And great video! Can you have a polearm/long spear, a long bow, quiver of arrows and a sword? YES you can! Does it take practice? Yes. In the open spaces outdoors does it works surprisingly well? Yes. Is it cumbersome at times? Yes, especially going into and around indoors. Disadvantage on everything you could possibly attempt indoors. :D
I don't know how much cord bow stringers were used in the medieval period, but it seems like the easiest solution is to combine you first option with the last option. Use the bow stringer and tie it around the stave as you did the string. A piece of cord tied in a couple places shouldn't interfere with using the bow (especially if you can take a second to grab a loop or two to keep most of the string at the widest part of the bow), you don't risk misplacing your bow stringer, and you have the same kind of control over positioning that you do with the spear sling.
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In 3 years, this guy is going to be legitimate part of the Community of the Sword, with tens or hundreds of followers, making collaborations with other veterans of the Community. And I'm going to subscribe now, so I can tell I was here from February 2021 =) P.S. Yes, Fandabi is great channel, I love his staff videos!
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I'm in awe by the solution you've come up with. While placement matters (quiver, spear, longbow) as your enemy comes closer, it's still just as effective if they come closer without you realizing, since you have your trusty sword. Kudos for the ingenuity demonstrated!
"How do you carry you boat?" I know he said bow, but still, that would be a good episode, too. How would a medieval adventurer carry a boat, while adventuring?
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Seems their brains weren't as big as they thought. Nice video, good job showing off how much stuff you can carry. The shield is a bit much (that's why shield-bearers were a thing), but it's certainly possible. You can also just wear the bow with the bowstring, of course. You might want to wrap something around it to work as protection for yourself and the string. I'm amazed when people make bold claims like, "you can't carry this," without consulting anyone.
An interesting and entertaining video with many great ideas. As to the Mongolian bow sheath thing at around 6:00, this seems to be very common in Korean TV shows set in the medieval age, and I believe I have seen it in other parts of Asia as well. In the show "My Country: The New Age", many characters carry their bows in such sheaths, which are generally combined with a quiver. They do so on foot and horseback, with the sheaths on their belts or on their backs, as well as saddles when on horseback. That said these are of course rather short bows. Also, I am not an expert on medieval history in any part of Asia, so I can't confirm the historical accuracy, though I would expect it to be relatively high. Additionally, attaching the quiver to ones belt may be more effective. Consult Lars Anderson.
I’m starting to look back at short bows. When I was a young lad playing RuneScape and watching LOTR I assumed short and long bows were equally good, just for different purposes. Then, the more I learned how utterly dominant the longbow was on the medieval battlefield, the more it seemed to dominate the landscape and my attention. But then there’s the mongols, Native American bows, and in Fandabi Dozi’s video he makes a tiny bow with a 70 lb draw. That is a lot of power and portability-perhaps I’ve been underestimating those little buggers! Maybe the ideal range weapon for an adventurer?
It seems unlikely that one kind of bow is entirely superior to another, undoubtedly each has its own benefits though. A short bow seems perfectly sufficient for most hunting and combat usages, and is more convenient in smaller spaces. Additionally, the kind of archery mastered by Lars Anderson seems more suited to a smaller bow, which would be easier and faster to draw and not get in the way. Lars has mentioned that he believes historical archers mastered such archery with larger bows than he uses, but probably not 150 lb longbows as long as they are tall. Longbows, obviously have more power behind them, and would probably be necessary for hunting or combating larger animals like bears, big cats, and larger herbivores like aurochs. I would guess, that longbows were common in the Paleolithic, when Pleistocene megafauna was a constant threat, and that later in history when humans began to dominate their environments, they became redundant. However, in the medieval age with the advent of superior armour, longbows became necessary for combatting armoured foes. That said, these are just theories. Another point on the short bows, in the Korean show mentioned in my previous comment, characters can often be seen using bows at extremely close range while in the thick of melee combat. Lars Anderson again has implied that this may have been common in the medieval Middle East and Europe as well.
