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Workshops in Eisenbach, Germany

Bob Berg will offer two Atlatl & Dart Workshops at The International Bogen-und Messermesse in Eisenbach, Germany, Friday, June 29 and Monday, July 2. Eisenbach is located in Germany’s beautiful Black Forest region. By the end of the workshop, you will have built your own atlatl, as well as three darts, and learned several primitive skills.

This workshop is in association and preceding the The Internationale Eisenbacher Bogen und Messsermesse at the internationally famous Hotel-Gasthof-Pension Bad Familie Wursthorn, Hauptstrasse 55, 79871 Eisenbach, Hochschwarzwald. Tel. (0 76 57) 471 Fax (0 76 57) 15 05 Fam.Wursthorn@bogensporthotel.de

Email us at contact@thunderbirdatlatl.com to confirm your spot in the workshop. You may also sign up in person at the Bad Eisenbach show.

The goal of the workshops are to have participants learn the interesting process of creating functional darts and also an atlatl.
You’ll develop several skills necessary to make and use atlatls:
Flintknapping
Heat straightening wood and bamboo dart shafts
Fletching
Cordage making
Usage of various natural glue
Bob’s teaching includes the development of good form using the atlatl which, with practice, will lead to accuracy.

Bob Berg has conducted workshops of this kind for over 15 years and has had over 22 years of experience in the subject.

Workshop Cost: 50 Euros.
Includes instruction and all of the materials necessary to build an atlatl and 3 darts.

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