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Main Discussion Area => English Warbow => Topic started by: jaxenro on May 07, 2017, 05:53:43 pm

Title: Brace height
Post by: jaxenro on May 07, 2017, 05:53:43 pm

How do you determine brace height on a longbow (ELB or EWB)? What is the impact of a higher or lower height? Do we know how it was determined in medieval times? In Victorian times?

Title: Re: Brace height
Post by: WillS on May 07, 2017, 07:53:11 pm

All of mine are different.  I'm forever​ switching strings, making new ones etc so the brace height on any one bow changes regularly. 

I don't have a method of measuring, I just get it somewhere near a fistmele.  The lower it is, the more performance you'll get however. 

There's not really anything historically to go on regarding brace height, unless Ascham mentioned it and I've forgotten.  No idea about Victorian times, they were weird and used arrow passes and fancy nocks and stuff.  Urghhh!