Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: stuckinthemud on October 30, 2019, 09:22:44 am
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All right guys, so the only information I have is this bow is from a Norwegian museum and measures 89 cm ttt. I'd love to know what you think, maybe a finno-ugric type? Crossbow - must be surely??? Birch perhaps? Ash maybe? Sinewed/not sinewed? Have at it, what do you reckon?
(https://stuckinthemudsite.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/very-early-wooden-crossbow-lath-from-bergen-university-museum.jpeg)
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That converts to a little over 35 inches long. Maybe a youngster's bow.
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My first guess as well was a bow for a crossbow.
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i agree with, it looks like a crossbow prod to me. way to thick for a kids bow at the least.
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Maybe not. Those Norwegian kids are tough ;D ;D ;D
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The vikings had alot of contact with the celts. Could be spoils of war, captured from a conquered tribe of leprechauns.
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Looks sinewed. Doubt a kids bow would be made like that. Wasted resources... With the set it's taken it been braced a looooong time. So maybe it was a quickly accessible weapon left strung to grab and fire an arrow when under attack or something?
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The vikings had alot of contact with the celts. Could be spoils of war, captured from a conquered tribe of leprechauns.
Hobbits maybe, they were rather stout lads! As for leprechauns, you can't see 'em to conquer
'Em! (lol). If it is a crossbow prod, there should markings indicating wear points.
Hawkdancer
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I had wondered if it were sinewed, still wondering if there's a glue line visible through the right hand side of the bow, if so then maybe a birch/compression pine combo might be possible? Anyway, war-spoils might make it a pictsie long-bow and you don't want the Nac Mac Feegle after you