Viking archery
"In 1098 AD, a Viking fleet led by Norwegian King Magnus Barefoot was opposed, along the coast of Wales, by a Norman army. One of the Norman commanders, the Earl of Shrewsbury, rode down along the...
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Hey,I am not an expert, so feel free to add salt. Vikings rode horses to battle, dismounted and fought on foot. In a shield wall the spears do the killing, a sword is [u]almost[/u] useless in the...
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"Plus I like to pretend I'm a viking on weekends "Interesting, with viking do you pretend to be?The farmer, the blacksmith, the carpenter, the trader or the bondsman?Living in those times was not only...
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I have read the essay concerning a horsebow in birka, and I would say thet the evidence from finds are extremely weak or noneexistent, although something thet could belong to an eastern type quiver...
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fundin, have you seen the bowlimb on the historiska museet, the viking exhibition? I saw it recently. Looked like the back of a two wood recurved bow. a bit odd though....
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I think the Scandinavian-Hungarian relations are really interesting. There's even a theory that the guy in Leif Ericsson's group, Tyrkyr, who found the grape in Vinland, was actually a Turk...
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We know they did travel east. And they must have seen other bows. And some might have bring one home. Even a visitor from east can have been at Birka, not impossible. All that make sense.And also, I...
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"If you want to pretend to be a viking, start farming"Dude...thats harsh, my post was to offer my opinion on the side by side comparison of weapons out of context. As I said, I am not an expert, but I...
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Don't feel offended, your sword analytics is what we think it was."I also find that alot of the skills I have picked up practicing primitive have really helped in furthering my skills in this other...
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Axel, I havnt seen it in person just a picture. A two wood recurve would probably not indicate a horsebow, it is more probable that it is a "saami" or nothern bow. Pictorial evidence shows saami...
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The Historiska Museet bow is the compression pine belly of the famed Vibby bow. I took a long, hard look at the artefact down there about two years ago. The measurements and details, as well as the...
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People I have been behind bars, sorry I've failed to add more info here, can't wait to read all that others have posted.I'll explain more in a sepperate post.
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I makes my wonder, why would a people that is depending on their bows make bows that have hand shock?It makes no sense.An older design as Holmegaard does not have hand shock. The one I made with heavy...
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Generally, old bows were shot with heavier arrows than todays target arrows, this dampens hand shock quite a lot. I think both the Two-wood bows and the viking bows of the era are quite good in the...
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I have a number of 126cm (49,6"), do you know if that is the total bow length or the length of the belly?If it is the belly wood with no ears the bow could have been 58-62" long.
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Its only a belly, If we look at the other remaining artefact, this should mean about 160cm of bow (63"). This seems reasonable, and is about average height for a male saami in the area at the time.
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63" t/t and sinew.At some point the advantage of recurve and sinew disappears.
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I m not 100% sure but if that was the belly I saw, then all the carvings was on the inside. Maybe it wasn't ornamentations but something for the glue to stick better to?
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Saami maybe didn't use sinew, but other did that on same design.I have one that has no backing.www.bahnhofbredband.se/~w...ood-42.jpgIt's has 50" limbs and t/t 60 3/4", this is were twist don't appear...
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