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nick1346:
--- Quote from: yankeemongiat on February 20, 2008, 12:18:44 am ---I am not an Warbow Fan at all so I have little to say on these Bows ...besides the Fact that they are almost allways Laminated Bows...and do not constitute being called Primitive Weapons at all.....and here is what a good Friend of Mine has to say on these Behemoths...........
Ya know, I regret dropping out of the PA board cause I'd like to tell those douche bags that are into super high weight bows that they have no business on a Primitive Archery board. It goes against the spirit of primitive wud bows: Hunting is in a wooden bows soul, and primitive hunting is all about economy of materials, the artistry of creating a weapon from the Earth, and extending one's reach in an organic way. The heavy English War Bow has no soul what so ever. It is a thing, a brutish man killer made to penetrate armor. Armor isn't an organic thing. It isn't a hide with fur... It's a dead piece of steel and the tools that are designed to kill a "steel animal" are just as lifeless. The modern archer who aches to pull the heaviest weapon possible, is not a hunter. He is a performer and only interested in besting someone else's ability. This is borne from ego, not from hunger or need, which makes it very anti "primitive". My answer to anyone of this ilk that insults someone that is vested in keeping the true spirit of the bow alive is "go to hell!". John Riggs. You can quote me on that.
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I must take exception to this! A warbow is a primitive bow it is the most simple of weapons. I have two Italain self yew EWB which you both will notice are made form a single piece of 'wud'. Those bows extend my reach far beyond my natural limits, historicaly in warfare it helped my ancestors reclaim their English identity. I have no problem with people hunting with bows, we can't in Britian there you go, in fact people would hunt game with the same bows they hunted their two legged enemies and they would fight back. To say that it has no soul is as absurd as it is ill informed. It is the soul of my nation, the representation of the re emergence of the English and Welsh people, the common man with his bent stick exerting his authority over those that would oppress him both as an individual and as a nation. There is no greater need than that of the desire to be a free man rather than a serf, the use of the bow in England lifted the people out of serfdom John Riggs if you fail to understand that then that it is your problem.
stevesjem:
Well said Nick!
heavybow:
Who in hell is john riggs. well said Nick. marlon
Loki:
--- Quote ---I am not an Warbow Fan at all so I have little to say on these Bows ...besides the Fact that they are almost allways Laminated Bows...and do not constitute being called Primitive Weapons at all.....and here is what a good Friend of Mine has to say on these Behemoths...........
Ya know, I regret dropping out of the PA board cause I'd like to tell those douche bags that are into super high weight bows that they have no business on a Primitive Archery board. It goes against the spirit of primitive wud bows: Hunting is in a wooden bows soul, and primitive hunting is all about economy of materials, the artistry of creating a weapon from the Earth, and extending one's reach in an organic way. The heavy English War Bow has no soul what so ever. It is a thing, a brutish man killer made to penetrate armor. Armor isn't an organic thing. It isn't a hide with fur... It's a dead piece of steel and the tools that are designed to kill a "steel animal" are just as lifeless. The modern archer who aches to pull the heaviest weapon possible, is not a hunter. He is a performer and only interested in besting someone else's ability. This is borne from ego, not from hunger or need, which makes it very anti "primitive". My answer to anyone of this ilk that insults someone that is vested in keeping the true spirit of the bow alive is "go to hell!". John Riggs. You can quote me on that.
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laughed my arse off reading that ;D :D
What a load of Bollock's!
Yeomanbowman:
--- Quote from: heavybow on February 20, 2008, 12:18:09 pm ---Who in hell is john riggs. well said Nick. marlon
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I don't know who he is...but do know what he is ;)
Please feel free to quote me on that.
Jeremy
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