PORTION OF A CROSSBOW for ID

Cerjak · 23rd April 2016, 11:56 AM

PORTION OF A CROSSBOW for ID
The broad bow of flattened triangular section ( wide 47cm)
Could we know from witch type of crossbow this rest come from ?

best
Cerjak

corrado26 · 23rd April 2016, 12:39 PM

This could be the remains of a bullet-shooting target crossbow with a barrel as used in Belgium (see Payne-Gallaway, The Crossbow, mediaeval and modern military and sporting, 10th Impression 1995)

Pukka Bundook · 23rd April 2016, 03:58 PM

I think it was made for a conventional bolt, as the top of the tiller is grooved.

It has been a beautifully made piece! The prod/bow is a fantastic piece of work. To make something like that, and then temper it to a spring, is a real feat.
I'll have a look in Sir RPG's book on crossbows and see if I can see something similar.
How strong does the bow feel? By that, I mean does it feel like it could have been drawn against the chest? or would a goatsfoot have had to be used? (or similar spanning device)

Again, Beautiful work!

corrado26 · 23rd April 2016, 04:54 PM

I think it was certainly not made for a normal bolt!
corrado26

Pukka Bundook · 24th April 2016, 04:06 AM

Corrado,

That bracket over the tiller is a puzzle, as it would appear that it would Also interfere with a projectile from a bullet crossbow.
I still think a bolt was to be fired, but maybe the type without fletching? ....making this piece possibly a slurbow?
If the bolt/quarrel was laid across this 'fence', it could not get out of line if a wooden upper portion of the "barrel" enclosed it.
The groove in the forestock looks like it was meant to take the projectile. (Whatever it was!) and if covered as I think it may have been, would be in essence a slurbow.
The groove in the fore-stock would I believe have to be deeper and of a consistent depth if a barrel was to be fitted.
Also, one would think it unlikely to bed a barrel into the bone/ivory strip that runs up the centre of the stock. Most times when a 'wear strip' like this is fitted, it is for the projectile to travel over.
I really do not know what it is, and only give my opinion as a guess. :-)

Very best wishes,
Richard.

corrado26 · 24th April 2016, 09:15 AM

Richard,
please have a look to the picture I posted above and you'll see how this crossbow could have worked
corrado26

23rd April 2016, 11:56 AM	#1
Cerjak Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: FRANCE Posts: 1,065	PORTION OF A CROSSBOW for ID PORTION OF A CROSSBOW for ID The broad bow of flattened triangular section ( wide 47cm) Could we know from witch type of crossbow this rest come from ? best Cerjak Attached Images

23rd April 2016, 12:39 PM	#2
corrado26 Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Black Forest, Germany Posts: 1,204	This could be the remains of a bullet-shooting target crossbow with a barrel as used in Belgium (see Payne-Gallaway, The Crossbow, mediaeval and modern military and sporting, 10th Impression 1995) Attached Images

23rd April 2016, 04:54 PM	#4
corrado26 Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Black Forest, Germany Posts: 1,204	I think it was certainly not made for a normal bolt! corrado26 Attached Images

23rd April 2016, 03:58 PM	#3
Pukka Bundook Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 803	I think it was made for a conventional bolt, as the top of the tiller is grooved. It has been a beautifully made piece! The prod/bow is a fantastic piece of work. To make something like that, and then temper it to a spring, is a real feat. I'll have a look in Sir RPG's book on crossbows and see if I can see something similar. How strong does the bow feel? By that, I mean does it feel like it could have been drawn against the chest? or would a goatsfoot have had to be used? (or similar spanning device) Again, Beautiful work!

24th April 2016, 04:06 AM	#5
Pukka Bundook Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 803	Corrado, That bracket over the tiller is a puzzle, as it would appear that it would Also interfere with a projectile from a bullet crossbow. I still think a bolt was to be fired, but maybe the type without fletching? ....making this piece possibly a slurbow? If the bolt/quarrel was laid across this 'fence', it could not get out of line if a wooden upper portion of the "barrel" enclosed it. The groove in the forestock looks like it was meant to take the projectile. (Whatever it was!) and if covered as I think it may have been, would be in essence a slurbow. The groove in the fore-stock would I believe have to be deeper and of a consistent depth if a barrel was to be fitted. Also, one would think it unlikely to bed a barrel into the bone/ivory strip that runs up the centre of the stock. Most times when a 'wear strip' like this is fitted, it is for the projectile to travel over. I really do not know what it is, and only give my opinion as a guess. :-) Very best wishes, Richard.

24th April 2016, 09:15 AM	#6
corrado26 Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Black Forest, Germany Posts: 1,204	Richard, please have a look to the picture I posted above and you'll see how this crossbow could have worked corrado26