This has always been a favourite point of speculation and discussion regarding the medieval longbow. It is also one in which people often have much-cherished and fiercely defended points of view – frequently with little or no supporting evidence. With all traditional archery cultures, you tend to get two schools […]
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You could say that all longbow shooting these days is sport as we do not have to use the longbow for anything else now. However, what I mean by sport here is target archery and field archery as well as the other less commonly pursued disciplines of clout, popinjay and […]
It is probably true to say that there are few things as quitessentially British, or dare we say English as the longbow. It is deeply embedded in our history and heritage yet it is probably true to say that only quite a small minority of the population could even correctly […]
As bows go the longbow is a simple one, compared to many designs from around the world incorporating different materials, lamination, shape-forming etc. such as the famous Turkish composite bows. In essence the design is very simple being a straight stave of wood carved to form. However, despite this simplicity […]
The bow is one of man’s oldest inventions. Today there cannot be many inventions dating back at least to the last ice age, which are still used in an almost unchanged form. Yet that is true of the bow – more specifically the English, or European longbow. Our modern age […]