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WillS:
As a side note Del, there was a fascinating thread on a different forum about the rolling loose (or "jumping about" to give it the technical term ;) )
Turns out it actually adds a fair old amount to the cast. Michael (Blacksmith77k on here) posted a vid of static and rolling loose with the distances achieved and the rolling loose gave a large chunk extra.
It seems to all be about timing - if you leap about at the wrong moment, all you're doing is leaping about. If you can time it to perfection and put the jump into the release as the arrow leaves the bow, you gain a lot. Trouble of course is getting that timing...!
HoorayHorace:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0-2KLuAH4GY
This guy pulls 170 and makes it looks easy. Doesn't seem to pull to the forehead, or "jump about"
Just seems to stand still and draw normally.
Tree_Ninja:
I thought I read somewhere that the purpose of the horn nocks was
To allow the archer to "push" the bow down into the ground while simultaneously drawing the bow. The pushing with the braced arm allowed easier drawing(almost like floor tillering).
Or did I mis-interpret things?
Del the cat:
--- Quote from: Tree_Ninja on January 03, 2015, 12:21:14 pm ---I thought I read somewhere that the purpose of the horn nocks was
To allow the archer to "push" the bow down into the ground while simultaneously drawing the bow. The pushing with the braced arm allowed easier drawing(almost like floor tillering).
Or did I mis-interpret things?
--- End quote ---
That would probably be because there is a lot of nonsense both written and spoken about warbows.
You have to remember we weren't there and some of these half baked theories do more harm than good.
Del
HoorayHorace:
--- Quote from: Tree_Ninja on January 03, 2015, 12:21:14 pm ---I thought I read somewhere that the purpose of the horn nocks was
To allow the archer to "push" the bow down into the ground while simultaneously drawing the bow. The pushing with the braced arm allowed easier drawing(almost like floor tillering).
Or did I mis-interpret things?
--- End quote ---
I did read that English archer "pressed their body into the horns of the bow", whatever that means.
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