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Ian.:
I think the 1" up idea is victorian, it would be good to know if the MR bows had the same layout.
I make all my bows bend in the centre, never had a problem if anything better in my opinion.

alanesq:

--- Quote from: Ian. on October 20, 2009, 06:50:33 pm ---I think the 1" up idea is victorian, it would be good to know if the MR bows had the same layout.
I make all my bows bend in the centre, never had a problem if anything better in my opinion.

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It would be a more modern idea as longbows didn't have handles fitted until recently

It would be interesting to know how far from centre the bowyers marks are in the Mary Rose bows -  have never managed to get an answer to this question?

Davepim:
Mark Stretton recommended to me that the arrow pass should be about an inch above the centre of the bow, and I have followed his advice since then with no problems. However I also find that the centre of the bow bends in my hand anyway for a full-compass bow; it's not as if my hand impedes the bend in any way. In Hugh Soar's book, "Secrets of the English Warbow", there is reference to the stronger lower limb being require to generate a "lift" to the arrow upon release - don't know whether this is true or not. What is certain is that assymetry in the strength/length of the two limbs of a bow help to reduce the harmonics of vibration in the bow and thus reduce "kick". I should also say that the very first bow I ever made had the arrow pass at the exact centre of the bow and it seemed to shoot perfectly well. So I remain pretty much as confused as anyone else! ???

Cheers, Dave

alanesq:
the important thing is where the centre of hard contact with your hand is in relation to the centre of the bow when you draw it

If the arrow pass is 1" above the bows centre then I think this will put this point at about the centre of the bow

the confusion seems to be that because the handle is not at the centre of the bow people think the limbs are different lengths

Purbeck:

--- Quote from: alanesq on October 20, 2009, 06:55:03 pm ---[quote

It would be interesting to know how far from centre the bowyers marks are in the Mary Rose bows -  have never managed to get an answer to this question?


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I have read somewhere that many of the makers marks on the MR bows are way off centre and therefore do not mark the arrow pass!

Purbeck

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