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



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From: Neil Gilmore <raito@raito.com>
To: <tft@brainiac.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 6:55 AM
Subject: Re: (TFT) Question to list on fine bows. --> Stan's comments.


>
> Probably true. But that doesn't mean that you can't have a higher weight
> bow.

Did not mean to imply otherwise - simply wanted to note the fact that
efficiency of energy transfer was probably a significant factor. The
Antiquity article I mentioned supports this (I can provide some particulars
later) and so does Hardy's "Longbow". Don't know what my other references
say, though.


> > BTW - approaching 1000 links on my riveted/welded mail curtain. How's
your
> > Japanese helmet coming?
>
> On hold for a bit. Current project is a new pavilion (SO doesn't like the
> current one). And I still need to find a good source for lacing. New armor
> weighs 3 times as much as the old stuff, but I figured out why. To fix it,
I
> have to take it all apart and modify every one of the 1800 or so plates.

Ouch. Good luck.
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