[Bryn-gwlad] August Archery Tourney

[tmcd@panix.com]

On Sat, 5 Aug 2006, Ferguson <ferg620 at austin.rr.com> wrote:
> Just curious, what kind of Self Bow would NOT be period?

"HickokSports.com Sports Glossaries" at
<http://www.hickoksports.com/glossary/garchery.shtml#stop> defines
"self bow" as "A bow made of a single piece of wood."
But other definitions,
e.g. <http://www.mrfizzix.com/archery/types.html>, say "It is made of
a single piece of pliable material, generally wood".

I'm no expert, but I don't see why you couldn't make a self bow out of
fiberglass or a metal alloy, or some wood native to the interior of
the New World.

In Googling for
    fiberglass "self bow"
I saw several references to coating it with fiberglass and such --
though you may think that that makes the bow not a "self bow" when
it's coated in something that's structural.  (But would lacquer then
be forbidden too?)  It might have a plastic hand grip or arrow rest, a
nylon or whatever string with a plastic nock rest, rubber caps, et
cetera.

It also depends on notions of what "period" means.  Period in
function, period in appearance, period in finished product, period in
manufacture?  (I'm sure I'm missing other possibilities.)  In its
entirety, or mostly?

Danihel Lindocolina
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Tim McDaniel; Reply-To: tmcd at panix.com