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Shipping a bow internationally

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  • 17-05-2010 12:56pm
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    Bows seem too long for international shipping, and too long for postage regulations, and for carrying on a plane. Is there a way around this?


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    Cookie_Monster
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    What type, is it all once piece. Can you not just take it apart to ship?


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    Nope. Japanese bow.


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    Cookie_Monster
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    hmmm 2-2.5m from Wikipedia.

    How about trying to find a company/person that ships ski's, would be a similar length, may be able to help?


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    Oh, good thinking!

    But apparently it's something like 140cm long. A company exists that would ship it, but they want €400 or so.


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    Panserborn
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    Hmm, I had a longbow shipped some time back (about 3-4 years) and DHL done it for less than 100. I thought that was steep at the time but just in range. That was from the States though, is this one coming from Asia?


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    Japan, yes, but thanks for the tip, will try DHL.

    Trouble is that Japanese bows are way bigger than western ones - they're about six foot two or six foot three high.


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    Panserborn
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    Think the longbow I got was about 6ft as well, the box was definatly a bit longer than that as it was a good bit taller than me!


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