At higher altitudes trees grow way slower! But the wood gets denser: The year rings are closer together, normally makes for a stronger but heavier wood at the same diameter as wood grown at lower altitudes.
That is true but not only the altitude affect how the tree grows. How far north or south they grow affect it a lot to. Even if its not on high altitudes it grows slower the more north you go. the winters are longer colder and with less daylight Like where i live. During the winter it can be below -40 celcius and only about 3-4 hours of daylight each day. while in the summer it never get dark. The sun is up 24 hours a day during the middle of the summer. This also gives slower growing trees with smaller year rings and more dense wood But it makes the trees kinda grow in spurts as they grow fairly fast during the summer as it is so much daylight and then during the winter they grow almost nothing
Very nice Will! Just a note on building bows, self-bows (one-piece, handmade bows like the English war-bow), they often have "lumps and bumps" because the back of the bow (the sapwood, away from the archer), must be sanded down to expose only one ring of the tree. If not, the bow would crack and split where the rings meet. It's very tricky and time-consuming. You have to work at it until you can't see the lines of grain on the back. Since trees don't always grow in a perfect line, they can be bumpy or "snakey", sometimes in very dramatic ways. Cheers guys!
Matt, love the channel thank you, I bought a compound bow many years ago. I could not draw it at 80 pounds. Kept it because I never saw one like it. Thank you.
If a bow is kept safely (in a room or something), how long would it stay functional? Or to put it differently - what are the oldest surviving bows that are still probably functional and how were they stored?
I'm not an expert but I have wondered the same thing in the past. What I learned points to the drying out of the wood fibers being the culprit behind cracking in an otherwise functional bow. Storing in the cool dry location I suspect, but also feeding the wood some sort of oil. I use boiled linseed oil for axe and tool handles, and wouldn't hesitate to oil my bow with it as well. No doubt there's something specialized for bows though.
journeyman archer here. you want to store bows in a dry room temperature area, NEVER stand them up on their sides. if you do, the wood will warp. therefore always store them on their sides. but a bow should last indefinitely, so long as it is properly cared for, (no dings, deep cuts, or dry fires) and the wood is treated properly. shooting it from time to time is also healthy for a bow. the string on the other hand, wears out relatively quickly.
storing is one thing, but if you shoot it, the bow itself will wear out aswell, doesnt it? at least traditionally made wood bows, they get some stringfollow, getting more and more deflex over time. at least thats what happend to my longbow. but its ca 25 years old now and i dont know how many thousands or tenthousands of arrows i shot with it.
UrbanTarzan Duh The most important thing to protect your bow from is moisture in any form. A cool and dry place to store your bow horizontally is absolutely critical for longevity. Storing your bow in a dry but sun-exposed environment can lower the moisture content (ideally between 9-10%) and put your bow at risk for breaking when string and drawn. Applying religious amounts of oil to your bow (especially in a humid environment) regularly is also important. I oil my primitive bows twice weekly with warm and rendered deer fat. Not only does this prevent moisture from entering the bow, but it prevents existing moisture from escaping in dryer climates. To answer your question- a moderately used bow that's well oiled and kept unstrung flat in a dry (72 degree and less than 50% relative humidity) and dark location without wind will see the bow last and be usable 100 plus years later. But this is for a flawless bow, meaning zero knots and irregularities. I've never shot a 100 year old bow but I have a bow I built 10 years ago that still shoots just like it did before.
Hey Matt, I have a question unrelated to the video. I recently acquired a wootz kilic circa 1780ish. The majority of the blade is good, but theres a section near the hilt about 3 inches in length coated in a shallow but semi active (burgandy) rust. How would you go about cleaning this? Or, being wootz would you polish and etch it - as you mentioned you plan to do with your wootz tulwar.
Most reproductions of the heavy bows on board the Mary Rose in recent years, when they use Swiss high altitude yew, turns out around the 140lbs to 160 lbs mark, with 150 lbs as the norm.
Le bow of my dreams ! Yew and 70/80# perfect ^^ Beautiful craftsmenship ! Like the cognot stuff. I could handle the stuff you had in compiègne. At the reenactment fair. Cognot is a very cool chap too :) ! Still: Furthermore, i consider, that english longbowmen must be destroyed.
I think the Italian and Spanish Yew actually grew more slowly because of the thinner soil. That was preferable because the yearly growth rings were smaller, making the grain finer, which made a better spring.
I'd love to hear you talk more about traditional archery and bows. Also is there any channels that has this kind of content( historical info and reviews about bows) that you would recommend?
