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Mary Rose Replica Bow Build-Along--An Entrance into the World of War Bows
Coo-wah-chobee:
Keep posting on this subject-me thinks lots of people listening-bob
Pat B:
Josh, This is an excellent thread. We need it archived for future reference. When you are completely done, maybe we should move it to the "how to" section. I know when I get started with my yew ELB(I'm not sure what weight to go with so I won't call it a war bow) that I'll be asking you lots of questions. Thanks for all you are putting into this project and for what you are shareing with us all.
By a card scraper, do you mean a thin rectangular piece of metal. When I started useing a scraper for most of my tillering, my bows improved 100% and I didn't screw up as much. I saw that Grizzly Products has a scraper set for $11.95. The set has 5 or 6 differant scrapers of differant configurations.
For those that don't have and can't find a scraper, this set would be a great stocking stuffer for Christmas. Pat
duffontap:
Thanks everyone--lots,
I'm so glad to be of some practical use around here. I've been reading a lot on what's going on in England and it's a bit of a bummer that war bows haven't caught on in the states more. There are many talented bowyers on this forum who are more than capable of building these bows, and most people can work their way into them over time. Europe seems to have more shooters but fewer bowyers. I would love it if a couple years from now we had a few more events for war bows. I think I'll bring mine to the Longbow Safari this year.
I spent the day yesterday hand planing some hardwood shafting to the dimensions of the Mary Rose artifacts. They are something scary! Should I post the arrow info on this thread or on the arrow forum?
I wanted to work up something a little more specific on the Mary Rose horn nocks. I'll try to post that soon.
J. D. Duff
Dane:
--- Quote from: J. D. Duff on November 16, 2006, 02:40:59 pm ---Thanks everyone--lots,
I'm so glad to be of some practical use around here. I've been reading a lot on what's going on in England and it's a bit of a bummer that war bows haven't caught on in the states more. There are many talented bowyers on this forum who are more than capable of building these bows, and most people can work their way into them over time. Europe seems to have more shooters but fewer bowyers. I would love it if a couple years from now we had a few more events for war bows. I think I'll bring mine to the Longbow Safari this year.
I spent the day yesterday hand planing some hardwood shafting to the dimensions of the Mary Rose artifacts. They are something scary! Should I post the arrow info on this thread or on the arrow forum?
I wanted to work up something a little more specific on the Mary Rose horn nocks. I'll try to post that soon.
J. D. Duff
JD, a few thoughts about why the war bow is more popular in Europe, and presumably, England. These are thoughts, and if I take some flak, so be it.
For one thing, it is much more directly their history then ours. If you have ever gone to Europe, you literally stumble on ancient things. The raillroad bed of the small line that I took from Augsburg to the village near my kaserene was literally built for a ways on an old Roman road, and for the rest of the trip, you could see the remnets of the road from the train window. Hop in a car, and you can be at the Hastings site from anywhere in England in no time. Again, near my kaserene, there was a place called the West Woods. Ther are dozens, possibly hundreds, of burial mounds there from the defeated Magyards that Otto slaughtered. Could I find one guy in my unit who cared to go visit them with me? It was only two or three miles by foot.
Arguably, many of us of European ancestry here in the states have direct blood ties to all that history, but hey, Americans are not much for history in any case, our own, let alone from a culture 1000 years in the past. I recall from my US civil war living history days how little the general public knew about our own great conflict. I argued myself blue one time trying to convince these two guys in their 30s that the Confederacy lost the war, not the other way around.
I think that legal issues might have something to do with it, as well. A friend of mine was discussing it with me a while back. Insurance must be horrible to have an English or European longbow shoot. Lawyers grow well in our soil.
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duffontap:
Good thoughts Dane. I think it is important that we don't steal someone else's history. I guess the way I see it, as an archer and bowyer, everything that relates to archery history is part of my archery heritage. The English war bow represents one of the most powerful man-powered weapons ever devised. We as bowyers and archers can learn a lot from that history.
I just want to share the joy that I have had exploring bows and arrows beyond the hunting context. I'm a hunter, and I love hunting. But, I've very much enjoyed the pleasures of other forms of archery as they stretch beyond the close of one hunting season and the preparation for the next.
J. D. Duff
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