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Mary Rose Replica Bow Build-Along--An Entrance into the World of War Bows
duffontap:
Thanks everyone--Step #3 Soon.
Fred: Osage is a great alternative. The only reason I didn't mention it was that I was late getting home from the office last night. Oops. There are Texas Osage war bows being shot in England right now.
Marlon: Thanks for the workout routine. I'm hitting the weights hard and my rotator cuffs feel stronger already. I'm pulling a solid 90+ right now. I'll post those shoulder workouts on this thread in a couple days. This war bow is more fun than I have ever had building a bow.
Badger: Glad you're coming along on your project, too. I wanted to mention: This is a build-along--please feel free to post pictures of your own war bow progress on this thread!
Thimo: Glad your hanging here.
Mark: That just goes to show how hard information is to come by on this subject. The 'all Yew' statement has been published so many times I didn't even question it. Thanks for the info!
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Justin Snyder:
You got me aching to try one now J.D.. Good thread keep it up. Thanks Justin
Jaro:
Mark who told you that some werent yew? I know about single non yew medievall english bow supposedly in wallace collection.
I wouldnt trust Pip in this as he has been caught bullshiting more than once.
Jaro
Kviljo:
Very interesting thread! The video with Stanley is just awesome, it inspired me to finish my little 80# warbow, and I'm currently waiting for the moisture to drop in a 1 3/5" wide roughed out european yew warbow. I don't think the ballistic-test in the video is anywhere near realistic, but it sure illustrates the capability.
I've heard rumours say that the inventory-list of Mary Rose both listed yew and elm bows, but only the bows from yew were found. Elm is of course much mure perishable than yew. Don't know where this info came from originally though.
Marc St Louis:
Nice thread
The bow I made Marlon is 71" long overall.
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