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stuckinthemud:
Hey Aksel, I would love to see some photos of your crossbows.  The historic one, was that a Lillohus/Skane type?

Aksel:
yes, Lillöhus. Have a look at my instagram "stoneagebows" for more images and videos of the bow shooting..

stuckinthemud:
I have a copy of the drawings for that crossbow but never found a reliable set of measurements.  Where did you get yours from?

Aksel:
I believe there is only one drawing around. I got the measurements from an old book about European crossbows by Josef Alm "Europeiska armborst" from 1947.

stuckinthemud:
I've been re-reading the old threads on The Arbalest Guild and found a set of measurements from halvslak but haven't been able to get armborst.forum24 to open

He measured the bow (for anyone interested) as:  length 92cm, 4cm wide, 3.5cm thick, total draw length 29.5cm; tiller 81cm long, bow wood unknown, maybe ash but not yew. 

I would think wych elm would be more likely

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