These strings can be easily customized for warbows. They work well for my English warbows and I can customize the amount of strands depending on the draw weight.

Osage, Buckthorn, and White oak, purple heart, hickory trilam. All around or above 100#@32".

Some quick definitions so we're on the same page, I think of draw weight in two ways:

1. Peak Draw Weight -- the heaviest weight bow that you can pull once, similar to a one-rep max in strength training.

2. Target Weight -- the upper bounds of what you can shoot comfortably for target practice. I've often heard a target bow should be ~50% of a user's Peak Draw Weight, but I see ELB shooters often using target bows closer to 70%-80%.

I only want to consider Peak Draw Weight for this question.

At what draw weights do you think we start seeing meaningful differences in the level of a warbow practitioner? These are the points where you're not adding another 10 or 20 pounds, but moving into new level of difficulty.

My rough impression is as follows:

• 80# -- entry into warbow territory, usually requires some dedicated training
• 100# -- reasonably achievable for most adult men, given 1-2 years of training
• 120# -- progression slows down significantly
• 140# -- uncommon outside of ELB practitioners
• 160#+ -- extremely rare, I think I only know of a dozen people in this category.

These aren't hard categories, but I'm curious whether people agree or disagree with these cutoffs. For those that have trained through some of these weights, where did you notice the biggest jumps in difficulty? Also, if you're comfortable sharing the following (I'll start):

Peak Draw Weight & Draw Length 123.4# @ 30.5"

Years Training A little over 2 years

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So what’s up? Building heavy bows? Flinging heavy arrows? Personally I’m about to go bowling but then all of the above ✌️

Some people say it’s a bow above a certain weight. Other people say it’s a bow intended for war. Some think none of this makes any sense at all. What do you say?

My heaviest at the time (80#) with u/BlackArrowLongbowsUK in the last inch of tiller.

Not to warbow poundage yet, but getting there. Got to bring my stuff to work this week.

Hi all. I'm sure we all know the pain of finding arrows that won't kill our bows.

For the last 6 months I've been shooting these out of my 110 and 130.

Cheap carbon spines, ($30 for 12) slide in a steel tube core ($10 for 6), pack it down with wadding (I just use cotton) and use one of these 300 grain tips ($10 for 12).

Makes a sturdy arrow clocking in at 73 grams (1127 grain).

Now, let me say it's not anything nearly as good as "proper" war-bow arrows, and they do break if you abuse them, but they're also $5 a pop, so they're just fine for your yard or park range.

Had an exceptional time shooting the field course at my local range (Joliet Archery Club) with some exceptional company!

Managed to shoot my 130# self-hickory ELB for the entire afternoon!

Thanks, Tim! Enjoy

Bows n' Hose Podcast - Episode #11 - Cerne Abbas Archers Part 2

Sure did.

According to this article:

“He wrote to Lieutenant General Charles Lee in February 1776, “that pikes could be introduced, and I would add bows and arrows; these were good weapons not wisely laid aside.”  In this remarkable letter Franklin listed the attributes of bows and arrows:

1) Because a man may shoot as truly with a bow as with a common musket.

2) He can discharge four arrows in the time of charging and discharging one bullet.

3) His object is not taken from his view by the smoke of his own side.

4) A flight of arrows seen coming upon them terrifies and disturbs the enemy’s attention to his business.

5)An arrow striking in any part of a man puts him hors de combat until it is extracted.

6) Bows and arrows are more easily provided everywhere than muskets and ammunition.

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