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Phil Rees:
This may seem a very obvious question, but I think a very interesting one. What would you consider a consensus definition of a Warbow?  Would the consensus definition change for bows from century to century and would it also change from region to region. An interesting comparison would be the 11th century bows found in Ireland that are attributed to the early Normans and the 16th century Tudor bows, recovered from the Mary Rose both were used in warfare but are very different in shape and draw weight.

CraigMBeckett:
This question has been asked before in various forms see:

http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,2283.0.html

http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,11609.0.html

Seems to be a bit of a waste of time bringing it up again.

Craig.

RyanY:
A bow used in war.






SORRY! Couldn't resist.  >:D

Phil Rees:
Thanks .... very interesting threads

bow-toxo:

--- Quote from: Horace Ford on March 27, 2010, 07:02:27 pm ---This may seem a very obvious question, but I think a very interesting one. What would you consider a consensus definition of a Warbow?  Would the consensus definition change for bows from century to century and would it also change from region to region. An interesting comparison would be the 11th century bows found in Ireland that are attributed to the early Normans and the 16th century Tudor bows, recovered from the Mary Rose both were used in warfare but are very different in shape and draw weight.

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I would be interested to get more information about the bows you mention. From nock to nock [or binding] I don't know of any difference between Mary Rose longbows and any earlier ones othed than draw weight. All have no defined handgrip, apparently meant to bend in an arc, and Mary Rose bows are of oval, square, trapezoidal, or D crosssection, which pretty well exhausts the possibilities. What differences have you found ?

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