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I would like to see a more military focus to the magazine related to the use of bows in warfare.
I would also like to see more technical data on bowmaking, arrow making and string making.
Too much hunting stuff...
I would like to see a more military focus to the magazine related to the use of bows in warfare.
I would also like to see more technical data on bowmaking, arrow making and string making.
Too much hunting stuff...
I would like to see a more military focus to the magazine related to the use of bows in warfare.
I would also like to see more technical data on bowmaking, arrow making and string making.
Too much hunting stuff...
The technical side Is not seen by the artisan side as being important! Probably enough said. Arvin
Morgan I wish I could agree with you but it shows in the bow contest nearly every time. The artisan votes are for the art side and don’t care about performance . It won’t matter how good a bow will out perform the artisan , or they don’t know the difference. Most know the difference i would say. I love and respect the artisan side but that does not always mean it’s a superior weapon. It’s a bow contest. That been said keep your drawknife sharp and your arrows straight. Arvin
I think pretty and shiny and nice looking beats function and I see that in other types of presentations as well (I collect vintage tools) I think it's a human condition, and I think a lot of people here (myself included) are still trying to learn what exactly "performance" should look like in a "good" bow.
There is a lot of talk about speed, cast, stability and longevity, but very little hard facts or data to back it up. There is also a lot of contradictory information, which I've come to believe is likely can be or is likely a difference in wood type and characteristics, climate, or other contributing factor we don't think of.
I focus much more on hunting bows, so understanding bows for distance shooting or war bows is very lacking and my shoulder just snapped just thinking about shooting an 80# bow
Morgan I wish I could agree with you but it shows in the bow contest nearly every time. The artisan votes are for the art side and don’t care about performance . It won’t matter how good a bow will out perform the artisan , or they don’t know the difference. Most know the difference i would say. I love and respect the artisan side but that does not always mean it’s a superior weapon. It’s a bow contest. That been said keep your drawknife sharp and your arrows straight. Arvin
But Arvin, I think it's just the nature of the beast. I don't usually have time to read through all the threads and find out everything about the various bows. I suspect a lot of people vote based on the provided full-draw shot and nothing more. It would be better if we all read the stories and stats before voting on the coolest overall bow, instead of the one with the nicest looking full draw profile. But a lot of people (myself included, some months) just don't take the time. I don't think that means people really value appearance over performance; it just means that the BOM contest i is mostly based on photos because that's all we have to go on. I think that's why recurves tend to win a disproportionate amount of the time--they're beautiful to look at.