ARCH - IntraAnsteorra Archery Competition standings
Eadric Anstapa
eadric at barley.scabrewer.com
Thu Sep 28 17:06:09 PDT 2000
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
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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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