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We are staring an International Primitive Flight Shooting Federation
PatM:
I like the idea of longbows shooting their set types of arrows but think that other bows should be allowed in those arrow classes.
adb:
Not 100% following you Pat...
For example, have horsebows in a warbow society shoot?
I do think it would be VERY interesting to see what other bows could do with an English warbow spec arrow, but it would be contrary to the philosophy of "warbow" shooting... well, English warbow shooting, anyway. Not that that's a bad thing, it just seems too far away from the goals of the current English warbow socities.
I do have a smidgey (that's small here in Western Canada, Pat ;D) of a problem with the current "warbow" societies. Almost every culture had a warbow, not just the English. I argue that the Mongols were far more effective than the English with their "warbows." The EWBS is the English Warbow Society, and I think it's vital that they distinguish, and happy that they do.
Badger:
Adam, I have no opinon on warbows, as I said the war bow guys would draw up their own rules which I assume they allready have. You guys would specify a minimum weight bow before it became an english long bow and no longer a warbow.
On all the other classes I am proposing a distinct division between regular flight bows and traditional bows just shooting as they were intended. War bows would fall into the traditional classes and just be shot the same way they are presently. If a bowyer wanted to enter his war bow into the english long bow classes he would be welcome to do so in which case he would shoot at 8 grains per pound as a traditional english long bow and not a warbow. This might be attractive to bows under 100# for instance.
PatM:
--- Quote from: adb on February 03, 2015, 09:18:46 pm ---Not 100% following you Pat...
For example, have horsebows in a warbow society shoot?
I do think it would be VERY interesting to see what other bows could do with an English warbow spec arrow, but it would be contrary to the philosophy of "warbow" shooting... well, English warbow shooting, anyway. Not that that's a bad thing, it just seems too far away from the goals of the current English warbow socities.
I do have a smidgey (that's small here in Western Canada, Pat ;D) of a problem with the current "warbow" societies. Almost every culture had a warbow, not just the English. I argue that the Mongols were far more effective than the English with their "warbows." The EWBS is the English Warbow Society, and I think it's vital that they distinguish, and happy that they do.
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We say smidgin. ;)
I meant if there is an "open" flight shoot rather than a "society" shoot the arrow classes of the typical WBS should be an open class.
The longbow guys have nothing to be afraid of, right?
adb:
Yup... smidgin works too! ;)
If it was an "open" flight shoot with WBS arrows, it wouldn't be an English Warbow shoot. I think the warbow societies are only trying to maintain what they clearly state in their mission statements. Here is the one from the CWBS, taken right from their website:
The Canadian Warbow Society is a group of like-minded individuals who practice the shooting and the making of the great English Warbow, War arrows, and tackle. Our goal is to perpetuate the heritage of the English Warbow, and introduce the study and practice of this weapon to our shores.
I have no doubt that other types of bows may outperform English warbows with their own arrows. But, that is clearly not the mission of these societies. Likely, if the English had had access to better bows, which could outperform their own, they would have used them. No fear here... only a willingness to participate in the historical romance of what, at the time, was a powerful weapon which changed history.
I do fear, however, that we are once again straying far off topic. ::)
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