Take a drink every time Matt says "Lumpy Bumpy" Seriously though, that is an awesome gift! I've never seen a bow with that kind of 'natural' shape to it, and it looks really cool! But wouldn't that affect it's shooting ability?
I always heard that the importation of yew staves was due to the shear number of bows needed, every man had to have a bow so thats a big market for bows.
That's so awesome, he did an amazing job it seems, and I'm glad you have more cool material to cover! Just a question though, you've said that you think Ash makes for better bows than yew, despite its prolific fame, is Ash then the ideal bow wood? is it better than modern alloys? i realize modern archers don't need 100 lb bows anymore, but how does efficiency compare, I would assume metal bows put out more force with less draw weight. I notice you haven't made a video specifically about bow materials, so perhaps you could eventually :)
The limbs on modern bows are not made of metal - the materials are generally a composite of wood (typically maple), bamboo, fibreglass, synthetic foam, and carbon fibre. Risers are commonly made of aluminium, but they're designed to be as rigid as possible, with all of the power coming from the limbs.
Beautiful English Bow! Is it just me or does it appear that there is an arrow shelf on the right side of the bow? Or do you shoot left handed? I thought most times with the Western string grip you want your arrow releasing from the left side of the bow?
from what i heared, they got the wood from wherever they could back then. here in germany yew is under nature-protection laws. if you get cought cutting a yew tree down youll have to pay high penaltys. same in other european countries as far as i know. all because of the english longbow ;D my own one if from argentinian yew if i remember correctly.
Thats natural with yew. Heartwood and sapwood also have distinctivly different characteristics so on bows the sapwood is always on the front. In other uses the different look between them is often used for decoration
britbot 111 Yew is kind of unique among bow woods for this reason. The heartwood, the darker wood, is particularly good in "compression"... So it makes an excellent "belly". The sapwood, the lighter-colored wood, is good in "extension"... So it works very well for the "back" of the bow... The part that faces away from the archer. Together, it's a really good combination. Another popular wood is Osage Orange, which the French called "Boise D'Arc" or "Tree of the Bow"... And which Southern Americans corrupted into "Bodark". It too has both heartwood and sapwood, but in alternating layers. A bowstave must have one continuous "ring" of the hard heartwood to form the back of the bow. I made one a couple of years ago that turned out very well.
Does horn in the nock indicate an arrow made for non-military (or wealthy military) use, or does it have a worthwhile battlefield application? I would imagine that such an extra feature would be primarily done to increase the lifespan of the arrow, and that it would be difficult to find one's finely nocked arrows (if they were still in good shape) after a battle.
sleepyleep Every single medieval arrow found right up to the 16th Century Mary Rose arrows had horn reinforcement. It's to strengthen the nock on release to avoid breaking the arrow (which would subsequently break the bow due to a dry loose) not necessarily for re-use. Before horn was used, the nocks were made larger and bulbous to achieve the same goal.
I thought some of those older War bows found in shipwrecks were made from old growth yew which had denser or tighter growth rings as the saying goes? as for my own shooting I have a replica of an Asiatic warble course it's laminated so the discussion on that of old-growth vs. Alpine is moot. it's draw weight is around a hundred pounds since it was rebuilt. originally it was a hundred and five pounds but one day when shooting both limb tip split halfway down the limbs, the thing of it is as it is built with approximately 920 green arrows and that is with Broadhead included it is been clocked at around 280 feet per second which I'm told is astonishingly fast but then again the bow maker built it with the fastest fiberglass he could find which is black used Flemish twist fast flight string material there was a reverse taper Burke shifts and the feathers or flexing I should say is Shield cut turkey feather I believe? If you know the job properly it doesn't really take that much conditioning to shoot well and as it is I usually shoot without a glove or shooting tab Yes you heard that right I use bare fingers. The broadheads were designed to puncture the skull of a black bear and under 30 yards but mostly I hunt deer with it which as you can tell is vastly overpowered. LOL. for anything closer than bow range I usually use a sword or spear. and before anybody gets offended at that trust me it is rather Humane especially with a 5 inch wide spearhead that's about a foot-and-a-half long.
They tested some of the bows from the Marry Rose so they know the draw weight. There is a documentary about it with a British actor who I can't remember his name who was an expert on the long bow.
The thing is that lots of experts have opinions on the draw weights on those bows, but there is differing opinion. Most of the bows seem to have been 100-150lbs draw weight, we cannot be must more accurate than that.
