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What's been happening at Archers Review this week 

• When it comes to English Longbows there is of course the dream bow and that dream bow will be made of Yew.... a self Yew, but any old bit 'o' Yew won't do . It has to be a special stave... and once you have found that stave you need someone who understands the wood to work it for you and produce something very special. We have tracked down the man who knows how to hunt down exceptional Yew and then fashion it into your dream bow... well not yours, at least not yet.... but mine for certain ! Start saving those pennies - you will want one of these..
  
• We have only seen photos of the Hunters Niche Predator bow and what we saw we liked, at last we have tracked one down - first impressions are, its' sleek, aggresive and smooth - but first impressions are not what we are about so over the next weeks we will give it a proper work out and report back.
  
• Falco bows already have a reputation in Northern Europe. As the marque grows and more and more folk are shooting these bows we thought we had better return and take a look at one of the flagship models.. The Trophy Vintage.... coming in Early April.
  
• Want to make beautiful traditional arrows - you need self nocks, tricksy little things to make, especially as your safety and your bow will depend upon them. We will be checking out a neat little self nocking tool that looks like just the ticket.
  
• I don't know about you, but the most laborious task in making up a batch of arrows for me anyway, has to be cutting the point and nock tapers..if only someone would invent  a drill based taper tool... well.... they did and we have the new tool from Arrow-Fix on test...designed to stop the blisters and pain of tapering arrows..if it is built to the same quality as all the other Arrow-Fix kit this will be just what you have been waiting for..
• Nocks too tight - it sounds bizarre but how can you be sure your arrows will fit perfectly to the string ? We have on test a cunning little device to do just that...

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