@@dawsonehlke1290 Well, I'm late, but here are my thoughts. Short bows are weaker yes but the main reason can be that when/where you use the bow. Like Mongols or/and medieval Hungarian horse-archers, they used short/curved bows on horseback and fire in any direction (like backward) while moving. With a longbow, you cant switch sides bc it's long, and it would be harder to pull a longbow while you're on a horse.. On foot maybe in forests, there are branches, so harder to move with a longbow. And we talk a lot about power and "yx lb", but maybe the "fire-rate" is important too?
@@Alvara9 I’m completely with you. Short bows are key given a variety of circumstances, stated above. I have a feeling Shad’s going to get interested in short bows really soon and start testing them.
First thought when I saw Shad's new video on the topic was "Dawson already made a video on this, didn't he?". Of course there was a link in the description!
I'd be hyped to listen to you talk about a spiked pavise with a sword-breaker/catcher built in. from what little digging I've done, the concpet has no historical precedent.
The answer to the shield is using a buckler. Much less cumbersome and awkward than other shield types. Held at arms length the buckler gives a better cone of protection than a larger shield held close to the body.
"Leave your weapons at the door" Ok, I hope you have a while! * takes off bow, pole arm, quiver, scabbard with the sword, dagger from belt, knife from boot, throwing star from hair, another throwing knife from sleeve, other throwing knife from behind shield*
Having done larp in heavy armor, I have found that there's many things that you think are fine carrying/holding because you tried walking with it for a couple minutes but once you spend your entire day carrying that stuff, well it's not so practical anymore. Bottom of the story is, carrying that stuff like you did and showing off how it could work comes with a massive caveat that there's a big difference between that and carrying that stuff for days and in actual use
These sorts of experiments have more historical relevance than many people realize. Some period soldiers carried multiple different weapons & switched between them conveniently. Elite Ottoman cavalry could alternate between bow, sword, & short lance with ease & grace. Some Ottoman cavalry also had a matchlock firearm & mace in addition to these weapons. Two 16th-century texts assign a 5+ft lead maul to English archers. Henry Barrett's manual says the archer carried this polearm with a hook at the girdle. Roger Ascham mentioned how English archers might have a leaden maul hanging on their backs for fighting up close. Joseph Swetnam described a person who walked around in civilian life with a Welsh hook on his back. Etc. While I don't know of much evidence for wearing yew longbows on the back or for wearing spears on the back on foot, Qing infantry appear in paintings using firearms while wearing big Manchu bows in cases suspended from the waist & quivers full of long & heavy arrows. & some Chinese infantry used both bows & spear. One late-Ming manual describes a method of using both a full pike (heavy 16+ft spear) & crossbow. This involves wearing the small crossbow on the back tucked in the belt while marching with the pike in hand & then setting the pike down or sticking in the ground when ready to shoot with the crossbow. Another late Ming manual equips every soldier with either a pike or a shorter staff & with either a firearm or bow. Reading these sources makes me think that gear management was (& still is) a key martial skill.
6:16 you might want to take a look into manchu bows. They are big, not as much as longbows but definitely not short and were also carried around on bow sheath. Also the sheath is not necesarily just for cavalry I think there are depictions of ming foot soldiers with such bow sheathes.
Indigenous people would carry their bows unstrung in a bag and then string it before going into action. But their bows were shorter, and a lower poundage.
I noticed something interesting while watching Season 2 of The Promised Neverland anime. They don't discuss it at all, they just do it. You can see them wearing their bows on their backs. The strap looks identical to the ones Shad and yourself, Dawson, use to wear your spears. I don't see why that wouldn't work as well. Perhaps even a bit quicker than the sock-strap method used here. Plus it won't drag on the ground as a trip hazard 😉. Theoretically, I don't see why it would be any more cumbersome on a bow than on a spear shaft 🤷🏻♂️. But I guess it's worth testing 😉.
Thanks so much! I got it years ago at the MN Renaissance Festival. The artisan shop is called Pteradactyl Leather, but they don't have a website that I can find.
I think switching to a belt quiver and using a buckler suspended from or near the sword scabbard would actually make this very doable. I like the larger shield, but that is really where issues seem to come in.
@@grbdevnull5611 What if you use a gauntlet shield on the side of your bow arm? You'll have a shield, can use the bow in that hand/gauntlet and when you ditch the bow you can go spear/sword and shield. Sounds to me like it could work.
