Recent content by Jonathan Waller

Bows known as carriage bows (long bows) were quite common in the Victorian period and there are records that suggest going back to the Elizabethan and possibly earlier, don't have my sources to hand. With shorter limbed recurved bows there is less need as they are already pretty short ;)

Two longbows can be of similar lengths and different draw weights, due to thickness of the limbs, density of the grain etc. However a bow of a certain length will not generally go over a certain draw weight as the greater strength add more strain to the limbs so one makes a the limbs longer to...