Michael Bittl
is a professionel bowyer since 17
years.
After having been focused on selfbows and sinew- backed bows
of
the Native Americans, he begun to make reconstructions of the great
hornbows of the Central Asian Steppe, Southwest- Asia and the Greek
Antique He became well-known for his reconstructions of Scythian
hornbow. In February 2008 he was invited by the Russian Academy of
Science for to examine the Scythian bow-finging of olon kuirn gol. He
has just finished this all-wood laminated Scythian bow- finding,
In
the fall of 2008 he is the bowyer of a project researchung the bows
found in the grave of tut-ench-amun.
He is writng articles for
books, newspapers, magazines as well as diverse media covered him
.
| Hornbows
of the Sumerians,
Egyptians(splitlimb,angular),
Scythians(Horn,
wood-sinew)
Greek
Parthians
Mongolians
Native Americans
Bows
of the Plains
Selfbows(long or flat)
Arrows,Bowcases(goritoi),
quivers, shields, armguards
Reconstructions for exhibitions,
museums, movies
Bow-tuning, bow-repair
Seminars,Bowclasses,Lectures
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Michael
Bittl
lives with his wife, one of his
daughters, 2 horses, one donkey, the famous magpie Elliott, 4
cats, one rabbit, one cavy and many stones and plants up in the heights
of the Black Forest near the German town of Freiburg.
Michael
Bittl is a member of the ATARNET, the great website of Stephen Selby,
focused on the Asian Archery Tradition:
www.atarn.org
and the PALEOPLANET : www.paleoplanet69529.yuku.
In
both forums you´ll find great discussions of different topics
of
archery and bowery
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| Bows,
Arrows,Bowcases
(goritoi), Quivers, Shields
Seminars, Bow- classes,
Bogenschiessen
News
about
hornbows
hornbogen newbutprimitive my
blog bowXplosion Links
| Nature
is my guide, to make a real traditional bow, means to work along the
patterns of life itself within the raw- materials.
So every
people or tribe has tried to make the best bow with the given
materials. |
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Michael Bittl 
