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New Year Shooting at the Medieval Butts
Jaro:
If you want to be that pedantic, its "Luttrell psalter".
Obviously, due to scarcity of shooting sites big enough to accomodate warbow shots, that combined with low numbers of people which actually shoot big bows its not economical to make earthworks like those which were used even in target archery 200 years ago.
That said our first czech event accomodated 9 shooters who had all together 6 bows.
J.
triton:
I can't get my head around the attitude of some on this topic. is the pedantic attitude driven by jealousy? or is it once again "I can't do it, so nor can anyone else"? Bow Toxo has visited England, did you see open swathes of countryside that would allow us to create earthen mounds? You talk like you're reincarnated. There have been a couple of Saracens heads shoots but these days, it's difficult to get genuine pickled heads and we may find ourselves accused of islamaphobia. Get into the spirit of it for christs sake ::) If you can't be constuctive, BUTT out
bow-toxo:
--- Quote from: triton on January 01, 2010, 11:08:38 am ---I can't get my head around the attitude of some on this topic. is the pedantic attitude driven by jealousy? or is it once again "I can't do it, so nor can anyone else"? Bow Toxo has visited England, did you see open swathes of countryside that would allow us to create earthen mounds? You talk like you're reincarnated. There have been a couple of Saracens heads shoots but these days, it's difficult to get genuine pickled heads and we may find ourselves accused of islamaphobia. Get into the spirit of it for christs sake ::) If you can't be constuctive, BUTT out
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7
I didn't say that you should construct medieval butts. My point was that if you can't, don't call straw bales MEDIEVAL butts. The word has an actual meaning. Don't you even read English Warbow information? I would expect that, in this forum of all places, the word would not be so sloppily applied with so little respect for our heritage. If you can't live with calling the straw bales BUTTS, which they are, I can't imagine what you are trying to prove..
triton:
I give up. talk about missing the point. for someone of obvious intelligence, you seem to find it easy to betray it. What the butt is made from, makes no difference to the outcome, does it? Are you sure you understand what the aim is? And who's to say that all butts were constructed the same? or am I talking to a timelord?
outcaste:
--- Quote from: Horace Ford on December 31, 2009, 10:52:39 pm ---from EWBS website
"An archery butt was nothing special in itself; it consisted usually of an earth bank, about the height of a man and probably as wide and as deep again. These would be allowed to grass over and upon which a target of cloth or paint could be put.
If you advertise a shoot at medieval butts, wouldn't it be reasonable to assume that you'd be shooting at something that resembles the description above, and not a hay bale, after all the description is taken from the EWBS website. The last time I looked there were no hay bales depicted in the Lutteral Psalter
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Hi,
I am sorry this quote is not from the EWBS website but from englishwarbow.com. If you require more information on the EWBS then I would suggest looking at englishwarbowsociety.com. You will find out quite a lot, including shoot info, arrow specs and that sort of thing.
Alistair
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