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Information about the EWBS Welsh class

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WillS:
As long as it's European yew, yeah.  Not imported from America of course.  Ideally Welsh yew, but I guess English is fine (it's all the same stuff really!!) One thing I'd be interested in hearing from Jeremy is whether Italian yew is allowed.  I can't see why it wouldnt be, but ya never know!

To be honest, if you have a stave of yew and you make a bow between 95 and 105lbs, keep it longer than 72" and make it somewhere between 33 and 40inches wide at the handle with a nice rounded belly shape but not a deep D section like a Victorian bow you'll be perfect for passing any specifications!  Tiller it out to 28" and shoot it at 32" and you'll be fine.  Simple, eh? ;)

Yeomanbowman:
Hi All
The 'Welsh Class' is not the creation of either Warbow Wales or myself.   Whilst I was a founding member of the EWBS and had a hand in the specs of the arrows and bows, the 'Welsh Class' was after my involvement.  I believe it to have been created by a very talented bowyer called Jaro Patrina who sadly no longer posts here. However, whilst I admire his craftsmanship and knowledge of history, I have to say that there's absolutely no evidence that Welsh bows of the early middle ages were under 110lbs, had a Flemish twist looped and timberhitch string (you can use fastflite in the WC), were over 72" or had a rounded belly.  It's all supposition at best.

WillS:
Hi Jeremy, thanks for clearing some of that up!

Are those specifications actually required then?  Or would for example a 115lb bow, or a bow without a rounded belly be allowed to shoot in the Welsh Class?

Yeomanbowman:
Hi Will,

It was the case but I can't say what it is now?
What I can say is that Warbow Wales allows all weights of bow and insists on natural strings for its distance shooting.  We hold a distance achievement for each bow wood used.

Cheers,
Jeremy

Jules:
Thanks for the information Jeremy!

So I guess it's still a little vague what the requirements for the EWBS Welsh bow are (were getting close to the full picture though). And let's just assume a forged type 10 short bodkin is used and my links in the OP are rubbish examples :D

Maybe I should try a bit closer to the source then and contact some of the regulars of the EWBS shoots?

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