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Max. length?
WillS:
I don't have a link I'm afraid, but the book is called Weapons of Warre volume 3. It's probably a bit too expensive if you're only interested in the bows as it's around £50 and huge, packed with details on everything from cannons to spoons. The bows take up one chapter of many, but they are detailed to the smallest degree.
Most other books that have warbows in them don't have much real detail, or are full of inaccuracies. If anybody else has recommendations I'd be as interested as you!
meanewood:
It sounds like your friend is being a bit pedantic with his request.
If he wants a replica of one of the bows found then the longest was 2113mm or 83.18 inches 38.8mm wide and 35.6mm deep in the handle ref: weapons of warre.
If he wants a longer one then I'm sure there were longer bows used during the same period, just not on that ship at that particular time! It would still be 'authentic 'if you made it a bit longer. In my book 83.18 inches is close enough to 84 anyway!
AndiE:
Hi
What do you guys think of this article I found?
http://myincarnations.com/bard/agincourt.htm (scrawl down to the last part)
A 8 or 10 foot warbow? ???
Kind regards
Andi
WillS:
Haha! Absolute garbage. I love the reasoning - this is a painting of a man and a bow. They weren't called longbows in the Netherlands, therefore this must be a normal bow! So ""long""bows HAD to be longer.
Amazing.
P.S. the rest of the article is utter tripe as well. Completely inaccurate and full of totally made up facts, such as the execution of the French captives, the way the battle was fought ("they would have known the ground was soft because a dog would have walked on it and sunk..." for example) and the idea that the French could have given their peasants "sticks" to make bows from, but were afraid they would use them on their own knights...
AndiE:
;D ;)
I think this guy drank to much english beer and french wine when he wrote this article!
Kind regards
Andi
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