[Regia-NA] Speaking of bows...

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Chris,
Although this is a bit hard to judge being only a picture on a website, I w=
as wondering if you could give your thoughts on the self bow at the bottow =
of this page...
http://www.archerytraditions.com/archerytradi9.html
(Good source for all kinds of bowyers...http://www.archerysociety.org/longb=
owsA.html)
Bill



Message date : Oct 27 2003, 02:56 PM=20
>From : Carolyn Priest-Dorman=20
To : list-regia-na@lig.net=20
Copy to :=20
Subject : Re: [Regia-NA] viking bows=20
Wulfhere wrote:=20

>I don't know of any bowyers in the states who will sell a wood bow without=
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>a stress cover on the back.=20

My husband and I have been involved in traditional archery for over 15=20
years; he's a Grandmaster Bowman in the SCA, and I was once a master=20
bowman. Over the years he's had loads of bows blow up or become unusable=20
in his hands: fiberglas crossbow prods, aluminum crossbow prods both=20
covered and uncovered, homemade fiberglas laminated recurves, flat wooden=
=20
recurves, D-shaped wood longbows, bent-stick bows, and even a D-shaped=20
longbow he made from rattan, at weights from 15lb all the way up to around=
=20
150lb. Never has so much as a splinter injured him as a result. He has=20
also been a line marshal when bows have blown up and has (knock wood) never=
=20
seen an injury.=20

Obviously, we've gotten a lot of bows from a lot of US bowyers, and are=20
also familiar with the products of bowyers (both US and otherwise) that we=
=20
haven't personally patronized. ;> In all that time we have never=20
encountered a bowyer who insists on selling linen-backed bows of any sort.=
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Carolyn Priest-Dorman =DE=F3ra Sharptooth=20
http://www.cs.vassar.edu/~capriest/thora.html=20



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<P>Chris,</P>
<P>Although this is a bit hard to judge being only a picture on a website, =
I was wondering if you could give your thoughts on the self bow at the bott=
ow of this page...</P><FONT size=3D2>
<P><A href=3D"http://www.archerytraditions.com/archerytradi9.html">http://w=
ww.archerytraditions.com/archerytradi9.html</A></P>
<P>(Good source for all kinds of bowyers...http://www.archerysociety.org/lo=
ngbowsA.html)</P>
<P>Bill</FONT><BR><BR><BR></P>
<BLOCKQUOTE style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #ff0=
000 2px solid">Message date : Oct 27 2003, 02:56 PM <BR>From : Carolyn Prie=
st-Dorman <CAPRIEST@CS.VASSAR.EDU><BR>To : list-regia-na@lig.net <BR>Copy t=
o : <BR>Subject : Re: [Regia-NA] viking bows <BR>Wulfhere wrote: <BR><BR>&g=
t;I don't know of any bowyers in the states who will sell a wood bow withou=
t <BR>&gt;a stress cover on the back. <BR><BR>My husband and I have been in=
volved in traditional archery for over 15 <BR>years; he's a Grandmaster Bow=
man in the SCA, and I was once a master <BR>bowman. Over the years he's had=
 loads of bows blow up or become unusable <BR>in his hands: fiberglas cross=
bow prods, aluminum crossbow prods both <BR>covered and uncovered, homemade=
 fiberglas laminated recurves, flat wooden <BR>recurves, D-shaped wood long=
bows, bent-stick bows, and even a D-shaped <BR>longbow he made from rattan,=
 at weights from 15lb all the way up to around <BR>150lb. Never has so much=
 as a splinter injured him as a result. He has <BR>also been a line marshal=
 when bows have blown up and has (knock wood) never <BR>seen an injury. <BR=
><BR>Obviously, we've gotten a lot of bows from a lot of US bowyers, and ar=
e <BR>also familiar with the products of bowyers (both US and otherwise) th=
at we <BR>haven't personally patronized. ;&gt; In all that time we have nev=
er <BR>encountered a bowyer who insists on selling linen-backed bows of any=
 sort. <BR><BR><BR>Carolyn Priest-Dorman =DE=F3ra Sharptooth <BR>http://www=
.cs.vassar.edu/~capriest/thora.html <BR><BR><BR><BR>_______________________=
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