Sorry for the late reply. Red wing boots, brown pants from target (needing to upgrade), my shirt is now a linen tunic from Grimfrost, the chainmaille was made by John’s Chains in MN, my suede leather vest was made by New Pteradactyl leather. The bracers I made, my gloves are basic leather gloves I can’t remember which store. Imagining a character and a kit, in whichever order, and putting it together, is one of life’s joys.
8:00 Your enthusiasm and willingness to experiment are both commendable, but your simple "carrying test" isn't realistic enough because *you're not wearing any armor, including a helmet, or carrying any other gear, such as a backpack and bedroll etc.* which could potentially make it more difficult to carry weapons on your back. A helmet, in particular, could also interfere with retrieving items from your back. You also struggle to reach behind you to take arrows from your (back) quiver and discard your bow and spear to the ground before drawing another weapon, which is perhaps ok in a fight, but what about being able to stow them before drawing another weapon?
All very good points. I am wearing chain mail, that’s some armor. Some helmets would add difficulty, but others like a nasal helm and coif wouldn’t. There’s a lot more experimenting I’d like to do, and contexts to consider, if I make future videos. Other UA-camrs are doing great work on this sort of thing.
@@dawsonehlke1290 Thanks for the reply., 👍 My bad regarding the mail, but mail was particularly convenient to wear, which is probably why it was so popular. I suspect other types of armor could be more problematic. The same applies to helmets. Also, adventurers aren't soldiers, as they need to carry everything they need to survive on their person, which will necessarily limit how many weapons they can comfortably carry. Shad also overlooked this in his videos about this topic.
Composite recurve bows used by Mongolians and steppe warriors (and by Koreans, Chinese, and Manchus) ARE as strong as English longbows. There are composite bows with the same draw strength as the English warbows from the Mary Rose (ua-cam.com/video/kDnaYJUw9F8/v-deo.html). It might even be better than the English longbow in different aspects such as it launches the arrow faster because of the recurve design, shorter length perfect for mounted archery, can still be repaired if it's broken, and you can do crazy shit with it like shoot it while using your shield on your bow-hand and holding your drawn saber in the string-hand (ua-cam.com/video/gaz9MfxVDp0/v-deo.html, ua-cam.com/video/_HGbyfpqD6Q/v-deo.html). Composite bows may be the ultimate bow that existed back then...that is if you stay in those areas where it is used. Problem with those is that the bows are EXTREMELY labor intensive and it takes months or even a year to finish 1 bow (unlike in the longbow where you can churn out several a day if you have the seasoned staves and a workshop full of bowyers), dampness DESTROYS the composite bow since it nullifies the glue binding the components of the bow (sinew, wood, horn) and England is rainy ass place to be in, and it's expensive unlike the longbow which is the reason why in places like Korea, China, and the Manchus only the elite mounted warriors with fancy armor get to have the ultimate bow unlike in England where everyone must be able to shoot and own a bow as dictated by their law.
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The Monty Python and the Holy grail Music XD omg
The copyright folks only seemed to be bothered by a portion of it! I’ll take it!
10 out of 10 for the Top Gear styled intro! :D Now to see the rest of the video!
And great video! Can you have a polearm/long spear, a long bow, quiver of arrows and a sword? YES you can! Does it take practice? Yes. In the open spaces outdoors does it works surprisingly well? Yes. Is it cumbersome at times? Yes, especially going into and around indoors. Disadvantage on everything you could possibly attempt indoors. :D
I didn’t know if anyone watching these sorts of videos would know what Top Gear is. Thank you. 😂
I don't know how much cord bow stringers were used in the medieval period, but it seems like the easiest solution is to combine you first option with the last option. Use the bow stringer and tie it around the stave as you did the string. A piece of cord tied in a couple places shouldn't interfere with using the bow (especially if you can take a second to grab a loop or two to keep most of the string at the widest part of the bow), you don't risk misplacing your bow stringer, and you have the same kind of control over positioning that you do with the spear sling.
the last two seconds very funny
I hope this video gets the attention it deserves. Great work!!
“Historians hate him” 🤣🤣🤣
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@@1CT1 Décalice my friend :)
Why? He didn't prove anything with this...
MOOOOOM! The guy with a spear and a bow on his back is running on the backyard again!
