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Here is a list of materials needed to complete this Course: All of the above materials can be purchased at a local hardware store or craft store. 1. Leather Piece 2. Leather Cord 3. Leather hole punch 4. Scissors 5. Spring clamp 6. Black marker 7. Barge Cement 8. College ruled paper CROWS HEAD ARCHERY 3 CROWSHEAD.COM
STEP 1 - Measure 1. Make all measurements on the rough side of the leather 2. Lay your bow on the rough side of the leather and align the handle back side down 3. Locate the top and bottom of the handle area and mark the top 4. Fold the leather over and draw out a line for the measure handle area STEP 2 - Cut 1. Cut out your piece of leather and Keep remaining piece of leather for another project or arrow rest CROWS HEAD ARCHERY 4 CROWSHEAD.COM
STEP 3 - Wrap and Cut 1. Line up your leather with your handle exactly where you want the leather to sit 2. Wrap the leather around the handle and clamp it tight at the top 3. Mark where the two edges meet 4. Cut away the remaining leather and save for future project CROWS HEAD ARCHERY 5 CROWSHEAD.COM
5. You will have a little extra after the previous step (step 4) 6. Draw a line and cut away the remaining leather 7. Keep your cut as clean as possible! CROWS HEAD ARCHERY 6 CROWSHEAD.COM
STEP 5 - Punching Holes 1. Start by lining up the edges of you leather using the spring clamp 2. Lay your leather next to a piece of college ruled paper and mark off 13 holes using the lines on the paper 3. Now use the hole punch to punch out your holes - make sure to hold the edges together! Continue until all 13 are punched out CROWS HEAD ARCHERY 7 CROWSHEAD.COM
STEP 6 - Glue 1. Put your leather into place and mark out the back side of the leather with the marker 2. This area is where you will apply your barge cement 3. Place the leather around the handle and secure with the spring clamp CROWS HEAD ARCHERY 8 CROWSHEAD.COM
STEP 7 - Lace Up 1. Start by cutting a piece of Leather Cord that is 3 times the length of your leather piece 2. Put each end of the leather cord down into the top 2 holes of the leather CROWS HEAD ARCHERY 9 CROWSHEAD.COM
3. Pull the cord up through the next set of holes from underneath until it is secure and even on each side - leave an even amount of leather cord on each side!! 4. Cross the cord right over left as you look at the bow and put the cord down through the next set of holes 5. This is called the x pattern and you will repeat this process until the cord is through all 13 holes CROWS HEAD ARCHERY 10 CROWSHEAD.COM
6. To make another X pattern - bring the cord up through the next set of holes. 7. Cross the cord right over left 8. Put the cord down through the next set of holes and continue the x pattern CROWS HEAD ARCHERY 11 CROWSHEAD.COM
9. Once you have gone through all holes it is time to finished off the cord 10. Tie off the cord at the end of the leather piece 11. Tie off the cord again for extra security and cut off the remaining leather cord about 1 inch below tie off CROWS HEAD ARCHERY 12 CROWSHEAD.COM
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Traditional Archery Academy The Traditional Archery Academy was born out of a need for high quality resources for those interested in learning more about Traditional Bow building, arrow building, archery leather work and Instinctive shooting. Our goal is to provide courses and guides to help the traditional archery community learn and have fun. Crows Head Archery My wife Marlana and I started Crow s Head Archery in 2006 to offer unique bows and well known brands to the world, but my passion for Traditional Archery started years before. When I watched the Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring in 2002 I was completely obsessed over the bows and arrows that were used in the film. All I wanted to do was make and shoot one of those bows. But I needed to learn the basics of building a bow first. A so the adventure began... My Father Perry Miller and I took a simple board bow building class and this lit a fire in me to continue building and designing my own bows. The learning process took time, blood, sweat and tears. I worked out of my one car garage on a make shift work bench until I was able to design and build my first bow - the Heritage Longbow. This bow continues to be one of our best selling bows. During this time, Marlana and I had 3beautiful children, moved into a new house and built a life together. While I was working on building and designing bows, Crow s Head Archery was also selling some of the best brands we could find to go along with our own product mix. As our business grew I asked my Father to join me in building bows and he agreed to become part of the team. One problem...we never gave the bows a proper Brand Name and in 2015 that would all change. In the Fall of 2015 Marlana and I decided to give the bows a name that incorporated the names of our 3 children and GRAYVN TRADITIONAL BOWS was born. OUR TEAM Marlana Miller Owner Ned Miller Owner Perry Papa Miller Craftsman OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS Crow s Head Archery has built original designs for use on TV, Film and Web Series. Projects for which we have built bows and arrows: AMC: Turn The Hunt for Gollum Born of Hope Rangers Web Series Once Upon a Time The Ren Series Thank you for being part of the Traditional Archery Academy Ned Miller 814-515-9501 crowshead@gmail.com Eventually we were able to build a full range of Traditional Bows and started building bows for dealers. CROWS HEAD ARCHERY 14 CROWSHEAD.COM