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Anyone have experience with Hollow Back Bows?

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RedSpectre:

--- Quote from: Aksel on February 13, 2023, 08:44:40 am ---Hello. When I hear Scottish bow and hollowed back I suspect you are referring to the neolithic peat bog bow from "Rotten Bottom" in Scotland. Because the yew bow with deep rounded bellies and flat-ish back became so dominant in the anglosphere, the Rotten Bottom bow was also mistakenly interpreted as such. But it was infact made from a smaller diameter tree with rounded back and hollow out belly. Like all older bows before middle ages and the concave belly was infact a fairly common feature among neolithic yew bows in Europe.

 See my old post : http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,71621.msg1004096.html#msg1004096

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Interesting... It's funny how thing die out only to be rediscovered.  I love the bow btw.

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