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outcaste:

--- Quote from: kviljo on August 17, 2009, 08:01:45 am ---

Outcaste, this picture shows the width-profile:


~60# @ 30" is a good guess. I've got some 1/2" - 3/8" ash shafts that I will try with it. They won't leave the bow in a hurry, hehe ;D
It is interesting to hear these numbers from replica bows. Is it enlish yew you are working with? It must be pretty dense :)




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Thanks for the pic. Is the width 4ins beneath the knock around 1in as the limb looks pretty slim? Sorry for all the questions, but is this based on an actual MR Bow dimensions?

Yes my bow is made from English Yew.

Cheers,
Alistair

Kviljo:
1" wide 4" down from the nock seems plausible. Just below the horn it is 11 or 11,5mm wide (and 12mm thick). 39 x 31mm at the handle. And a little over 80" ntn. Other than that I haven't made it with the slide caliper. It is probably a little too thin and of course too long compared to the originals, as I wrote somewhere. That would at least account for some of the baby-weight. :)

Kviljo:
I measured - it is 21 and 20mm wide 4" down from the nocks.

It shot:
150 yards with a 46 gram arrow with 6" fletchings
136 yards with a 68 gram 1/2"-3/8" ash shaft with 7" fletchings
125 yards with a 80 gram 1/2"-3/8" ash shaft with 7" fletchings
219 yards with a 37 gram parallell 11/32" flight arrow with 2" parabolic feathers

15 strand ff+ string. The arrows were drawn 29-32".

adb:

--- Quote from: Davepim on August 17, 2009, 04:52:14 am ---Nice bow Kviljo!
     My last bow in Italian yew was very very similar in dimensions to this but weighed in at a tad over 120lb at 32". I have tried shooting 1/2" to 3/8" bobtailed shafts that weigh in at just over 90g from another bow of 75lb draw weight and they just don't work; I doubt I'd get 100m distance and absolutely no chance of going through plate armour! I really don't think arguments that the MR bows might have  been around the 100lb mark, or even less, will hold water. ;)

Cheers, Dave

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I agree. 125 yards with an 80g arrow is not adequate. I do not believe for a second that medieval archers went into battle with a 60# bow. Don't get me wrong... your bow is beautiful in every way, it's just too light to be a true MR replica.

Kviljo:
And I agree :)

I don't know of anyone that has examined the smallest bow within the MR-find yet. That would be quite interesting  ;)

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