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Peter-t123:
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--- Quote from: Peter-t123 ---no one in the society claims that that one sentence is what they believe represents a medieval bow (that isnt what they think) and you are trying to change the sentence to say that is what it says.
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You should read more carefully. Nowhere did I mention that the English Warbow Society think that all medieval bows would comply with their society rules.
They are a society, therefore they need some form of guideline to stop people trying to join with 45# horsebows. The society guidelines are a separate thing to what individual people think medieval bows might have been like.
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people do shoot 45lb horsebows
WillS:
I give up.
RyanY:
I realize there are a lot of things written and known about standard warbows but here's my opinion on what should be considered a historically accurate warbow. These bows had to be heavy enough to cast a standard arrow a desired distance and must be made well enough to survive and perform well in warfare conditions and for a long period of time. I believe laminated bows would have been too time consuming to make where a good yew bow would work just as well. Longer length will add to energy storage and durability where shorter bows will not make weight as easily and be more strained. Draw weight, of course, will launch the arrow farther. As for draw length it's my understanding that the arrows were made by the thousands and therefore any archer should be able to shoot those arrows the desired distance. Drawing them their full length is an easy advantage for distance and the bow has to survive. I can't say for sure what the minimum standard warbow would be but I can imagine that bowyers and archers of the time had enough experience to know if a bow was capable of achieving the desired result, shooting war arrow after war arrow a desired distance. (Typed on my phone so please forgive any typos)
adb:
--- Quote from: Peter-t123 on March 31, 2013, 10:05:31 am ---
--- Quote from: WillS on March 31, 2013, 09:48:22 am ---
--- Quote from: Peter-t123 ---no one in the society claims that that one sentence is what they believe represents a medieval bow (that isnt what they think) and you are trying to change the sentence to say that is what it says.
--- End quote ---
You should read more carefully. Nowhere did I mention that the English Warbow Society think that all medieval bows would comply with their society rules.
They are a society, therefore they need some form of guideline to stop people trying to join with 45# horsebows. The society guidelines are a separate thing to what individual people think medieval bows might have been like.
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people do shoot 45lb horsebows
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So... you show up to EWBS shoots with a 45# horsebow?
Thesquirrelslinger:
@#(^@ warbow societies. Sorry if that offends anyone...
A warbow is a bow made for war or BASED off of one that was. We do not have many surviving examples from that period.
Therefore we really do not know precisely what they looked like.
I know I AM offending people, go ahead and say it.
But I am rather tired of argueing over what the heck a warbow is.
-Squirrel
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