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And then I saw a cool show on History Channel about the English Longbow like 2 days ago. How they made them and such, and then talked about the Battle of Crecy..
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Ah, the original Weapon of Mass (Phrench) Destruction...
ANdy
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A few years ago I was in England and toured Warwick Castle. There was a medievel reenactor portraying a longbowman giving a demonstration. You could tell this guy had practiced!
Afterward he had the audience come in close and he gave a telling of the Battle of Agincourt like he witnessed it. It was great. He started by asking people where they were from.
"Anybody from England?"
A group of small children raised their hands and cheered.
"Anybody from Scotland?"
An elderly man, probably about 70, raised his hand.
The archer pulled out his dagger, gave a steely gaze, and said, "The French fought for the Scots, so I'll not mourn your death, but I will ravish your woman." He was really in character.
After he was finished I struck up a conversation, having recently taken up archery with a 55# recurve.
He let me try his "lightest" bow - a 100 pound longbow. I couldn't even get it to full draw, and he had shot a good 20+ arrows during his demo!