new bow

[bigoggy]

my new bow arrived today

it's a 68 inch flat bow

here's a few pics of me with it

[bumblepup]

Looks beautifully made. Is it crafted from a single piece of wood or is it some sort of multilayered affair?

What type of wood is it by the way?

[bigoggy]

it's multiple laminations of wood, with clear glassfibre topping, i'm not sure of the exact woods used

[Ritchie335is]

You need a hat with a feather in it.;)

Looks pretty impressive! Nice piece wood. Ahem.

[killsta]

Is that you?

Can't you find your cave?

[ShadownINja]

I take it you didn't let go by accident, then.

[working class]

Could that kill someone from 200 metres away?

Edited by working class on Thursday 30th September 18:58

[Arese]

Gordon's Alive?!

[ShadownINja]

working class said:

Could that kill someone from 200 metres away?

Just about, although you're more likely to bleed to death running away.

[bumblepup]

bigoggy said:

it's multiple laminations of wood, with clear glassfibre topping, i'm not sure of the exact woods used

How does one choose a size for a bow then?

Is it related to your own size, strength, type of material used, something like that?

[ErnestM]

In case you need lessons on it's use...

http://www.komonews.com/news/offbeat/103973278.htm...

[PHmember]

• Makes mental note that bigoggy is in fact a big bloke with a bow & arrow, & that if he does indeed make any grammatical errors on PH, or writes 'shirley' instead of 'surely', then it's all ok & doesn't in fact need pointing out to all & sundry.

[ShadownINja]

ErnestM said:

In case you need lessons on it's use...

http://www.komonews.com/news/offbeat/103973278.htm...

It begs the question... what does black bear taste of?

[Emsman]

Arese said:

Gordon's Alive?!

perfect. Hat duly doffed

[bigoggy]

bumblepup said:

bigoggy said:

it's multiple laminations of wood, with clear glassfibre topping, i'm not sure of the exact woods used

How does one choose a size for a bow then?

Is it related to your own size, strength, type of material used, something like that?

it's a combination of your draw weight and the length of your draw

in english, the further you pull back and the harder you pull back, the stronger your bow needs to be

[CypherP]

I thought it was Chris Moyles at first. Nice bow.

[silverthorn2151]

working class said:

Could that kill someone from 200 metres away?

That one wouldn't. There are bows that would however, if you could hot something at 200m (which is most doubtful.

At 90m / 100yds though you'd be dead meat against one of the accurate bows out there.

[Tycho]

killsta said:

Is that you?

Nah, it's Friar Tuck...

[Jasandjules]

68"? I guess you have to be pretty tall to hold that !!!

I guess if the French invade, we know who to call!!

[plasticpig]

silverthorn2151 said:

working class said:

Could that kill someone from 200 metres away?

That one wouldn't. There are bows that would however, if you could hot something at 200m (which is most doubtful.

At 90m / 100yds though you'd be dead meat against one of the accurate bows out there.

I have seen a demonstration of a compound bow where where the archer hit the target at 200m repeatedly. He was using a laser sight. Pretty sure they were measuring wind speed and direction; putting the results through some software to calculate the adjustment of the sight as well.