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Making hedeby "Viking" bow?

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meanewood:
What I find most interesting about this bow is how the 'Viking' maker has created the upper limb extension to aid 'probably' a step through method of stringing the bow.

I have problems stringing any bow beyond 80lbs if using that method.

Having that extension may allow me to manage, maybe up to 100lbs before having to resort to a stringer instead.

Anyway, good excuse for me to make one myself.

Hope it comes out as good as Weylin's!

TorstenT:
Harm Paulsen told me, that those bow can be strung by standing the lower end on the ground (he uses a patch of fur under the tip to protect it), pull down the deflexed tip with your whole body weight and string it. The backward bend keeps the levering force behind the belly, so you don’t need a knee or thigh as a hypomochlion. That only works for straight bows, of course. If the limbs have a natural reflex, then you would still need to string it the usual way, I guess...

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