07-25-2008, 03:50 AM
Hailog, Jon and Istvan
My interest is trying to discover the time-period when the Sarmatian (Alanic) bow went from the older symetrical design to asymetrical. Also I wonder how long the syahs were on the earlier types, post-Scythian.
I use a "wimpy" bow, not like Istvan's 39-pounder. At around 40# I begin to shake and my accuracy suffers. Right now I'm using a 33# Istan Toth bow in the Magyar design almost exact to the one that Attila carried in the movie but never actually used. Most of thes actors looked like they were shooting Scythian youth bows. At some point, I'll get a Kajos Lassai bow, probably his asymetrical Hun or the "Grayhound."
I wonder about the origin, both time period and place, of these great shooting bows. It appears that the later period Romans, at least in Imperial times, used bows with syahs. But we know very little... as compared to swords or other weapons.
Tight shooting,
Alanus
A.J. Campbell, shaky old fart
My interest is trying to discover the time-period when the Sarmatian (Alanic) bow went from the older symetrical design to asymetrical. Also I wonder how long the syahs were on the earlier types, post-Scythian.
I use a "wimpy" bow, not like Istvan's 39-pounder. At around 40# I begin to shake and my accuracy suffers. Right now I'm using a 33# Istan Toth bow in the Magyar design almost exact to the one that Attila carried in the movie but never actually used. Most of thes actors looked like they were shooting Scythian youth bows. At some point, I'll get a Kajos Lassai bow, probably his asymetrical Hun or the "Grayhound."
I wonder about the origin, both time period and place, of these great shooting bows. It appears that the later period Romans, at least in Imperial times, used bows with syahs. But we know very little... as compared to swords or other weapons.
Tight shooting,
Alanus
A.J. Campbell, shaky old fart
Alan J. Campbell
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
