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Bow X1-3 - The last 'mean' wood warbow?

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Yeomanbowman:
This is something that Alistair Aston and I have been working on for a while and we are very excited about it.  We think it could be something that may change the way we think about the 'mean' wood warbow and we'd be very interested in your thoughts.

http://warbowwales.com/#/articles/4559117041

Please click on the article 'Bow X1-3 - The last 'mean' wood warbow?'

Lucasade:
Very interesting paper, and fantastic that the Mary Rose is still throwing up surprises.

Del the cat:
Excellent paper. I've just skim read it for now. I'll study it further.
I have no doubt that Elm makes a serviceable warbow and I'm currently working on a Hazel one.
It does seem odd that all the other MR bows are Yew, but maybe there was just one chest of meanewood bows.
Thanks for posting.
Del

ajbruggink:
Thanks for posting. I want to build a replica of Bow X1-3 now.

outcaste:

--- Quote from: ajbruggink on January 30, 2015, 10:45:40 am ---Thanks for posting. I want to build a replica of Bow X1-3 now.

--- End quote ---

Hi,

Good luck with the build and keep us updated, as I would really like to see how it comes out. Depending on the Elm, we found that the region of a little over 100# @ 30 could be expected with the shorter version, though the 141# @ 30 approximation needed around 1mm of the centre depth, otherwise it would have been an extremely challenging to draw at the bow length!

All the best,
Alistair

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