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Another World Record!
PatM:
I have made strings well up to the task as well. When you mention that you have made a linen string for a bow well over 100 pounds they immediately call you a liar or make disparaging comments about proving manliness as if that is the only reason to attempt to duplicate the old bows.
The warbow cult is a strange one.
WillS:
In regards to the deformation of the skeleton - there was a pretty good documentary a while back called Ghosts Of The Mary Rose. It featured the EWBS shooting, it showed Steve Stratton putting a 170# bow on the tiller but more importantly they scanned Mark Stretton's shoulder after (but not straight after) shooting the Guinness World Record's heaviest bow at 202lbs. They showed definite and distinct damage to the bone and cartilage of his bow arm due to the compressive forces of the bow. It wasn't the same as the skeletons on the MR because Mark hasn't been shooting from such a young age - the belief being that young bones are yet to fuse, and repeated damage such as shooting heavy bows is enough to PREVENT the bones from ossifying properly - but it's very clear from that, that these bows DO cause skeletal structure damage with repeated use. I'll try and find it, and post a link.
WillS:
Well I found it, far easier than I thought.
http://www.veoh.com/watch/v15536356yKc73mEf?h1=Ghosts+of+the+Mary+Rose
Skip forward to 16:39 minutes in. And enjoy the EWBS shooting, drool over Steve's beautiful work of art, and check out the medical scan of Mark Stretton.
PatM:
I don't think anyone would dispute that the potential for damage is there but anything taken to extremes will do that.
Probably still a fair amount of individual variation in how different guys coped with it.
Some ex-football players are fine, some are crippled.
adb:
--- Quote from: PatM on April 17, 2014, 02:09:55 pm ---I have made strings well up to the task as well. When you mention that you have made a linen string for a bow well over 100 pounds they immediately call you a liar or make disparaging comments about proving manliness as if that is the only reason to attempt to duplicate the old bows.
The warbow cult is a strange one.
--- End quote ---
Yes it is. Send those wankers our way, and we'll straighten them out.
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