Main Discussion Area > English Warbow
MR sidenocks
Marc St Louis:
I wouldn't use a timber hitch on unprotected Yew. I've had a timber hitch cut through Elm and seriously mark the back other hardwoods
adb:
I wouldn't either. Seems like you're asking for trouble.
bow-toxo:
--- Quote from: Marc St Louis on June 22, 2008, 10:36:23 pm ---I wouldn't use a timber hitch on unprotected Yew. I've had a timber hitch cut through Elm and seriously mark the back other hardwoods
--- End quote ---
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maybe there is a draw weight cutoff. I've used single loop strings with a timber hitch in the lower self nock of several yew bows for years without any more damage than a slight indent. They were at only 60 pounds draw weight. I was patterning the bows after early mediaeval yew longbows bows that don't seem to have had a problem with unprotected nocks.
stevesjem:
--- Quote from: bow-toxo on July 08, 2008, 03:16:27 am ---
--- Quote from: Marc St Louis on June 22, 2008, 10:36:23 pm ---I wouldn't use a timber hitch on unprotected Yew. I've had a timber hitch cut through Elm and seriously mark the back other hardwoods
--- End quote ---
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maybe there is a draw weight cutoff. I've used single loop strings with a timber hitch in the lower self nock of several yew bows for years without any more damage than a slight indent. They were at only 60 pounds draw weight. I was patterning the bows after early mediaeval yew longbows bows that don't seem to have had a problem with unprotected nocks.
--- End quote ---
Which early medieval yew longbows were these ones then?
YewArcher:
I went back to horn.....bow looked to naked without horn nocks.
SJM
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version