My arsenal

[archer]

My arsenal
clock wise ....
1. khukri from nepal .... model world war 2
2. village made machette ( my black smith in lonavala)
3. kirpan from golden temple
4. an old seamen knife ( a coast gaurd pilot gifted it to me 12 years ago)
5. My leatherman wave ....use it everyday ....cant reakky work without it

pic 2
My fred bears compund bow ...model little delta
with easton jazz arrows and some wodden arrows ......

pic 3
My new buckmaster knide .....havent used as yet....waitin to get out of bbay....

do lemme know wat u guys feel

archer

[Risala]

Cant see nothin.

[archer]

sorry .... cant load c them myself ....will try again later

[archer]

hey guys ....sorry for the trouble....cant figure out the system....anyways have loaded the pics in my album.......pls check it out

thanx for ur time

[Pran]

Archer,
Could you give more details about the compound bow.How much did you pay for it and where did you buy it from?

Pran

[archer]

Hey,
my compound bow ...... its abt 5 years old ...... i bought it from the US ..... was sent by mail by my uncle (must admit didnt know anything abt arms laws .... was a demanding 17 year old then ...)..... i was scrwd by the customs .... fortunately they cleared it after abt a month (very lucky to have got it)...... paid abt 150 or 200 USD for it ....the arrows i paid abt 40 USD for a set a 12 ....they also came by US mail .....

she's a 35lb with 65% letoff with a draw length of abt 24inches .....i use it mainly for target shootin when i am in the jungles around lonavala ...... i also use it while i run my archery club at bombay scottish school in mumbai .....

have been doin it for the past two years .... i run an archery club for a frnd ...... where i teach a group of 15 boys n girls the basics of archery ...... abt 16 sessions spread over the year ..... so i get a chance to shoot my bow ....its gr8 fun ...... have acquired a new set of sights for her ....havent yet tried them though ......

have been planning on buyin a few more ( one or two ) recurvre bows ( 26 - 30lb ) so that i can start my own archery club somewhere ...... i have run little archery sessions at college festival....... want to do more of them......... lemme know if anyone wishes to sell any recurves .....

parag .... aka archer

[Mack The Knife]

i also use it while i run my archery club at bombay scottish school in mumbai .....

That's interesting. I studied in that crummy place from '78 to '82. No archery in those days though.

Is Prabhu the principal now? He used to be my Scout master.

[Lenny]

Hey Rusty
Still grunting about Scottish hey!!!!

was a good school then, dont know about it now. I think the old dorm loos have been converted to classrooms as they were really huge.
Yes there was no archery in those days.
Probably introduced to keep up with the new fangled "International Schools".
Lets catch up some time, Beer is on me
we can b**ch some more


Lenny
from the class of 75

[Mack The Knife]

Hi Lenny,

Coming from what was almost an Army school, BSS was a bloody culture shock for me with all those sprogs from the film and cricketing world and the who's who of Bombay.

Made a few good friends but the rest was pretty forgetable.

Makes me laugh when I see Outlook rating it as one of the best, if not the best school in India.

Yes, we need to do a Bangalore get together sometime.

Sorry to hijack your thead, Archer.

Mack The Knife

[archer]

Hey guys,
no prob abt the thread....its our comm ..... reg BSS its a gr8 school for me ..... i get to use the entire football ground for my archery sessions ....with the football players waitin for me to finish

No there was no archery back then ..... it was started by the company that i work for as an instructer ...... its been there for abt 3-4 yrs ....i have been runnin it for 2 yrs now ......

there are only classrooms now ....but comparin them to the classrooms that other schools offer .... i would prefer BSS......its still got that english charm about it........ anyways ....the present principal is Dr. Prasad .... a fine gentlemen...... i have interacted with him personally on many occasions .....

I am actually taking a bunch of kids ( 8th n 9th standard) on a trek around the 1st week on nov...... i am getting to lead the team this time ....... lets c how it goes ....will keep u guys posted .....

parag

[Lenny]

Hi

We can start a Scottish thread so as to not hijack this one

and yea it was military kind with Gambie running the show.

had Lucky Ali for a class mate for a year then Simple Kapadia, Dimple's sister

and a whole lot of rogues from Shivaji park which included me


cheers mate
Lenny