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Full Compass or Stiff Handle?

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Phil Rees:

--- Quote from: Del the cat on December 29, 2010, 08:32:55 am ---I think its a draw weight issue.
My personal preference is to have as much working limb as possible, certainly on a warbow.
Del

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Agree 100%.
The Victorian / Edwardian recreational long bow was altogether a different style of bow, however, there are a few surviving examples of pre Buchanan full compass lighter draw weight bows still in existence. It would be interesting to compare the performance of lighter weight bows made full compass and stiff handle.

bow-toxo:

--- Quote from: Gary Mac on December 29, 2010, 06:34:12 am ---
Any thoughts please?

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   Victorian shooters were advised that a bow bending in the hand would cause hand shock at the loose. They considered Buchanan's dips to be a wonderful technical advance. I personally have never experienced significant hand shock with any full compass bow I ever made, of any weight.

Pat B:
I have very little experience with war bows. I have only built one and it was too heavy for me to shoot(95#@30") but I do have experience with full compass Native American bows, specifiaclly Eastern Woodland style. These bows have wide tips(very little difference in limb width tip to tip) and if properly tillered they have very little hand shock. I think the hand shock is more with limb timing and not necessarily the tillering style.

Davepim:
It's really a question of draw-length rather than draw-weight. Military bows invariably need a long draw-length to load them with the maximum possible energy; full-compass ELBs can be any draw-weight and still be sweet to shoot.

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