Yew bows are extremely overpriced. I thought that's because of the wood being expensive but when I contacted Boston Bows and offered to supply the bow stave they still quoted me a whopping 800 pounds for the labour cost! Seems anything medieval related with a niche market has a ludicrous price.
hm the lumps as you call them are overly thick to me, when you bend a snaky bow i find it's better not to expect it to bend as a straight stave --that is in an arc. better let it bend more the way it's inclined to and end up with a more supple, gracious and usually faster bow
Jon English Joe Gibbs shot a 180lb self yew bow over a chrony recently and it was around 200fps. The video is on UA-cam - just search for Joe Gibbs Warbow and it'll pop up!
Regolith The Westminster Abbey arrow is 28 7/8" as per the original, and the Mary Rose arrow is 30", as per the majority of the originals - the Mary Rose arrows were a variety of lengths, but there were two average peaks at 28" and 30". The 32" "standard" war arrow length is a modern change.
Define easily? Chances are, you can pull 90 pounds if you do correct pull ups weighting more than 180lbs, it's not a terribly dissimilar movement muscle-wise. However you will need a much lighter bow, let's say around 30-50lbs if you want to start learning how to shoot a bow at all. The technique is so complex that the best advice is almost always to join a local club with people who know what they're doing.
bowmen in medieval times were usually pretty strong fellows (that's assumed at least). But shooting bows is not a very efficient training for boxing. Try boxing for that. (Duh.)
wanmohd danial For a right-handed shooter, I'd guess the left jab and the right hook would be better than the rest, but not on par with dedicated training.
So what exactly is a U bow, huh? And what makes the U english? Is it this difference between american english and british english? Like the R? *confused* Seriously tho, Im looking forward to this mysterious "future video" which are so typical for this channel ;)
At higher altitudes trees grow way slower! But the wood gets denser: The year rings are closer together, normally makes for a stronger but heavier wood at the same diameter as wood grown at lower altitudes.
Interesting, thanks!
I wonder how Ironwood would be as a bow. I guess it must have very dense sheets but also each sheet must be very dense with Lignine.
That is true but not only the altitude affect how the tree grows. How far north or south they grow affect it a lot to.
Even if its not on high altitudes it grows slower the more north you go. the winters are longer colder and with less daylight
Like where i live. During the winter it can be below -40 celcius and only about 3-4 hours of daylight each day. while in the summer it never get dark. The sun is up 24 hours a day during the middle of the summer.
This also gives slower growing trees with smaller year rings and more dense wood But it makes the trees kinda grow in spurts as they grow fairly fast during the summer as it is so much daylight and then during the winter they grow almost nothing
*****
Not flexible enough?
also, if it's supressed - if it has to strive for light in the shadow of larger trees, it will grow even slower.
those look sweet.
i'm so glad talented people are sending you cool things.
Very nice Will! Just a note on building bows, self-bows (one-piece, handmade bows like the English war-bow), they often have "lumps and bumps" because the back of the bow (the sapwood, away from the archer), must be sanded down to expose only one ring of the tree. If not, the bow would crack and split where the rings meet. It's very tricky and time-consuming. You have to work at it until you can't see the lines of grain on the back. Since trees don't always grow in a perfect line, they can be bumpy or "snakey", sometimes in very dramatic ways. Cheers guys!
As a user of one of his warbows I can confirm he is a top quality bloke :)
That bow looks absolutely fantastic. Love those natural details.
Matt, love the channel thank you, I bought a compound bow many years ago. I could not draw it at 80 pounds. Kept it because I never saw one like it. Thank you.
You know what's the biggest drawback of a bow? It usually doesn't have a blood groove or a notch, so the blood does not drain properly.
That's why crossbows are much better, they have a groove right down the middle for the blood to drain properly. Good stuff.
can't take the pommel off to finish your enemy either.
Don't nock it until you try it.
Can it cut a sword in half? No! Only holy katana can! (with blood groove)
Think again, kiddo: pre09.deviantart.net/b176/th/pre/i/2012/119/6/a/rainbow_dash__s_opalescent_bow_short_sword_by_pilkarc-d4y0tkb.png
"This is a really lovely, lumpy piece of wood," - Matt Easton 2016.
That's what she said
wicked awesome bow and arrows my friend!
Amazing objects, I'd not realised a bow could have the lumps and bumps - thanks for sharing!
Ahh . . time for a little lumpy-bumpy . . .
Awesome old-school equipment! Longtime viewer, first time posting. Please do more archery stuff!
