Re: (TFT) Question to list on fine bows. --> Stan's comments.

["Charles Gadda" <cgadda@earthlink.net>]

> I don't believe this to be true (even if you meant compound instead of
> composite). They are better technology, a technology that allows for a bow
> with a greater draw weight. A self bow (one made from a stick, if you
will)
> has limitations. If you want a heavier bow, you need a thicker stick. But
> there's a limit, at the point where the belly of the bow is stretching
more
> than the wood can take. A composite bow uses different materials, instead
of
> one, uniform material. This allows for a greater draw weight.
>
> However, that's certainly not all to bow making. Part of it is design.
Some
> bow designs are more efficient, allowing more of the stored energy to be
> transferred to the arrow than others at an equal draw weight. This would
be
> the sort of bow to do more damage.

Actually, I believe that composite bows are more efficient in transferring
their energy to the arrow, thus pound per pound drawweight can gain a higher
velocity.

However, I have seen conflicting info on this, so do not take it by any
stretch as a final word. I'd have to plow through my Bowyer's Bibles and an
article in Antiquity on the subject, and I do not have time, unfortunately,
to track down the specifics.

BTW - approaching 1000 links on my riveted/welded mail curtain. How's your
Japanese helmet coming?
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