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Jaro's new article
Del the cat:
--- Quote from: adb on February 26, 2014, 12:25:11 am ---I asked Pip Bickerstaffe and Steve Stratton the same thing, and their response was the same... 'cuz that's how they started.' Simple as that.
--- End quote ---
And they know because....?
Del
AndiE:
Hi
Does anyone know where to contact Jaro best?
If anyone has his email or something else please send me a pm.
THX!
Kind regards
Andi
gianluca100:
Nice article, well written and with good pictures.
In the beginnig there is the statement that such a whitewoodbow will be tested against a fine yew bow, but I did not see any testing described.
What do you think, is the yew bow better perfomance wise?
ciao,
gian-luca
WillS:
At the moment there's a real increase of interest in white wood bows. Guys like Jaro believe strongly that a well made ash bow will outperform almost any yew bow of the same weight apart perhaps from the absolute best Italian yew. I don't think it will be long before there is some serious testing, it just needs all the guys making the white wood bows to get together with people like Joe and Mark who can actually shoot them to find out.
I have to admit, before I started talking to Jaro I wasn't so interested in ash bows, but his theories on how common they would have been during the medieval period and the serious talent it requires to make them at these weights is a lot more exciting than yew bows. I know that Joe has had some good success with holly and hazel at weights around 160# and possibly plum as well. I'll do some digging and see if I can find some performance results.
WillS:
Here are some flight results set by the EWBS last year - no ash, but hazel at 140# clearly just as good as the yew bows.
http://74.209.214.7/~englishw/TMAF%202013%20Flight%20Shoot%20Results.html
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