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Longbow by ~Nimpsu:iconNimpsu:

Categories Artisan Crafts > Woodworking

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A medieval ash longbow with black finish.

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~miringel Jun 13, 2008, 7:39:06 AM
thats a nice looking bow you got there!! whats the drawweight?
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~Nimpsu Jun 15, 2008, 8:58:33 AM
Thanks. About 30 pounds.

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-Nimpsu
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~CanLocaRide Jun 15, 2008, 11:44:51 PM
Simple but beautiful. Very nice.

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“Life is something interesting,” said the crow to the cawing boy.
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~Caffienated Jul 5, 2008, 3:13:38 AM
nicem there was a guy in my archery club and he had that type of black finish, he said he got the idea from a book
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~IceniFaoiltiarna Dec 21, 2008, 2:40:44 PM
did you make it?
i'm trying to make my own longbow out of hickory. any advice?

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To be is to do - Socrates
To do is to be - Sartre
Do be do be do - Sinatra
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~Nimpsu Dec 23, 2008, 8:16:27 AM
Yes, I made it. Well, I don't know. I've made just two bows so far so I wouldn't consider myself an expert. It's good to measure the moisture of the wood before starting to work on it. I tried to make a long bow out of yatoba wood and after many hours of work it blew to pieces as I was bending it. After that I measured the moisture of the wood and it was completely dry. So it's best to check these things before starting the project. Especially if you don't know in what kind of conditions the wood has been stored.

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-Nimpsu
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~IceniFaoiltiarna Dec 23, 2008, 9:42:11 AM
i'm not familiar with yatobo wood. i have a 4 foot hickory sapling i'm working on right now. its not as big as a long bow should be but i am going to make it look like one.. only smaller.

so far the moisture in the wood is pretty decent. its easy to work with anyway and when i start to bend it (after i've finished carving) i'll add some more with some heat.

someone told me that making a bow is dangerous stuff, that it could snap while in use and hurt the archer. have you any experience in that area?
how well does your bow work? i'm trying to gather as much knowledge and experience as i possibly can.

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To be is to do - Socrates
To do is to be - Sartre
Do be do be do - Sinatra
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~Nimpsu Dec 27, 2008, 4:36:26 AM
I know people who are far more into medieval/historical archery than me and I've never heard that anybody would have hurt them selves from a broken bow. The only accident I've heard of, that has happened to a person I know, is that he had an arrow that was shorter than what he was used to and as he stretched the bow the arrows tip went behind his hand and then as he released the arrow, it shot right into his hand. But that's kind of an extreme case and can be avoided by paying attention a bit more :)

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-Nimpsu
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~IceniFaoiltiarna Dec 29, 2008, 5:49:46 PM
ouch!!
that would be more concerning than the bow snapping in half, quite right!

thank you for the info on that. i appreciate it!

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To be is to do - Socrates
To do is to be - Sartre
Do be do be do - Sinatra
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