Gotta love the natural looking longbows
I am so jealous right now.
If a bow is kept safely (in a room or something), how long would it stay functional? Or to put it differently - what are the oldest surviving bows that are still probably functional and how were they stored?
I'm not an expert but I have wondered the same thing in the past. What I learned points to the drying out of the wood fibers being the culprit behind cracking in an otherwise functional bow. Storing in the cool dry location I suspect, but also feeding the wood some sort of oil. I use boiled linseed oil for axe and tool handles, and wouldn't hesitate to oil my bow with it as well. No doubt there's something specialized for bows though.
journeyman archer here. you want to store bows in a dry room temperature area, NEVER stand them up on their sides. if you do, the wood will warp. therefore always store them on their sides. but a bow should last indefinitely, so long as it is properly cared for, (no dings, deep cuts, or dry fires) and the wood is treated properly. shooting it from time to time is also healthy for a bow. the string on the other hand, wears out relatively quickly.
storing is one thing, but if you shoot it, the bow itself will wear out aswell, doesnt it? at least traditionally made wood bows, they get some stringfollow, getting more and more deflex over time. at least thats what happend to my longbow. but its ca 25 years old now and i dont know how many thousands or tenthousands of arrows i shot with it.
UrbanTarzan Duh The most important thing to protect your bow from is moisture in any form. A cool and dry place to store your bow horizontally is absolutely critical for longevity. Storing your bow in a dry but sun-exposed environment can lower the moisture content (ideally between 9-10%) and put your bow at risk for breaking when string and drawn. Applying religious amounts of oil to your bow (especially in a humid environment) regularly is also important. I oil my primitive bows twice weekly with warm and rendered deer fat. Not only does this prevent moisture from entering the bow, but it prevents existing moisture from escaping in dryer climates. To answer your question- a moderately used bow that's well oiled and kept unstrung flat in a dry (72 degree and less than 50% relative humidity) and dark location without wind will see the bow last and be usable 100 plus years later. But this is for a flawless bow, meaning zero knots and irregularities. I've never shot a 100 year old bow but I have a bow I built 10 years ago that still shoots just like it did before.
Hey Matt, I have a question unrelated to the video. I recently acquired a wootz kilic circa 1780ish. The majority of the blade is good, but theres a section near the hilt about 3 inches in length coated in a shallow but semi active (burgandy) rust. How would you go about cleaning this? Or, being wootz would you polish and etch it - as you mentioned you plan to do with your wootz tulwar.
I'll stick with my pommel-tipped fire arrows, thank you.
It would be great to see it strung, and in action!!!
Will Sherman warbow and medieval arrows what?
:P
Most reproductions of the heavy bows on board the Mary Rose in recent years, when they use Swiss high altitude yew, turns out around the 140lbs to 160 lbs mark, with 150 lbs as the norm.
Need to head to one of the schola sword classes in Manchester, am totally itching to join in
Looking forward to the more in-depth stuff. I really should get back into archery, but I keep finding swords I 'need' LOL
Le bow of my dreams ! Yew and 70/80# perfect ^^
Beautiful craftsmenship ! Like the cognot stuff. I could handle the stuff you had in compiègne. At the reenactment fair. Cognot is a very cool chap too :) !
Still:
Furthermore, i consider, that english longbowmen must be destroyed.
I think the Italian and Spanish Yew actually grew more slowly because of the thinner soil. That was preferable because the yearly growth rings were smaller, making the grain finer, which made a better spring.
"Lumpy Bumpy" - Matt Easton = "Timey Wimey" - the Doctor
Drinking game: take a shot every time Matt says lump(y) and/or bump(y).
Thank u Gare
So is the stave harvested from the tree specifically where the heartwood meets the sapwood, or are the two pieces glued together?
Thanks!
At first I thought the title was incomplete. "Will Sherman warbow and medieval arrows... pierce plate/chainmail/etc.?"
Yew is cool and follows the grain.
I'd love to hear you talk more about traditional archery and bows. Also is there any channels that has this kind of content( historical info and reviews about bows) that you would recommend?
Hey Matt Easton, from what Channel are you?
Uhh . . North of the English Channel
nudl3Zz from the Scholagladiatoria channel.
U mean Channel La manche?:P
An absolutely beautiful bow! I like to buy the same kind of bow: a traditional english yew warbow, but they are quite expensive...