Maybe that’s why that family moved out…
Two videos in and you are already a favorite. Keep it up.
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In 3 years, this guy is going to be legitimate part of the Community of the Sword, with tens or hundreds of followers, making collaborations with other veterans of the Community.
And I'm going to subscribe now, so I can tell I was here from February 2021 =)
P.S. Yes, Fandabi is great channel, I love his staff videos!
After Shad advertized his video, he gained a lot more authority in the field.
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This is really cool!
Thank you!
5min 10sec = One sling to rule them all. :)
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I'm in awe by the solution you've come up with. While placement matters (quiver, spear, longbow) as your enemy comes closer, it's still just as effective if they come closer without you realizing, since you have your trusty sword. Kudos for the ingenuity demonstrated!
"How do you carry you boat?" I know he said bow, but still, that would be a good episode, too. How would a medieval adventurer carry a boat, while adventuring?
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Like Jack Sparrow and Will Turner did in Pirates of the Caribbean: Wear it as a hat! 😜
We want more episodes of The-carrying-stick-like-objects-on-your-back-show!!!
Love it Dawson keep going!
WOW xD, your demonstration is out of this world.
You did it!! I'm so proud of you!!!
Seems their brains weren't as big as they thought. Nice video, good job showing off how much stuff you can carry. The shield is a bit much (that's why shield-bearers were a thing), but it's certainly possible.
You can also just wear the bow with the bowstring, of course. You might want to wrap something around it to work as protection for yourself and the string. I'm amazed when people make bold claims like, "you can't carry this," without consulting anyone.
An interesting and entertaining video with many great ideas.
As to the Mongolian bow sheath thing at around 6:00, this seems to be very common in Korean TV shows set in the medieval age, and I believe I have seen it in other parts of Asia as well. In the show "My Country: The New Age", many characters carry their bows in such sheaths, which are generally combined with a quiver. They do so on foot and horseback, with the sheaths on their belts or on their backs, as well as saddles when on horseback. That said these are of course rather short bows.
Also, I am not an expert on medieval history in any part of Asia, so I can't confirm the historical accuracy, though I would expect it to be relatively high.
Additionally, attaching the quiver to ones belt may be more effective. Consult Lars Anderson.
I’m starting to look back at short bows. When I was a young lad playing RuneScape and watching LOTR I assumed short and long bows were equally good, just for different purposes. Then, the more I learned how utterly dominant the longbow was on the medieval battlefield, the more it seemed to dominate the landscape and my attention. But then there’s the mongols, Native American bows, and in Fandabi Dozi’s video he makes a tiny bow with a 70 lb draw. That is a lot of power and portability-perhaps I’ve been underestimating those little buggers! Maybe the ideal range weapon for an adventurer?
It seems unlikely that one kind of bow is entirely superior to another, undoubtedly each has its own benefits though. A short bow seems perfectly sufficient for most hunting and combat usages, and is more convenient in smaller spaces. Additionally, the kind of archery mastered by Lars Anderson seems more suited to a smaller bow, which would be easier and faster to draw and not get in the way. Lars has mentioned that he believes historical archers mastered such archery with larger bows than he uses, but probably not 150 lb longbows as long as they are tall.
Longbows, obviously have more power behind them, and would probably be necessary for hunting or combating larger animals like bears, big cats, and larger herbivores like aurochs.
I would guess, that longbows were common in the Paleolithic, when Pleistocene megafauna was a constant threat, and that later in history when humans began to dominate their environments, they became redundant. However, in the medieval age with the advent of superior armour, longbows became necessary for combatting armoured foes.
That said, these are just theories.
Another point on the short bows, in the Korean show mentioned in my previous comment, characters can often be seen using bows at extremely close range while in the thick of melee combat. Lars Anderson again has implied that this may have been common in the medieval Middle East and Europe as well.
@@dawsonehlke1290 Well, I'm late, but here are my thoughts. Short bows are weaker yes but the main reason can be that when/where you use the bow. Like Mongols or/and medieval Hungarian horse-archers, they used short/curved bows on horseback and fire in any direction (like backward) while moving. With a longbow, you cant switch sides bc it's long, and it would be harder to pull a longbow while you're on a horse..
On foot maybe in forests, there are branches, so harder to move with a longbow. And we talk a lot about power and "yx lb", but maybe the "fire-rate" is important too?
