Posted: 6/22/2014 5:13:30 PM EDT
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Id like to get or make an english longbow and some arrows. I have a compound, but there is something alluring about a stick bow, especially the english longbow. Dont know if I could even attempt to draw back one of those "war bows" with a draw weight of 100+ lbs, but i do like to watch videos of them being shot. |
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I used to use a bamboo longbow for a while, but only about a 55lb draw weight
Have a friends WarBow here....in the region of 120lb pull weight. I can use it, but I'd not want to do it as a day job unless I had a LOT of training first I suggest you get possibly the best book on the topic, which was written by an English actor - Robert Hardy - "Longbow: A Social and Military History" I also have an replica of an older flat bow - a Mere Heath. Make my own arrows too. ETA: the video you linked to was interesting, but the bodkin he used was not really one designed for armour plate - He should have used one like this: 
A great hobby in preparation for when we next fight the French, or the Scots (the latter may be sooner than planned when their Independence experiment goes tits up & they head south looking for plunder...) |
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I have this DVD. It's pretty neat, and I've done some pretty cool fletchings out of it. If anything, it's interesting to see how they made the arrows.
http://www.thelongbowshop.com/products/Fletching-Medieval-Arrows-%252d-The-Longbow-Series-DVD.html |