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bubby:
I love it when you warbow guys get in these "discusions" and everyone gets all huffy >:D
adb:
I could argue more, but I think it would be useless. Perhaps I'll just save my breath. ;)
fishfinder401:
--- Quote from: bubby on January 28, 2013, 07:16:58 pm ---I love it when you warbow guys get in these "discusions" and everyone gets all huffy >:D
--- End quote ---
first time i read your post i thought you said fluffy ::)
Ian.:
I did write a long post but I'll just leave with this, your ideas are fallacy and you facts are about as water tight as the current state of the Mary Rose.
Ian.:
Okay lets be serious. There are not and probably never will be a complete bow from the medieval period found in England, I do not know where the 5/6 come from. Yes a small fragment was found in Southampton but that's all! You have to understand its difficult for us to talk about something if out of nowhere you seem to think more bows survive than actually do.
Yes some Mary Rose bows will be shorter than others, yes some medieval archer undoubtedly drew less and so could get away with shorter bows. Though the difference I concern myself with and I am sure adb for that matter is how different a Victorian target longbow is to a medieval bow, this is not a simple case of societies deciding their requirements and I can tell you I pay those definitions of longbows/warbows little time. Weight would be the obvious difference, application another but design and materials are also pretty unanimously different.
I guess what I fundamentally disagree with is the oversimplification, "I have made bows that range from 50-145lbs and they are all the same style, just some are thicker than others! They are all longbows and suitable for "war'."
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