Bow-building workshop

As already mentioned in the newsletter, there are two workshops, that fit our bill and sparked our interest. What separates one from the other are three characteristics

• workshop duration
• travel time to the bowyer
• price and materials used

Both bowyers, however, also share a couple of things. They both include lunch, the materials needed for the bow (..duh), a string and three arrows in their price. Now, after having covered the rough similarities and differences between the two of them, curtain up for both candidates!

Gerhard WIesler Bogenbau

Gerhard Wiesler a compact and short version of the workshop in which you'll learn to and actually build your own long-, horse or recurve bow.
Characteristics:

• workshop duration: one and a half days or respectively 12 hours (including lunch break)
  
• travel time: none, he will come to us
  
• cost: € 195,- (material used to build the bow: rattan), maybe slightly more to compensate for the bowyer's travel time
  

Due to the relatively short duration, this workshop offers the possibility to experience building your own bow in a very compact and relatively cheap way. In addition to that, Gerhard will come to us to Vienna and hold the workshop in our location, saving us the drive. Instead of the 9 hours workshop found on his  website, our version will be longer (12 hours) and offer more time to shape our bow to our preferences.

Weninger Bogenbau Werkstatt

Anton Weninger is a bowyer in Burgenland that offers a longer workshop which also includes insights into the different materials and types of wood. He also offers the possibility to use different types when making your own bow.
Characteristics:

• workshop duration: two days or respectively 18 hours (including lunch breaks)
• travel time: 1 hours (for one direction, starting from Vienna)
• cost: € 298,- (wood: rattan) or € 228 (wood: hazlenut or ash)

For those of us who want to gain a deeper understanding of the process of building bows, this might be what fits your bill. Anton Weninger in Trausdorf an der Wulka is about an hour away from Vienna, which offers the opportunity to commute two days and saves us the hassle of looking for a place to stay overnight. (Overall, it's still a 4 hours' drive, though.) For a fee of € 30,- , you get access to heavier and stronger materials to use. Further information can be found on Anton Weningers website here.

After having given you the overview over what we consider to be the overall best possibilities, we'd like to know whether you'd be interested in participating at a workshop and if so, which your preference is. We set up a poll and would really appreciate it if you let us now by voting for one of the two options. Taking the poll doesn't necessarily mean registering for a workshop. We'll use this information as a frame of reference to talk to the bowyers and set up some possible dates and get back to you to tell you about the result. Only then we'll be able to take registrations for the workshop.
As always: if there are any questions, don't hesitate to ask us in loco or shoot as a mail, text or a pigeon. We'll be more than happy to help!

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