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The Story of Our Master Leather Craftsman
We want to share with you the story our our master leather craftsman and archer. Oleg is a traditional archer and leather craftsman who, since childhood, was inspired by three things: horses, because his grandfather was a forester and had horses; archery, because of the artistry and skill required; and sailing, with one of his first books being “Captain Grant's Children”.
Oleg was born in Kazakhstan, where there was no ocean to sail upon, no archery school, and no horseback riding school. However, Oleg always enjoyed making things with his own hands and drawing, so he painted visions of the sea and horses, and made toy bows and arrows as a young child. This passion from his youth shows its early inspiration in Oleg’s work today.
After moving to Belarus, Oleg met his wife Alena. Alena influenced Oleg to become a master leather craftsman, as she made leather jewelry, interior flasks, and vases decorated with leather. Together they form a passionate and skilled team. Oleg entered an institute in Minsk, and started competing in horseback archery competitions and evolved his skill to enter in major horseback archery tournaments in Lithuania, Latvia, Ukraine, Korea, and Turkey. Meeting many skilled archers and craftsmen from different countries, Oleg learned a great deal about different archery techniques combined with the history of archery and traditions of many different cultures, and constantly evolved his own skills in combining traditional archery and horseback archer with leather working craftsmanship.
Oleg was also heavily influenced by a memory of an old master who made a saddle maker and the leather working process, how the master prepared and tooled the leather. Everything Oleg has done with leather since was subject to this impression. His passion to make even the most complex items from leather with the ease and grace like the old master, how to emboss using the Sheridan technique, how to tool the leather and work the dyes to achieve the perfect color, and the techniques for sewing leather in the same way as that master. Oleg gives all the credit to the talented masters who inspire him with their skill.
Oleg has made many friends in different countries around the world who share his passion for horseback archery, and he has evolved his skill with every type of traditional bow across cultures. However, he has always stayed true to traditional archery. His experience gained over the years has shown that the skill and sport of archery has no boundaries and no limit to perfection. This forms an area of self-development where you can achieve a level of satisfaction and success each day, and at the same time, your skill is never perfected and there will always be something more to strive for. Perfection is the goal never achieved, only strived for.
For Oleg, his experiences have taught him that traditional archery and leather craft have one important similarity: you can strive for excellence all your life, and with dedication and hard work, you can achieve a level of success each day, but the ideal will always be somewhere ahead in your mind and in your future. This is what inspires Oleg today, and his dedication, talents, artistry and mastery show in his beautiful works.
This set is a stunning classic full archery set for the refined and discerning archer. The simple yet functional performance designed into the details of the this set forms it’s elegant artistic appeal. This set is our Number one best-selling archery set ever designed.
Hints of traditional dark burgundy red wine colors accompanied with the elegance of the leaflet artistry of this amazing set will have you in awe when you see this in person. This is truly one of our most exquisite, graceful and refined full archery sets with unsurpassed functionality.
This dark red complete archer's custom dual quiver set includes a beautiful side quiver accompanied with matching accompanying full archer's broad belt and inner belt, and a matching back quiver optimized for mobility and matching extended arm guard.
The Back quiver is a hybrid custom back quiver traditional European influenced combined with a Mongolian Style Influenced four strap secure bindings ideal for horseback archery or quick maneuvering on foot without quiver movement or slipping. The back quiver includes 3 leather ringlets that allow for ease of attachment of your bow.
This set can come with a matching bow quiver as well, along with any of our other matching custom accessories and equipment. Any custom design changes, and improvements can be incorporated according to your tastes.
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