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Final Tiller on Mary Rose replica
BowKids:
Could not resist. Pretty nice.
D. Tiller:
I like! Nicely done and very close to full eliptical tiller.
About overlay! I think you guys are right. I will be using overlays from now on on my yew bows since its such a bugger to get the horn nocks made, though they do look nice!
David T.
bow-toxo:
Outer limb stiff is a Victorian idea along with stiff handgrip area. Tudor rules were otherwise. Ascham says 'round compasse'.
There is no doubt that means the arc of a circle as your bow was before 'correction'. Ascham also says to whip the ends after a period of shooting, 'but not too much lest they whip in sunder', meaning thin them close to breaking point. This was thought to increase cast. You can see that MR bows were thinned in the last foot or so, one having even been whipped after the nocks were attached. No doubt many bowyers will prefer the improvements over those inferiorTudor ideass.
akila:
The tiller looks much better like this.....nice done..... ;)
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