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WillS:
Something like that! You can see how the heartwood "swells" out beyond the sapwood on both sides.
Badger:
Do these bows show any evidence of taking set? if so it might give us a some good clues as to how far they were actually being drawn but it would require actually drawing the bows.
WillS:
There's a couple with a slight hint of follow, but they're virtually all brand new, unused bows. I'd say 99% of the MR bows had never been in the hands of an archer when the ship sank.
We can have a good guess at the common draw lengths from all sorts of documentation describing the English way of shooting, and of course from the arrows found with the bows which are various lengths but primarily 28" and 30". Very few were longer than that.
FilipT:
Very good looking bow. Are you able to shoot it or it's for someone else?
WillS:
I'd have been on it last year, but life got in the way recently and I'm struggling with 130lb at the moment. Won't be too long before I get it under control though.
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