@@Alvara9 I’m completely with you. Short bows are key given a variety of circumstances, stated above. I have a feeling Shad’s going to get interested in short bows really soon and start testing them.
First thought when I saw Shad's new video on the topic was "Dawson already made a video on this, didn't he?". Of course there was a link in the description!
7:50 XD
I'd be hyped to listen to you talk about a spiked pavise with a sword-breaker/catcher built in. from what little digging I've done, the concpet has no historical precedent.
The answer to the shield is using a buckler. Much less cumbersome and awkward than other shield types. Held at arms length the buckler gives a better cone of protection than a larger shield held close to the body.
Now the question is how many stick like objects can you attach before losing all maneuverability
That’s why I’m here
Depends, do you count each arrow individually?
@@grbdevnull5611 Yes, but not if they are in a quiver.
"Leave your weapons at the door"
Ok, I hope you have a while! * takes off bow, pole arm, quiver, scabbard with the sword, dagger from belt, knife from boot, throwing star from hair, another throwing knife from sleeve, other throwing knife from behind shield*
Having done larp in heavy armor, I have found that there's many things that you think are fine carrying/holding because you tried walking with it for a couple minutes but once you spend your entire day carrying that stuff, well it's not so practical anymore.
Bottom of the story is, carrying that stuff like you did and showing off how it could work comes with a massive caveat that there's a big difference between that and carrying that stuff for days and in actual use
Looks like we’ve been going down the same UA-cam rabbit holes. Subscribed. Keep it up my guy 👍
These sorts of experiments have more historical relevance than many people realize. Some period soldiers carried multiple different weapons & switched between them conveniently. Elite Ottoman cavalry could alternate between bow, sword, & short lance with ease & grace. Some Ottoman cavalry also had a matchlock firearm & mace in addition to these weapons. Two 16th-century texts assign a 5+ft lead maul to English archers. Henry Barrett's manual says the archer carried this polearm with a hook at the girdle. Roger Ascham mentioned how English archers might have a leaden maul hanging on their backs for fighting up close. Joseph Swetnam described a person who walked around in civilian life with a Welsh hook on his back. Etc.
While I don't know of much evidence for wearing yew longbows on the back or for wearing spears on the back on foot, Qing infantry appear in paintings using firearms while wearing big Manchu bows in cases suspended from the waist & quivers full of long & heavy arrows. & some Chinese infantry used both bows & spear. One late-Ming manual describes a method of using both a full pike (heavy 16+ft spear) & crossbow. This involves wearing the small crossbow on the back tucked in the belt while marching with the pike in hand & then setting the pike down or sticking in the ground when ready to shoot with the crossbow. Another late Ming manual equips every soldier with either a pike or a shorter staff & with either a firearm or bow.
Reading these sources makes me think that gear management was (& still is) a key martial skill.
6:16 you might want to take a look into manchu bows. They are big, not as much as longbows but definitely not short and were also carried around on bow sheath. Also the sheath is not necesarily just for cavalry I think there are depictions of ming foot soldiers with such bow sheathes.
Fantastic use of the Holy Grail music
Nice video.hopefully will see more videos from you.Stay well.
lmao. great vid.
have fun shooting the short film ;)
Indigenous people would carry their bows unstrung in a bag and then string it before going into action. But their bows were shorter, and a lower poundage.
I noticed something interesting while watching Season 2 of The Promised Neverland anime. They don't discuss it at all, they just do it. You can see them wearing their bows on their backs. The strap looks identical to the ones Shad and yourself, Dawson, use to wear your spears. I don't see why that wouldn't work as well. Perhaps even a bit quicker than the sock-strap method used here. Plus it won't drag on the ground as a trip hazard 😉. Theoretically, I don't see why it would be any more cumbersome on a bow than on a spear shaft 🤷🏻♂️. But I guess it's worth testing 😉.
Your just needs to stay dyed blue…
I mean… uh, do as you please, oh Great Conqueror
Your videos are so good!
loved the music haha
awesome video
Came from Shadiversity. Nice Video 👍.
Any chance you could provide a link for the tunic your wearing??? Looks extremely cool👌🏻
Thanks so much! I got it years ago at the MN Renaissance Festival. The artisan shop is called Pteradactyl Leather, but they don't have a website that I can find.
