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data on the Mary Rose bows/arrows
stevesjem:
Hi Ronnie, I'm not sure about the ones you have seen, but I have just recently finished doing some filming for the History channel, A program called "Warriors", which is being shown next August I believe, it was all about the Battle of Agincourt and from what I saw, they seemed to be doing it the right way, so keep an eye out for it.
Steve
cracker:
You bet I will. I love that sort of thing. Some how It arouses my wife's wrath she'll just have to get over it.Ronnie
bow-toxo:
[quote author=stevesjem link=topic=8078.msg139869#msg139869 date=122661579
5'11"is only 71", this is quite short and if it exists, then it is one of the shortest MR bows in the collection, being this short I would not want to draw a bow of this length to 30", let alone 36", I have just made a copy of a MR bow for a customer and he asked for a 35" draw length, so this bow was made 82" long, that is 11" longer than the length you have quoted. The original was one of the average length bows and that is 75" long.
Steve
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SirJohn Smythe tells us that war bows [such as the MR bows} were made longer than the normal longbows so that they "did but seldom break". I make up all my personal bows and arrows by the normal mediaeval measurements which specify an arrow the same length as the longer MR arrows but a shorter bow as was used for hunting and shooting at a mark.
Erik
Yeomanbowman:
Hello BT
Could you post some images of your bows please? I'd love to see them made to these shorter lengths, the most I've dared to do was 140lbs /75" ntn with a 32" draw out of English yew. The stave was no longer so it was not a matter of choice.
Cromm:
Photos,Photos,Photos.......Please.......... ;D
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