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How many strands in a string.
Marlin:
I have finnished tillering this bow and got a string on it. I had to go with B50 as this is all I have right now anyway. I am a bit dissapointed in the draw weight though. I dont have a scale but it feels like 80# rather than the 100 plus I was hoping for. I don't know yet if I want nocks or overlays. I have not even shot it yet but it feels like it would hurl an arrow pretty good. My Wife was taking forever it seemed to take the full draw pictures.
Marlin:
You can see the reflex in the Right limb in the second picture. Marlin
adb:
That's looking pretty good for a first heavier bow. Try and get yourself some FF string. I find B50 nearly useless for bows >60#. Also, try and work at getting your draw length out to your ear. Make yourself some arrows that are 30-32" (measured from the base of the head to the valley of the nock) so you know how far you're drawing everytime. It's good to see you starting with a reasonable draw weight, and working your way up over time.
Ian.:
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--- Quote from: adb on July 09, 2011, 02:31:16 am ---I'm guessing Ian meant the few hundred years of the medieval period.
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I did, I am well aware of the Otiz bow and string but to much time has passed between the Otiz artefacts and the Medieval period for them to be in any way linked.
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Mid 400 to mid 1400's is 1000 years, which on any reckoning is more than a few hundred.
As for no link between bows used in the Medieval period with those used in prehistory, my my what a claim! You say you are aware od Otzo's bow, well take a minute or two to think of its basic design, do you see any similarities between it and the bows at Rotten Bottom, Ashcott Heath, Hedeby, Ballinderry Cranog and on the Mary Rose, 5,000 years of development of the same type of bow
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I really don't want to get into this over the net talking always leads to problems, my original thought was that of the military bow adopted by the English from around 1100 to 1500. Nothing more. There is a smaller distance in time between us and the medieval period than between the Mperiod and Otiz, knowledge has been lost and gained in much shorter times.
bow-toxo:
--- Quote from: adb on July 09, 2011, 10:56:47 pm ---Well, Erik, I'm not disputing that either Attila the Hun or medieval bow strings existed. What I am saying is, we will never know for sure the details of either Attila's life or medieval bow strings, because we can not examine them first hand. So, for you to say on this forum, that 'medieval bow strings were 3 strands' is hog wash. It's like saying Attila had 14 wives, maybe... but something we will never know for sure.
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Hogwash? Do I have your expert opinion on that? We don’t have to bet our lives on those details but we know them, not because I or someone else posts them, but because they are described in non-fiction literature of the period. You don’t seem able to recognize this. It is called research and all history we know is based on it. Ever heard of it ? Look it up. Enlighten yourself.
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