12-10-2007, 08:12 PM
Quote:Salve Sean!
Yep, yew does pack a lot of punch due to its rather unique characteristics, a natural laminate. The Mary Rose wreck is of course Tudor, so way past period for the Roman and Germanic. Wow, i shudder at having to draw a 150 # bow and shoot it with confidence. That would really take serious training. The selfbows around in Roman times were mostly ash, as far as I can gather and was led to believe, and were very servicable in their own right. I am in the proces of making a Holgard ash bow, very beautifull flatbow and great for lobbing arrows.
The thumbring has a definate advantage in short, powerfull bows such as the Hungarian recurve because of the angle of the string, but in a longer bow, the angle is less and a mediterainian release is very feasable. I shoot a Grozer 50 # reproduction and do well with a three finger release, grouping nicely at 30 meters. Still working on the Roman arrows, though, this may change things.
i am making some roman arrows too . what spec are you using? 8)
S.mario
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