Re: 202lb yew warbow!
Assuming is never good but anyway, if I make my first hornbow and get 210 fps with 8 grains/lb. How many first woodbow would do that? Did MR bows that?
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A few years ago I had the chance to spend a day (Pelican Cup, Godollo, Hungary) with Steve (hi Steve!) and two Hungarian bowyers who used their own hornbows (a Magyar replica based on a grave finding...
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There is one of those test done. By Lukas Novotny He compared a Yew longbow with a mughal horn bow ( Indian style ) shooting bodkin arrows to a steel plate and the horn bow had deeper penetration....
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I was sitting in the sun and looking on my latest bows and a thing hit me. Aint it remarkable that two so different things can store the same amount of energy? 380 gram and 659 gram do the same.
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Redhorse, does this mean i can stop explaining what i was trying to say? Mark
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Recently there was a test held in Wisconsin for fastest bows of any style. It was interesting as the best modern bows both recurves and longbows tested about the same as the best all wood bows. The...
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Why should you? Let us read what you have to say. I don't think anything on this earth is so ready that there is no place for more.
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Redhorse wrote: Aint it remarkable that two so different things can store the same amount of energy? 380 gram and 659 gram do the same. 659 grams is a normal mass for a heavy draw weight / long draw...
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OK, kan we keep this discussion to be about the heavy warbows, and we start anotherone for comparing horn and wood bows.
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Well, I think I have a couple of bows in the 140# class I could test and maybe I could get Marlon to send me a couple of his heavy war bows for testing, is 32" the standard for war bow testing? Steve
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Redhorse have you read Steve's post? need i say more? Nice hornbow you have there in the making! Thanks Steve, i'm glad an authority in this matter chipped in! Yes Fundin you're right we're way off...
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Comparing warbows and hornbows could be a fun thread on its own...! Let's take the suggestion to start one and get this thread back on track. Thanks! Ken
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After Joe Gibbs latest action I think we can revisit this excellent topic. No doubt that 202 lb could be handled, in proper hands. Cheers to Joe!!!!
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My hornbow of 70lbs @ 28 weighs 11.3ozs. It's only my first hornbow and shoots 7 grains per pounds at 224fps.
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Toxophileken, I too have been to Medieval Times, the food was good and the show was cheesy. Like you there are many other places I like better-they even have utensils. -Ken
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I have to agree with stevesjem on this one. I live in the mountains myself, and there is no way I am ever going to believe that Otzi left his village to walk through the wilderness without a...
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