english longbow 138# italian yew warbow

english longbow / warbow 138# italian yew @ 32"

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[papaninjasam]

I forgot to mention that I shoot a 60# American Flatbow which I shoot standard American (technically Victorian) style with ease and that I tryed shooting it the same way. Maybe that's where I went wrong.

[rattyarchery]

@papaninjasam most definitely ;-)

[Me102288]

@overdenkotten what I mean is they can lift a lot of weight, but not hold it for a long period of time.

this is why us archers can go back to a lighter bow and hold it back for alot longer time, even though our muscles didn't get any bigger. High reps low weight = strength

High weight low reps = bigger muscles

that was from a friend who ran a gym.

[overdenkotten]

You think body builders have weak muscles?

Once again, you think a guy that goes to the gym so often and eats such a perfect diet that he looks like he-man is going to be weak because his muscles are so big and perfectly toned from exercise.

That's your theory huh?

[teemschmikk]

I'd want a freakin steel plate arm guard. Getting snapped with 45 pounds sucks major ass. I couldn't imagine 138.

[loadedClownZ]

@Me102288 laminated bows were invented about 60 years back so i've never shot a 100 year old laminate and the mary rose ship of henry viii actually preserved the longbows very well due to the oxygen free atmosphere so i think some may still be shootable

[Me102288]

@loadedClownZ they all eventually delaminate :-( ever seen a 100 year old laminate?

Not me, seen tons of solid long bows from that ship the recovered. mind ya none that old would be fireable anyway :-\

[loadedClownZ]

@Me102288 whats so bad about laminates, they may not have a lot of tradition behind them but i think they are good.

[Me102288]

@loadedClownZ yes, but americans didnt live in alaska the inuit (?spelling) did

to bad a lot of longbows nowadays are laminate's :-(

[loadedClownZ]

@Me102288 the medieval period occurred before the discovery of the americas so i dont understand how alaskan yew could have been used. they used english yew and then when english yew nearly became extinct they used italian yew. regular bows are better than crossbows because they are simpler, faster to reload, further range and cheaper but the longbow was declined because it just took too long to train an archer but with a crossbow or a gun you could pick it up and in a matter of weeks be a pro.

[Me102288]

@papaninjasam in the end run its brute strength. Technique helps a lot, but you still have to push/pull the weight of the bow.

And no, muscle has nothing to do with strength... holding 80 pounds is stronger then clean/jerk'in over 200 pounds 1 time..(Hence why the "body builder" is a huge sack of weak muscle.. lots and lots of muscle yet they cant hold they're own weight up for 10 seconds lol

[Me102288]

@loadedClownZ oh, the true english longbow was made from "iron" oak or alaskan yew. why I asked, since the longbow came from the english originally, but no bow could outmatch the crossbow, so I guess they ditched them. :-\