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What is "Warbow"
Kviljo:
A warbow is a warbow.
All we can do is try to make as good replications as possible. A 100 @ 32 yew isn't necessarily a better replication than a 70 @ 27 elm. I don't think it does any good to point out why your neighbour should not call her bow a warbow, unless she asks for it. After all the bow's just an interpretation of some level of the originals. So there are accurate and not so accurate replications, and it's a bit relative if you ask me.
Perhaps the best way is to say that the bow has been inspired by the original warbows, and then have a separate discussion on how the original warbows looked and felt like.
stevesjem:
Hi People, i thought you may all like to see some pictures of some of the real warbows of the MR.
In this pici i am holding one of the bigger bows.
This one shows the same bow as before and my Italian replica.
Here are some of the bowyers marks
And lastly a rack of history
Oh and some arrows
Cheers
Steve
marvin:
Jaraslov, buddy, please tone down the comments and try to resist making insults :)
I have a tremendous amount of respect for your knowledge about the english bow and have learned a great deal from you. Your knowledge is anchored in the reality of having actually built and used EWB's and so your opinion carries a lot of weight with me and others but you need to temper your passion for the craft with respect and tolerance of others who don't have your knowledge and experience.
Teach and educate. Allow room for debate and opinion and patiently educate people about the misinformation and myth that has been spread in various books and on the internet. I understand your frustration with inaccurate and unfounded statements but making insulting comments does not help to overturn those things and stop there perpetuation. It only turns people off from listening to you and learning.
All of your previous posts would have been just as valid and true without the insults and harshness and people would have been far more receptive to learning from you and thus breaking the cycle of misinformation.
Note to others here,
Cut Jaraslov some slack. English is not his native language and so some of his post/comments come across as rude when in fact he is not.
Kviljo:
Thanks for sharing!! That's so cool 8)
Are there any toolmarks that could tell of what kind of tools have been used?
D. Tiller:
Hey Steve! Welcome to the site. Nice to see you found us here. That one bow your holding is massive. Do you happen to know an estimate of what the draw weight of that bow was? Cant believe how straight the grain is on that bow and the tight growth rings. Do you think it was Yew from a tree farm in the Itallian Alps cerca that time period? I can imagine some Italian out in the Alps going out and cutting sucker growth off the trunk of yew trees and lovingly caring for them untill harvest then selling them to a wine merchant who shipped them back to england with the wine he purchased. If only that bow could talk! ;D
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