"This is a documentary movie uncovering making of a traditional English longbow from log to a shooting weapon."
(15 minutes)
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The Birth Of A Weapon - English longbow making
Aug 10, 2016
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need arrows too but there should be suitable scrap for that
feathers also
and proper sinews
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Same vid, fullscreen:
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Except that the traditional English longbow was made from yew, not from what looked like ash. Graham
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Elijah
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The preferred material to make the longbow was yew, although ash, elm and other woods were also used.
Gerald of Wales (1146 - 1223) speaking of the bows used by the Welsh men of Gwent, says: "They are made neither of horn, ash nor yew, but of elm; ugly unfinished-looking weapons, but astonishingly stiff, large and strong, and equally capable of use for long or short shooting".
Apparently, they imported a lot of yew from Italy. No international arms treaties then! Graham
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