Take a drink every time Matt says "Lumpy Bumpy"
Seriously though, that is an awesome gift! I've never seen a bow with that kind of 'natural' shape to it, and it looks really cool! But wouldn't that affect it's shooting ability?
Fletcher - someone that makes and sells arrows. :)
Very cool.
I always heard that the importation of yew staves was due to the shear number of bows needed, every man had to have a bow so thats a big market for bows.
How did old time archers protect their fingers from the string cutting them up? Did they have finger tabs, or just wear gloves? Or what?
Have you seen Spartacus series on Starz channel, do you know anything odd about it? This question goes to Scholagladiatoria.
That's so awesome, he did an amazing job it seems, and I'm glad you have more cool material to cover! Just a question though, you've said that you think Ash makes for better bows than yew, despite its prolific fame, is Ash then the ideal bow wood? is it better than modern alloys? i realize modern archers don't need 100 lb bows anymore, but how does efficiency compare, I would assume metal bows put out more force with less draw weight. I notice you haven't made a video specifically about bow materials, so perhaps you could eventually :)
The limbs on modern bows are not made of metal - the materials are generally a composite of wood (typically maple), bamboo, fibreglass, synthetic foam, and carbon fibre. Risers are commonly made of aluminium, but they're designed to be as rigid as possible, with all of the power coming from the limbs.
Beautiful English Bow! Is it just me or does it appear that there is an arrow shelf on the right side of the bow? Or do you shoot left handed? I thought most times with the Western string grip you want your arrow releasing from the left side of the bow?
Everyone should have friends that send them authentic weaponry for holidays
from what i heared, they got the wood from wherever they could back then. here in germany yew is under nature-protection laws. if you get cought cutting a yew tree down youll have to pay high penaltys. same in other european countries as far as i know. all because of the english longbow ;D my own one if from argentinian yew if i remember correctly.
Can we see it strung please Matt? Interested in how those bumps look under tension.
Yes I'll do a video of that soon.
scholagladiatoria Thank you 👍
Is the line between the heartwood and the sapwood naturally that well defined or is it somehow varnished to get that effect?
Thats natural with yew. Heartwood and sapwood also have distinctivly different characteristics so on bows the sapwood is always on the front. In other uses the different look between them is often used for decoration
britbot 111
Yew is kind of unique among bow woods for this reason. The heartwood, the darker wood, is particularly good in "compression"... So it makes an excellent "belly". The sapwood, the lighter-colored wood, is good in "extension"... So it works very well for the "back" of the bow... The part that faces away from the archer. Together, it's a really good combination.
Another popular wood is Osage Orange, which the French called "Boise D'Arc" or "Tree of the Bow"... And which Southern Americans corrupted into "Bodark".
It too has both heartwood and sapwood, but in alternating layers. A bowstave must have one continuous "ring" of the hard heartwood to form the back of the bow.
I made one a couple of years ago that turned out very well.
The draw length on those arrows seems rather short . Can you get to full draw and still have arrow on your rest ?
Does horn in the nock indicate an arrow made for non-military (or wealthy military) use, or does it have a worthwhile battlefield application? I would imagine that such an extra feature would be primarily done to increase the lifespan of the arrow, and that it would be difficult to find one's finely nocked arrows (if they were still in good shape) after a battle.
sleepyleep Every single medieval arrow found right up to the 16th Century Mary Rose arrows had horn reinforcement. It's to strengthen the nock on release to avoid breaking the arrow (which would subsequently break the bow due to a dry loose) not necessarily for re-use.
Before horn was used, the nocks were made larger and bulbous to achieve the same goal.
Will Sherman Thanks!
I thought some of those older War bows found in shipwrecks were made from old growth yew which had denser or tighter growth rings as the saying goes?
as for my own shooting I have a replica of an Asiatic warble course it's laminated so the discussion on that of old-growth vs. Alpine is moot. it's draw weight is around a hundred pounds since it was rebuilt. originally it was a hundred and five pounds but one day when shooting both limb tip split halfway down the limbs, the thing of it is as it is built with approximately 920 green arrows and that is with Broadhead included it is been clocked at around 280 feet per second which I'm told is astonishingly fast but then again the bow maker built it with the fastest fiberglass he could find which is black used Flemish twist fast flight string material there was a reverse taper Burke shifts and the feathers or flexing I should say is Shield cut turkey feather I believe? If you know the job properly it doesn't really take that much conditioning to shoot well and as it is I usually shoot without a glove or shooting tab Yes you heard that right I use bare fingers. The broadheads were designed to puncture the skull of a black bear and under 30 yards but mostly I hunt deer with it which as you can tell is vastly overpowered. LOL. for anything closer than bow range I usually use a sword or spear. and before anybody gets offended at that trust me it is rather Humane especially with a 5 inch wide spearhead that's about a foot-and-a-half long.
