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I found some wood, possible stave for war bow? i dont need it to be super heavy.
ionicmuffin:
correction, this isnt a big leaf maple, this is a Norway maple.
bow-toxo:
60 pounds is not what we call a warbow [modern term], it is a longbow, a less powerful version of a warbow.78" weith 75" between nocks is long enough that a 32" draw is not an overdraw. I am not familiar with that kind of wood. In mediaeval and Tudor times, longbows were heat treated but not backed. They were "selfbows' of one piece of wood, sometimes with horn nocks.
adb:
--- Quote from: bow-toxo on October 26, 2012, 06:02:56 pm ---60 pounds is not what we call a warbow [modern term], it is a longbow, a less powerful version of a warbow.78" weith 75" between nocks is long enough that a 32" draw is not an overdraw. I am not familiar with that kind of wood. In mediaeval and Tudor times, longbows were heat treated but not backed. They were "selfbows' of one piece of wood, sometimes with horn nocks.
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I had no idea medieval or even Tudor bows were heat treated. How did they do it? What evidence do you have that it existed? I think I've heard that our Native Americans heat treated some stuff, but never medieval bowyers.
bow-toxo:
Ascham writes that bowyers should use "Heetes conveniente" . Arrows were sometimes also heated according to Lartdarcherie.
adb:
Can you be more specific? "Heetes conveniente" seems pretty vague.
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