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72" yew war bow
sagitarius boemoru:
The thing is that if Mary Rose bows werent ever found, the bowyers would be still making oversized victorian target bows and wonder where is the performance.
One of possibilities is this,you might round the edge of back even slightly more.
http://sweb.cz/hawkwind/elbprofile.JPG
I m making lots of longbows and the rule is - start with squared stave, then you work back down where you want it, make width taper based on the experience and then round back edges as necessary. Then use facet method for shaping the belly and tiler only the thickness to get good bent shape.
One of MR profile variations has little flats on sides of bow profile, which appears exactly when you do this - start with squared stave, round back edges and then belly and the profile emerges as on one of original bows.
Jaro
heavybow:
Pat thats a nice bow marlon ;D
Yeomanbowman:
Have a look at these profiles from Hardy's book 'Longbow'.
The top right is 42mm deep x 45mm wide (a monster).
Jeremy
Yeomanbowman:
Oh dear, try this link instead...
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q280/yeomanbowman/profiles.jpg
Pat B:
Thanks Jeromy. I have Hardy's book(and Pip's, "The Heritage of the Long Bow") and remember seeing those pics. I need to go back and read my long bow books again.
My main problem I'm having is trying to follow directions for a war bow or true ELB. My usual bows are flat bows and I usually let the wood decide what the bow will be. Only on occasion do I start with a preconceived idea and work it out all the way through. Also, knowing that I will never shoot this bow has an adverse effect on me. I will finish this bow and it will be beautiful. I'm pretty sure I won't try a war bow again. I love seeing them and am impressed with those who do make them and shoot them but it is just not my style. Thank you and Josh(JD Duff) for your help. I am very glad we now have a War Bow thread here on PA and hope to see and read a lot about the infamous war bows. Pat
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