[Steppes] Archery kit

[William Black Dragon]

Replied privately.

Ironwyrm

--- On Thu, 12/16/10, Randy Shipp <randyshipp at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Randy Shipp <randyshipp at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Steppes] Archery kit
> To: steppes at lists.ansteorra.org
> Date: Thursday, December 16, 2010, 12:38 AM
> Dear Bowyers and Fletchers,
> 
> I have a modern style, 68", 50# "longbow" that I'd like to
> use to do some
> shooting. My dad has some experience building arrows, but
> I'm unsure how to
> choose the correct shafts for my arrows. Is it good enough
> to buy them based
> on the nominal "50#" marked on the bow, or is there some
> better way of
> measuring it?
> 
> Also, does pretty much everyone use glued-on plastic nocks,
> or are people
> cutting self-nocks or finding other, more period
> materials?
> 
> --Antoine
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