At that point, you're more mule that man at arms.. lol
I think switching to a belt quiver and using a buckler suspended from or near the sword scabbard would actually make this very doable. I like the larger shield, but that is really where issues seem to come in.
@@grbdevnull5611 What if you use a gauntlet shield on the side of your bow arm? You'll have a shield, can use the bow in that hand/gauntlet and when you ditch the bow you can go spear/sword and shield. Sounds to me like it could work.
Very cool
I fuck with that fit, i want to know what comprises it cause its damn fine looking, might want to get the pieces for myself
Sorry for the late reply. Red wing boots, brown pants from target (needing to upgrade), my shirt is now a linen tunic from Grimfrost, the chainmaille was made by John’s Chains in MN, my suede leather vest was made by New Pteradactyl leather. The bracers I made, my gloves are basic leather gloves I can’t remember which store. Imagining a character and a kit, in whichever order, and putting it together, is one of life’s joys.
What kind of string would be strong enough?
I love your outfit! Ur living my life!! You are me if I was me irl.
you'll poke your eye out
Shadiversity braught me here.
I got here from Shadiversity tube. I m suscriber N°596.
If you need music for an intro ask me Dawson!!
Thanks for the offer! I might take you up on that if I make more videos!
Lmao. Amazing. Thank you.
Roflmao this was highly entertaining and informative 💕😂
Your vedio is so cool!
Hey, Shadiversity actually improved upon your idea and I though you might be interested to check it out
Hehe
Didn't medieval longbowmen carry their bows in weatherproof canvas sleeves? Unstrung of course.
8:00 Your enthusiasm and willingness to experiment are both commendable, but your simple "carrying test" isn't realistic enough because *you're not wearing any armor, including a helmet, or carrying any other gear, such as a backpack and bedroll etc.* which could potentially make it more difficult to carry weapons on your back. A helmet, in particular, could also interfere with retrieving items from your back.
You also struggle to reach behind you to take arrows from your (back) quiver and discard your bow and spear to the ground before drawing another weapon, which is perhaps ok in a fight, but what about being able to stow them before drawing another weapon?
All very good points. I am wearing chain mail, that’s some armor. Some helmets would add difficulty, but others like a nasal helm and coif wouldn’t. There’s a lot more experimenting I’d like to do, and contexts to consider, if I make future videos. Other UA-camrs are doing great work on this sort of thing.
@@dawsonehlke1290 Thanks for the reply., 👍
My bad regarding the mail, but mail was particularly convenient to wear, which is probably why it was so popular. I suspect other types of armor could be more problematic. The same applies to helmets.
Also, adventurers aren't soldiers, as they need to carry everything they need to survive on their person, which will necessarily limit how many weapons they can comfortably carry.
Shad also overlooked this in his videos about this topic.
Composite recurve bows used by Mongolians and steppe warriors (and by Koreans, Chinese, and Manchus) ARE as strong as English longbows. There are composite bows with the same draw strength as the English warbows from the Mary Rose (ua-cam.com/video/kDnaYJUw9F8/v-deo.html). It might even be better than the English longbow in different aspects such as it launches the arrow faster because of the recurve design, shorter length perfect for mounted archery, can still be repaired if it's broken, and you can do crazy shit with it like shoot it while using your shield on your bow-hand and holding your drawn saber in the string-hand (ua-cam.com/video/gaz9MfxVDp0/v-deo.html, ua-cam.com/video/_HGbyfpqD6Q/v-deo.html). Composite bows may be the ultimate bow that existed back then...that is if you stay in those areas where it is used. Problem with those is that the bows are EXTREMELY labor intensive and it takes months or even a year to finish 1 bow (unlike in the longbow where you can churn out several a day if you have the seasoned staves and a workshop full of bowyers), dampness DESTROYS the composite bow since it nullifies the glue binding the components of the bow (sinew, wood, horn) and England is rainy ass place to be in, and it's expensive unlike the longbow which is the reason why in places like Korea, China, and the Manchus only the elite mounted warriors with fancy armor get to have the ultimate bow unlike in England where everyone must be able to shoot and own a bow as dictated by their law.
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