Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: stuckinthemud on October 09, 2019, 04:33:07 pm
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I want to build a crossbow based on this one. It is now bent virtually to its brace profile, presumably from being left strung for a couple of hundred years. It is a yew and sinew bow, 30 inches ttt, 1 3/4 inch thick by 2 inches at centre, 1 inch round at tips.
I have 2 questions, First, do you think it was deflexed or built straight originally. Second, how much sinew would it take to build a bow like this?
Thanks in advance,
Andrew
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