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

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meanewood:
Just finished a replica myself and have a few interesting observations.

I started with the premise that the tip with the shamfered face is the original tip and made both my tips the same.
I went for an overall length of 1850mm, which assumes 140mm has been cut off the original.

My stave was Elm instead of Wytch Elm and the weight came in at 725 grams and pulls 80lbs at 30inches
This is a lot lighter than the replicas Alistair and Jeremy made with Wytch Elm.

What I found really interesting is that I don't need any nocks! The linen string that I made has a bowyers knot on the lower limb and a running loop on the upper limb and they tighten up nicely under tension!

I started with a binding around the place where the shamfer ends and expected the loops to slip down onto it but to my surprise they didn't move even after shooting many arrows, so I just took them off.
The shamfer is about 30mm so there is plenty of room to use a stringer as well.

The string is starting to leave a slight indentation in the wood but nothing to get worried about at this stage.

Even though this bow is only 80lbs it is really fast and seems to pack a real punch!
I'll post some pics soon.

Yeomanbowman:
That's really interesting.  I can't wait to see how the tiller came out when you used the dimensions, or close to.  When the original was inspected there was no trace of any crushing at the tips so you experiment is very useful as it eliminates a possible scenario, being that the bow is complete and was shot in the method you have used.  It is possible that this is how it was strung and the bow was never shot.  If you have any data on the arrows you were using and the distances, that would be very interesting too.

Jeremy

adb:
Pics of your bow would be awesome!

meanewood:
Yes , I suppose this could be a stringing method and the bow found was hardly used!
It seems most of the bows from the' Mary Rose' would appear to be unused due to the lack of wear at the arrow pass.

meanewood:
Photos of replica!

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