food. But, Rut finally convinced Fil to do the work; after all, she had a soft heart (and a really solid right hook for a Maker of Useful Things from Skin). When she was done, he slid his new long thin curved wooden thing with a string into his new long thin curved wooden thing with a sttring cover. Proud of himself, he set the long thin curved wooden thing on a rock as he lay down to take a nap. A bit later Dor and Fil found Rut, and both began smacking him soundly on the side of the head, yelling at him to get his new long thin curved wooden thing out of the light of the bright thing in the sky. When Rut recovered consciousness, he picked up his long thin curved wooden thing with a string, and was quite proud to note that it had not been damaged, thanks to the new long thin curved wooden thing with a string cover that he had been smart enough to created. He was so proud, that he decided that now he would devote himself to becoming a Thinker of New Thoughts. When he told Fil, she began smacking him soundly on the side of the head. |
* Hey! ... Get your mind out of the gutter!
Introduction
Seriously ... A bow cover is an absolute necessity to protect an archer's bow. A simple piece of cloth can notably help to protect a bow, and prevent some damage when it is left in the backseat of a car by one of Rut's fighter descendents. Of all of the equipment needed by a combat archer, a bow cover is probably the easiest thing to make. A couple yards of cloth are needed, the sewing skills required are minimal, and it should take at most one evening.
Design Requirements
In retrospect, the requirements for the bow cover were:
| • | Simple and easy to construct, | |
| • | Cheap, | |
| • | Simple and easy to construct, | |
| • | Able to hold 2 or 3 bows, and | |
| • | Simple and easy to construct. |
Overview
The bow cover is nothing more than a cloth bag divided lengthwise into pockets. It has a simple flap to close the open end of the bad, and two pairs of ties to hold it in a tight bundle.
Pictures
Sorry, but there are no pictures of the assembly process for the bow cover. It wasn't until long after it was finished that anyone seemed interested in how it was made. Someday a replacement will be needed. Pictures will be taken then.
Sewing
It is assumed that the reader knows how to do some basic sewing. Fortunately not much skill is needed. Everything is covered by a bit of hemming and seaming. It is really basic stuff.
Finally, the stitching may take a beating.
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