English warbow, by 'Poitiers warbows' bowyer, Denis Mairine, documentary 2005
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A masterpiece of woodworking indeed.
2 years ago 6
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Awsome video! and English Warbows were made out of italian, portugese, or spanish yew not english yew.
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Couldnt imagine how many workers it took to make thousands of these for an army
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Yepp. On your west coast there should be quite a lot.
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if only the process to making an english longbow was in english i might be able to make one myself
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i'd be so devastated if it cracked or snaped whilst tillering it :L
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is there yew in Canada?
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What kind of shaving horse is that? I could really use something like that for my bow making. Do you have any plans for it?
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What kind of shaving horse is that? i could really use such a shaving horse like that for my bow-building. how do the clamps work and are there any plans for this online or do you have any plans. Thanks.
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@kerbouchard73 you wouldnt have been allowed to take deer even in the days of Robin Hood mate, unless you were in the Kings good lads club.
Apart from growing scarcity of good yew in England, continental yew was prized because of faster straighter growing trees because of more sunlight, and it was so prized traders with Europe were taxed to bring yew staves with their imports. Or somthing like that. I think. Correct me if Im wrong
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Quite fitting that it was filmed in France...
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Am I the only person who knows what 'yew' is because of RuneScape?
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no...it was recorded in France.
Poitierswarbows 1 year ago
To have dense straight yew wood it needs to grow in the right conditions i.e. mountain or hilly regions with poor rocky soil.
To say 'spanish yew' is correct although really you should say the Pyrenées in general, either French or Spanish sides. Don't forget that Gascony was for a long time part of the English throne, so there was obviously no problem in obtaining yew from the Pyrenées. There was a lot of trade and connections between Gascony and England.
Poitierswarbows 2 years ago
Yes, these bows were made using italian, portugese, or spanish yew. That is not to say English or Welsh yew wasn't used, it's just that the quantity and quality prefered is, and was, very difficult to find there.
Poitierswarbows 2 years ago
glad you like it... yes they are tillered but for timing reasons it wasn't included in the doc.
Poitierswarbows 3 years ago