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Ash ELB at reenacting event
Matt Heppe:
A friend of mine, Christian Cameron, writes historical fiction novels. He's also a big reenactor. So to celebrate the publication of a new novel, Ill-Made Knight, he sponsored a reenacting event.
I used to do Revolutionary War reenacting, but I had never done anything Medieval. We were reenacting the year 1380. I had no gear, and no clothes, but I did have bows. So I traded a persimmon self bow and an ash ELB for clothes (for me, my wife, and my daughter), as well as for a quiver.
Here is the ash longbow. It is 55# @ 28" and is 78" long. Too long and not heavy enough. Christian is doing the event again this year and I am going again. I plan on getting the bow back and piking it to increase the weight. I'll also put horn nocks on it.
Here's the quiver Christian made for me:
I didn't have any authentic looking arrows, so I asked around here on the forum for suggestions. Adam "ADB" ended up making a dozen beautiful arrows for me. He posted them, but I can't find the link. I didn't need true warbow arrows as I was only shooting a 55# bow. He put together some white fletched, self nocked arrows that looked authentic and shot really well.
I ended up taking second place in the short range (25 yard) competition, and third place in the long range (75 yard) competition. Now, there were only twelve archers, and none of us were exactly experts. But it was fun.
This year I am taking a yew longbow that is still in the works. I'll post some pics if it works out.
Del the cat:
Nice, the bow has the right look to it. I wouldn't bother piking it, you won't gain much just taking off a couple of inches, and if you take off more you'll loose the look.
If you want some extra oomph and authenticity, get that right hand back and anchor to your shoulder or close as you can get. It won't over strain the bow any more than piking it would!
Make another!
Good looking kit :) really like the jacket
Del
WillS:
Very nice! Bow looks really good. I wouldn't bother with horn nocks - you wouldn't have found them on white wood bows in the 14th century, as they are for protecting soft yew from string biting. Horners wouldn't have been required to make extra for the bows that didn't need them.
Can I go off topic and ask what those hose are pointed to? Braies or doublet? They look quite low!
adb:
Hey, Matt. Great kit and nice looking bow. I'm glad those arrows worked out for you! Certainly not war arrows, but it sounds like they're flying pretty good for you. Here's some pics again:
On a side note... I wouldn't pike that bow either. It's perfect target weight. If you want a true warbow, make another, only heavier.
Del the cat:
Nice arras..
Del
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