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Kviljo:
The problem with flatbows is that they are much more time-consuming to make than narrow longbows.
Which is the youngest flatbow in Europe anyway?
SimonUK:
--- Quote from: kviljo on May 10, 2007, 11:24:57 am ---The problem with flatbows is that they are much more time-consuming to make than narrow longbows.
Which is the youngest flatbow in Europe anyway?
--- End quote ---
Good point kviljo ... probably very old. I think Bagskytt was saying that the Hedeby or Nydham bows included one of a white wood and it was narrow.
sagitarius boemoru:
Only one of Hedeby bows is of elm and its flatter than the rest.
J.
Kviljo:
Yep, the one of elm from Hedeby has the same design as the rest from yew.
It is thinner, but has the same width as the ones from yew. Well, actually the thickness isn't that different - it is thicker than one of the six yew bows.
SimonUK:
I wonder if there could be a cultural element? i.e. that the 'European bow' of the time was the narrow stacked longbow. Just like the different tribes in America had different styles.
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