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data on the Mary Rose bows/arrows
triton:
first extract says to me that, although they had two strings, one was in use and because there was little room to move, they had little or no chance of fitting the second string. so making him almost useless.
second extract looks like Ascham is referring to the stronger war archers as not so accurate as those using lighter bows..
After all, I doubt I'd be too fussed about accuracy at 2-300 yards when there are likely to be thousands of arrows hitting the general area.
ratty:
--- Quote from: triton on January 01, 2009, 06:17:49 pm ---first extract says to me that, although they had two strings, one was in use and because there was little room to move, they had little or no chance of fitting the second string. so making him almost useless.
second extract looks like Ascham is referring to the stronger war archers as not so accurate as those using lighter bows..
After all, I doubt I'd be too fussed about accuracy at 2-300 yards when there are likely to be thousands of arrows hitting the general area.
--- End quote ---
hello mike :-)
the first quote i used was a little long, the part i was refuring to was this part :-)
God send us good stringers both for war and peace. Now what a string ought to be made on, whether of good hemp, as they do now-a-days, or of flax, or of silk, I leave that to the judgement of stringers, of whom we must buy them.
this tells me hemp seems to be more used than silk at this time.
triton:
sadly the "hemp" used then is now illegal
ratty:
--- Quote from: triton on January 02, 2009, 07:55:14 am ---sadly the "hemp" used then is now illegal
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yep so i believe,
i have done most of my experiments with linen, but am now making a few silk strings ,they seem quite promising to be used on warbows. ive experimented with linen upto 110# . and it works well.but does break after time, but usually as the arrow is launched and not while drawing the bow.which enables the bow to survive the break quite well.
i believe linen would have been a good roving string, but maybe not the best for warfare. in my opinion, but am still open minded to peoples practical findings. :-)
triton:
I'm going to give the fella a chance to recover from the holiday but I have a contact in Poland that can supply long strand raw hemp. I'm keen to give it a go. There's also some obscure reference to strings being whipped for their entire length (perhaps with silk) to add strength.
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