Roman arrowheads or not

Pukka Bundook · 4th October 2017, 03:21 PM

Kronckew has it exactly right;

The English archers of the Tudor period must have looked like Quasimodo with their great muscles all geared to draw such bows.
Simon Stanley can draw and shoot a bow of 190 lbs, but doesn't like to I gather, because it Hurts!
170 lbs he can draw all day.

Always been interested in the old longbows, Have two home-mades half tillered at present, and 80 lbs pull at half draw. Need to work on them more as I'm a weed compared to our ancestors!

4th October 2017, 03:21 PM	#13
Pukka Bundook Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 803	Kronckew has it exactly right; The English archers of the Tudor period must have looked like Quasimodo with their great muscles all geared to draw such bows. Simon Stanley can draw and shoot a bow of 190 lbs, but doesn't like to I gather, because it Hurts! 170 lbs he can draw all day. Always been interested in the old longbows, Have two home-mades half tillered at present, and 80 lbs pull at half draw. Need to work on them more as I'm a weed compared to our ancestors!