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Cymru style ash bow ideas?

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ilcoalminer:
hello, i read some great books called The King Raven Trilogy, by Stephen R. Lawhead, is a series of historical novels based on the Robin Hood legend. Lawhead relocates Robin Hood from Sherwood Forest in Nottingham  to Wales, and sets the story in the late eleventh century, shortly after the Battle of Hastings to coincide with the Norman conquest of the Cymru people

In the book the lead character built himself a self bow out of ash and i'm wanting to recreate this bow to give to Mr. Lawhead as a thank you for writing such good books and for turning me into a bowyer!  so i'm wanting to know about bow designs from this period and this location.  thanks for all your time and advice it is much appreciated.

Knocker:
I don't know anything about that style of bow, but the books sound interesting so I am going to give the first one a try...

Keith

ilcoalminer:
ok i found some great info on height of the bow at around 70 inchs nock to nock but not sure on the shape of the bow. i would think a simple D shape but i'm not sure

KenH:
D cross-section or "bend through the handle" D?  Apparently there are no extant historic or pre-historic Welsh bows.    I'd be tempted to make something 65 or so long, D'-ish in cross-section...

ilcoalminer:
thanks for the info this yank dont know to much about warbows!  but i suggest the books they are a good read!

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