Hallo everyone ! Today I want to present my historical correctly recreated new longbow together with some arrows to you.
The bow is about 2m long which makes it quite hard to capture it in a picture, but here it is. The bow is equipted with a hemp string, is optimized for a drawing length of 31 inch and has a drawing weight of 52 pounds !!
The bow posesses a really nice circular carvingto detect the middle of the shaft. It is quite incospicuous but I like the simple style.
The ends of the bow are also hold in a quite simple fashion.
I also have some fitting arrows. They have 3 feathers each, which are fixed by linen thread. The nocks are just simply cut out.
My firs shooting tests were amazing. I can feel the 52 pounds, but the shooting was so smooth that I directly fell in love with the bow ;) .. I was also quite surprised about the immense speed and penetration power of the loosed metal tipped arrows.
I really hope you like that bow, also you are not able to experience its smooth shooting on you own.
For those who are more interested into medievil archery and the way to shoot a longbow please visit my blick and look up post about medievil archery.
https://steemit.com/archery/@adalger/medievil-archery-the-way-to-shoot-a-longbow
Thank you for reading my block!
Best wishes,
Adalger
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Nice!! What kind of wood is the bow made from? Have you thought about putting a leather grip in the center? Love those arrows too!! (^_^)
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Thanks !! .. The bow is made from a single ash stave. In my opinion ash is the best wood that you can use for crafting a longbow. I would actually like to make a bow of yew wood once as traditionel english longbows were usually made of yew, but ash wood results in really stable and reliable bow shafts. It is also more easy to work on with tools and therefore more forgiving if you work out the needed shape. On my next bow I would like to try on a more exotic shape, including leather, feathers anx other accessoires ;)
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