Article: Craftsmen ready to bowl over Hollywood's Russell Crowe.

HOLLYWOOD star Russell Crowe will raise a drink to the skill of three Sheffield craftsmen after they made dozens of bowls for a new Robin Hood movie.

Robin Wood, Owen Waterhouse and David Allison have made four wood and silver drinking vessels called mazers, six massive beech bowls and a set of 30 eating bowls for use in director Ridley Scott's new film Nottingham.

Robin and Owen travelled the country studying original mazers, including a collection at the British Museum, to ensure they were authentic.

They then conducted extensive trials to work out how the originals were made and called in David, who has workshops in Sheffield city centre, to help "spin" the ...

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