They tested some of the bows from the Marry Rose so they know the draw weight. There is a documentary about it with a British actor who I can't remember his name who was an expert on the long bow.
Robert Hardy?
The thing is that lots of experts have opinions on the draw weights on those bows, but there is differing opinion. Most of the bows seem to have been 100-150lbs draw weight, we cannot be must more accurate than that.
Lumpy Bumpy!
very cool!
Drawl, drawl, dribble dribble: I wants!
Yew bows are extremely overpriced. I thought that's because of the wood being expensive but when I contacted Boston Bows and offered to supply the bow stave they still quoted me a whopping 800 pounds for the labour cost! Seems anything medieval related with a niche market has a ludicrous price.
"I *love* lumpy, bumpy wood."
-- Matt Easton 2016*
*paraphrased.
screw context.
hm the lumps as you call them are overly thick to me, when you bend a snaky bow i find it's better not to expect it to bend as a straight stave --that is in an arc. better let it bend more the way it's inclined to and end up with a more supple, gracious and usually faster bow
verry cool.
Will you shoot that bow over a chronograph, please? I am really curious as to the arrow velocity.
About 350fps at the top end.
Buzzcook I doubt that very much
Jon English Joe Gibbs shot a 180lb self yew bow over a chrony recently and it was around 200fps. The video is on UA-cam - just search for Joe Gibbs Warbow and it'll pop up!
Jon English in fact to save you the time, it was 209fps :)
He also put a 180lb recurved composite Tatar bow through it and that was 211fps.
Will Sherman 200 fps is very different than 350, that would make it faster than my excalibur exocet.
The merry rose bows are staffs not finished bows and most people was only 5’
Mary rose was a warship so the bows are ready to use. The bows were not strung because it weakens them plus easier to store.
Those arrows look a bit short to me. Is that standard length, or are they shorter than normal war arrows?
Regolith The Westminster Abbey arrow is 28 7/8" as per the original, and the Mary Rose arrow is 30", as per the majority of the originals - the Mary Rose arrows were a variety of lengths, but there were two average peaks at 28" and 30".
The 32" "standard" war arrow length is a modern change.
what is the weight of the bow?
I think I mentioned in the video, but this one is a light 70lbs bow because I cannot handle my 90lbs bow now that I don't do archery regularly.
oh so that wasn't the draw strength?
Oh I see you mean the actual weight of the piece of wood. I don't know, but about 800g I'd guess.
how much training you need to use that 90lb bow easily
Not that much - just shooting regularly once a week was enough for me, but these days I only shoot a few times per year (with bows).
how about a beginner ,how long take them to draw a 90lb bow
I'd assume it depends greatly on your current level of fitness.
Define easily?
Chances are, you can pull 90 pounds if you do correct pull ups weighting more than 180lbs, it's not a terribly dissimilar movement muscle-wise.
However you will need a much lighter bow, let's say around 30-50lbs if you want to start learning how to shoot a bow at all. The technique is so complex that the best advice is almost always to join a local club with people who know what they're doing.
lumpy bumpy
Lumpy-bumpy :3
ah ye ol English yew, much stronger than that French yew
Yew know know I mean
actually the best yew was imported from spain
Yew cannot be serous
Derek S wood you stop with the puns
Yew are barking up the wrong tree
I wonder how hard can a bowmen punch
bowmen in medieval times were usually pretty strong fellows (that's assumed at least). But shooting bows is not a very efficient training for boxing. Try boxing for that. (Duh.)
Rindsgulasch oh, I thought all that training would have atleast give them a mean right ( or left ) hook
wanmohd danial For a right-handed shooter, I'd guess the left jab and the right hook would be better than the rest, but not on par with dedicated training.
Rindsgulasch yeah, pretty much.
So what exactly is a U bow, huh?
And what makes the U english? Is it this difference between american english and british english? Like the R?
*confused*
Seriously tho, Im looking forward to this mysterious "future video" which are so typical for this channel ;)
Acetylsalicylsaeure2 yew appear to be a frustrating individual ;^)
ok im jelaous.
... You really look like my cousin and have the same personality.... Ok... I don't know what to think any more... Help
Heads up on trees. Mountain trees grow slower, giving finer grain, as less growth is put on each year.