ARCH - IntraAnsteorra Archery Competition standings

[Archie Darr II]

My Fellow Archers;

    Sebastian here.  I feel that I too must put my 2 cents (or less,
depending on who you ask) worth in on this matter.
    I must agree with Robert of Yorkshire.  We need to be somewhat practical
about the "Period" aspect.  It is not just a matter of fledging archers that
could be discouraged.  Some archers may never be able to afford a period
bow.  Or be able to justify the expense, just so they can poke holes in
paper.  Others don't have the tools, space, or ability to craft a period
bow.
    As for the fiberglass issue, we still need to be practical.  There is a
cost factor as well as the care that must be given to an all wood bow.
Speaking as a legal assistant, the sentence "Period style recurves and
longbows of any material are allowed" says it all.  The question "where in
here does it allow the commercially produced fiberglass bows?"  The more
important question is where does it say you can't?  The idea is to use
"period" looking equipment.  I think a fiberglass longbow looks more period
than a lot of the laminated recurves most of us shoot in the open division.
We often use modern materials to craft our strings,  modern tools to build
our bows and modern targets to shoot at.  So where do we draw the line?
    Let's all agree to disagree and enjoy the fine sport of archery.  I hope
to see all of you at Battle of the Pines this weekend.

In Service
Don Sebastian Frobishire
Royal Huntsman of Ansteorra
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Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 6:10 PM
Subject: Re: ARCH - IntraAnsteorra Archery Competition standings


> Greetings Archers All,
>   I've been following this repartee' about bows closely and have the
> proverbial "two cents" to add.  I own simple wooden bows ( a hickory long
bow
> & osage orange flat bow), that I love to shoot and wouldn't trade for
> anything.  For me, nothing can match the charm of drawing my all wood,
> non-laminated, longbow, and seeing the arrow whistle through the air to
the
> target (if I'd had it with me the day I shot my period score it would have
> been my weapon of choice).  And that's great, we need to encourage
knowledge
> and appreciation of how bows were made and used in period.
> However, because the supply does not meet the demand, true period style
bows
> can be pretty pricey*.  Should we bar fledgling archers, who may only be
able
> to afford a thirty dollar 'glass bow, from shooting period?  Should
garments
> be banned from A&S competitions if they were sewn on "non-period" sewing
> machines?  I think you see where I'm going.  If anybody thinks my little
> 30lb. fiberglass bow, with the handcarved leather wrapped grip, and the
hand
> twisted Flemish bowstring, gave me some sort of unfair advantage, then
please
> say so and I will cheerfully retract my score.  In my humble opinion, the
> essence of what we're trying to capture is the "spirit" of medieval
archery.
> Few, if any of us, could draw a 120 lb., 15th century, English war bow,
much
> less hit anything with it. And you can bet your beer mug it was made of
all
> wood!
>
>   Yours in Service,
> Lord Robert of Yorkshire
>
> * I did find a reasonably priced source for period style wooden bows,
check
> out
> www.woodbow.com  they've got an English style long bow in the 40 lb. range
> for around eighty bucks
>
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