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lothlorien bow
fishfinder401:
--- Quote from: ryoon4690 on June 07, 2011, 01:13:58 am ---Bow stick archery, now GIBow, used to make a Lothlorien bow. Looked great and he actually put sculpting putty on parts of it and it looked amazing. But I think this subject is better left to the normal forum. This is an English Warbow forum and although bows of heavy weight could quite possibly be used for war, they are not always English Warbows.
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next time ill put it on the regular thread, i just wanted opinions on what weights i could get from what woods with this design, and if it is even feasible, i figured that regular bowyers wouldn't be able to help much with the realm of 150lbs
RyanY:
It's my guess that many woods are capable of making bows of up to 100lbs if designed properly. Going above that the pickings get slimmer. Considering the design of the lothlorien bow and wanting to make it to scale, it would be slightly more difficult to get a bow of such heavy weight at that size. I bet osage could do it and probably yew. My guess is that white woods would take unfavorable set but elm has shown considerable strength as a heavy weight bow wood.
Stonedog:
I am a high school English teacher. Each year I teach The Hobbit and the entire LOTR cycle.
I am also somewhat of a Tolkien-a-phile......
I cannot recall anywhere where it states the draw weight of Legolas's bow, sorry.
Dag:
Here is how to say "bow" meaning weapon, in Elvish: Cú (coo) :D
fishfinder401:
--- Quote from: Dag on June 07, 2011, 11:14:57 pm ---Here is how to say "bow" meaning weapon, in Elvish: Cú (coo) :D
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you just made my day ;D ;D ;D ;D
im guessing your also a LOTR fan
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