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Other than using the "Attachment" button, not yet.  The only other way is to use the img tags and reference a file on another site, like people have been doing.

I did a system update, which included more anti-spam and even a couple more things for users.  If you find any glitches, please let me know.

T

...and also Hannu!  I think we're set for now!  Thanks, guys, for stepping up :-)

T

While at the ATA trade show in Indianapolis with Kaya/Greatree this past January, Freddie Won and I stopped by a booth that had camo bow backing--Freddie took a sample to consider, as I suggested it would make a good option for customers.

No problem with the Hwarang bows--they have a beautiful leather wrap done by the bowyer (I'm basing the one I'm doing on this Kaya on it).

I helped in the design of their thumbring glove, although it was mostly through suggestions while they were going through the design phase.  One suggestion I hope they still implement is taking off the middle-finger covering and just leave it with the thumb and index finger.  One thing to be careful of--the reinforcement tab on the thumb can sometimes get in the way of the string.  Overall, though, it's a great idea.

I was told, a long time ago, that shoe wax worked well.  I think something like beeswax might work, too.

Hannu,

Shipped is $315.

I asked about Finland because I used to have a girlfriend there (over thirty years ago); maybe I mentioned it before?  Her hometown is Kiiminki, near Oulu.  I visited her and her family back in 1980.  Beautiful country and really nice people...

T

It's hard to say, as the bow has never been drawn (although it was strung once).  Also, it's equally hard to say about the draw weight of the Korean soldier/sailor archer, as I'm not aware of an extant bow from that time period.

As for Admiral Yi, if you can find an English-language translation of his diary, Nanjungilgi, that would probably give you the most in-depth look into his thinking.

At least in some parts of Korean history, yes--for instance, in battle with the Japanese in the 1592-98 Imjin War.  Shipboard archers shot fire arrows at Japanese ships.  Here is from an exhibit at the War Memorial in Seoul dramatizing it (you can't really see it, but the archers are on a ship):

When the Japanese first invaded, the Korean land forces were near non-existent, while the Korean navy was strong and experienced, having been fighting pirates for years.  The Japanese situation was the opposite; their land forces were strong, but their naval forces were little more than a giant ferry service for the land forces.  The reason why the Korean navy was not able to quickly stem the flow of Japanese land forces was because Admiral Yi Sun-shin didn't even learn of the invasion until three days after it began; even then, it was another fifteen days before the king gave him a mandate to take military action against them!

Regarding the bows in particular, first, nowadays, Korean archers use their horn bows in all kinds of weather; in wet weather, they are just careful to wipe them off if they get wet.  Second, as mentioned before, it is unlikely most enlisted archers had horn bows, due to their cost; they couldn't afford them and the gov't certainly wasn't going to pay for them.  Chances are, they were more likely some type of self bows or bamboo bows, which the archers could either make themselves or have made inexpensively.

Remember that the Japanese yumi came after the Korean bow, and Korean archery had already matured by that time.  Also, if you look at the Japanese release, it is very similar to the Chinese style, along with a seldom-seen, old Korean style of release.