ARCH - IntraAnsteorra Archery Competition standings

[Eadric Anstapa]

Robert,

I understand what you are saying and I would NEVER want to discourage fledgling archers.  These new archer can compete in the open division with whatever equipment they can get their hands on.

I thought the whole point of the period division was to reward those people who used period equipment.  In essence I see the goal as promoting  the arts and sciences aspects of the manufacture of period equipment.  To quote from the IKAC rules:   

"The main intent of the Period division is to encourage the use and construction of gear with a more period appearance in our SCA archery. "

In Service,

Eadric

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Sylvrfalcn at aol.com>
To: <ansteorra-archery at ansteorra.org>
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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