Re: (TFT) New weapon list for ranged weapons --> fine bows?

[ErolB1@aol.com]

In a message dated 2/21/2003 8:46:34 AM Central Standard Time, 
raito@raito.com writes:

>> back. They were also fairly efficient at transfering energy to the arrow,
at
>> the cost of length (thus "long"bow).

>But not quite as efficient as the eastern european 'eared' bows, which had
>the ends of the arms deliberately engineered as levers. But those weren't
>made to the poundages of longbows. (See www.horsebows.com to see what I
>mean)

I know what you mean. I've tried their bows, and I almost bought one, but 
ended up getting a Korean bow instead. Nice bow, but I just can't get the 
knack of using a thumb-ring. :-(

> I would. Composite bows take a lot longer to make. I once sat through a
> seminar on making of longbows. Although the presenter already had the wood
> split, he pretty much formed the bow in a couple hours, and said that it
> would only take a couple more to completely finish it. Contrast that with a
> tape I viewed on making composite bows, where it was said to take a few
> weeks. 

And I've seen a video where it was said to take a few weeks to properly 
tiller a longbow. Not to mention the 3-4 years it takes to properly season 
the wood before starting :-)

I've come to the conclusion that longbow vs composite is another one of those 
'holy wars', like mac vs pc, revolver vs semi-auto, or 9mm vs .45 acp. My own 
personal preference is for composite (actually for composite made using 
modern materials), but I'm not going to dis the longbow side. 

Erol K. Bayburt
Evil Genius for a Better Tomorrow
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