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D. Tiller:
Yep! JD obsession is also a form of enjoyment. Research is enjoyment. Finding the little things that make em tick. Its still enjoyment of our shared hobby. No matter what we build its still a replica anyways and for fun.  If you and I did not enjoy what we are doing we would not be doing it.

Warbow is still just a bent stick when you get down to it.  ;D

sagitarius boemoru:
Well, well. You can build these and get tudor prescribed distances with ash single stave you know...(or elm), I did.

Rod once said " call it Ginger or Mabel but that wont make it the thing".

If we call it "warbow" it shall be tha thing. Its the same for "english longbow" - it should not have flat limbs and handle with arrow rest you know. But we see them here and there on forums, and their maker are adamant as "they like it so".

Since no prescription of drawweight was left behind a 75# can be called warbow by some, but they should take 3oz arrow and shoot it in field and re evalute their position. This is not about drawweight wanking, but there is certain level of performance required. These bows were made to kill armored men over long distance after all.


If this is to be a worthwhile activity, it should not be watered down.

J.

Rod:
As a poiint of information, I believe it was Richard Galway who led the way in the rekindling of interest in shooting the heavy bow.
But when in Prague or on the internet...  :-)
Restricting follks to a well got up yew stave is both foolish and un-necessary. Admittedly yew is the pre-eminent wood for this type of bow but back in the day they would not have shrunk from using a substitute if necessary and of these wych elm was probably prefered but ash far easier to obtain in a straight stave of suitable dimensions.
My great uncle was fond of laburnum and rowan, but then he was shooting the Scottish "drovers bow".
But if you do not put a date to your ideal of the English longbow, then you will be looking at anything from a high end hunting weight upwards, depending upon your chosen period.
Rod

sagitarius boemoru:
I asked my friend for a picture of his ash 105# single stave bow. Wait a while I post it, so youll see what can be done with it.


Jaro

Loki:
Some of us are playing and some of us are researching,but none of us are killing people (i hope!).I appreciate the time and effort some people put into these weapons,the research they do is telling us of the ability's of the Yew Fence of England,which is very important and a worthwhile thing to do.Whats been wrote about the Bows in the past is not necessarily (sp?) correct today,the work Jaro,Steve,JD,Yeoman,Glennan and co do is helping us all understand the capability's of the Bows and what the Archers achieved,i can underestand why they get angry with us but sometimes they'll come to different conclusions than each other  ???.
Its important to use historically accurate materials and dimensions for research purposes but some of us just enjoying shooting Bows in a way our ancestors did,the style's important to me not the poundage,i shoot a laminate because its all whats available to me,its 75lb because i'm a skinny little dog  ;D but hell!i like it and I know its not a real WarBow,livery arrows are far too heavy for it and me ;).
I'm not a bowyer so knocking a Bow up out of the 'lesser' woods isnt a option for me and i'm not rich i'm afraid so getting a Italian Self Yew from Steve will have to wait till i'm sure it wont be a waist of cash (i'd hate for it to end up a wall hanger!).

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