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Dane:
--- Quote from: J. D. Duff on May 24, 2007, 04:41:53 pm ---I used a firebasket head stuffed with steel wool soaked with gasoline. It stayed lit in flight but there is something disconcerting about drawing a huge ball of fire toward your bow hand. :o The tree wouldn't light even though I doused it liberally with gasoline. It was very windy though. I'll try more but I need to prefect the fuel first I think.
J. D. Duff
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They didn't have 100 octane gasoline back in the 1300s, did they? Or steel wool. Do you think trying some other conbustable materials from that period would work?
Just some trivia, boiling oil used to defend castles is pretty much a myth...they used boiling water.
duffontap:
Hmmm, I thought they did. :D I've heard they used wool mixed with tar. I don't think it would stay lit but I'm not sure. I'll ask over on the warbow page.
J. D. Duff
Pappy:
Very nice J.D. looks like you done a supper job and to be able to shoot it[well that is just awsome.]
Pappy
duffontap:
Thanks Pappy. I hope you got a chance to look at the detail pics? I should just post them, here they are.
J. D. Duff
From the Warbow Page:
Bowyer's Mark:
Unbraced: I can't believe how long these bows are. I'm 6' 2", the bow is 6' 5" nock to nock with a few more inches of tips on top of that.
Full draw:
Top tip:
Bottom tip:
On the tiller:
Good times at the beach:
J. D. Duff
Dane:
--- Quote from: J. D. Duff on May 25, 2007, 12:11:52 pm ---Hmmm, I thought they did. :D I've heard they used wool mixed with tar. I don't think it would stay lit but I'm not sure. I'll ask over on the warbow page.
J. D. Duff
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Only leaded gasoline, of course. Refineries in the olden days were much more primative.
I thought burning pitch would be ideal, but you are the guy hurdling fire balls down range. Don't get hurt, or hurt your bow. It isn't worth that.
Dane
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