Well done once again guys!! Aren't we all losing a little 'Zip' as we age?? Dang it. Merry Christmas!!
@longbows
Жыл бұрын
Thanks, Merry Christmas to you too.
@bessiebraveheart
Жыл бұрын
Hello, i'm 77 and I've got frail. I struggle to draw anything over 30lb, I have loved and used bows since I was a lad. Thank you for a great channel.
@longbows
Жыл бұрын
Hi, glad to hear you are still shooting, it doesent matter what weight you are using as long as you can use it, great. Glad you like the channel, much appreciated.
@MrDmitryKa
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video! Good to know, that a bow can last decades.
@longbows
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@Skenderbeuismyhero
Жыл бұрын
My father bought a laminate wood recurve in the late 70's. I grew up shooting in the 90's and still shoot it every once in a while and I honestly can't tell if it's changed in any way.
@longbows
Жыл бұрын
Wonderful!
@dpeter6396
Жыл бұрын
This session is exactly why I subscribe to your channel. There is no other place I can think of to find this sort of information. Thank you!! Merry Christmas and have a good next year.
@longbows
Жыл бұрын
Glad you found us, any help with the channel continuing is greatly appreciated. Happy new year.
@RAkers-tu1ey
Жыл бұрын
Question ? Does it seem that the bows lose draw weight progressively? - That is, when new, a given bow would draw 15 pounds at 12" , 20 pounds @ 16" , 30 pounds @30" , or some such, and as they age would still draw 30# @ 30" , but would now draw only 15 pounds at 16" . etc. Thus losing speed, without losing full weight? Is this something you have ever measured? I am not sure why a professional bowyer would waste their time performing such measurements, but it seems interesting to me.
@longbows
Жыл бұрын
Not really, a bow will lose a pound or two after production during its first months of actual use, this is why we usually make our bows a pound or two heavyer than is ordered, which we alwasy explain to customers, once the bow has settled, as you can see from the video, the weight tends to stay the same.
@FiddleSticks800
19 күн бұрын
“Sluggish” to me describes the property of hysteresis in the loading/unloading curve.
@Pedro8k
Жыл бұрын
Depends how it was made examine it before bracing and exercise it before use I have one that is 20 years old
@longbows
Жыл бұрын
Exactly
@ogyxfallvanlore8511
Жыл бұрын
No doubt about it ; an RH Longbow is for life!
@longbows
Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@phillipsmith2443
Жыл бұрын
I have a Ben Pearson longbow that he gave my father before he was a big name. It is still a straight shooter but the draw weight isn't quite as heavy as it originally was.
@longbows
Жыл бұрын
Glad to hear its still going.
@brianwilcox3478
Жыл бұрын
I have my fathers 1939 Ben Pearson 45 lb bow. I have never fired it. And I have no string for it. but I remember my father shooting it in the mid 60s. His father bought it for him when he was 10. I dont know if it would be ok to shoot it
@davisstellman
Жыл бұрын
This is an interesting finding. I would have thought bows would lose poundage after ~30 years of heavy shooting. It certainly helps storing them properly, but at the end of the day it is helpful info to anyone worried about their pricey custom bows lasting. Lovely video, take care.
@longbows
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed.
@dougeldredge
Ай бұрын
ive got an old pse legacy i bought in early 80s, 55#, still 55#
@longbows
Ай бұрын
awesome
@usnchief1339
Жыл бұрын
Merry Christmas gentleman! Thank you very much for all of the archery knowledge you have passed down over the years. Based on the dating of the bows, you guys will be around for many more years :)
@longbows
Жыл бұрын
Happy holidays!
@Graywolf116
Жыл бұрын
Question on weighing: if you measure drawlength from the front ('back') of the bow, how do you ensure consistent measurements? Different bows may be different thicknesses, or 1) do you make sure every bow you make is the same thickness; 2) since the difference is likely less than half an inch it's not a big deal?
@longbows
Жыл бұрын
Handles rarely differ more than a mm or two, so it makes no difference
@fancymcclean6210
Жыл бұрын
Merry Christmas ya old buggers. Noted, that the consistency is down to your skill as bow makers. Wonderful stuff. Flaxen Saxon.
@longbows
Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@RAkers-tu1ey
Жыл бұрын
This was a Christmas treat, Thanks !
@longbows
Жыл бұрын
Our pleasure!
@SmallGameHunter
Жыл бұрын
very interesting topic! Thank you for making this.
@longbows
Жыл бұрын
My pleasure! Did it come in useful?
@SmallGameHunter
Жыл бұрын
@@longbows yes sir it did. Got a used bow and was wondering if it really is 50#. (only 5 years old). But this video helped putting that thought to rest. Though I dont understand how it still holding its assigned poundage but lose its casting ability. Wondering if a new bow has 100% of its casting and springiness but slowly decrease, would it come to a stop? says 70% and stay there?
@longbows
Жыл бұрын
Glad it helped. it's so hard to say how long a bow will keep its cast, I sometimes keep a favourite bow going for years, probably well beyond its useful life, but I like using it! ultimately you will probably know when the bow is 'tired'. Enjoy while you can, nothing lasts forever.
@jharchery4117
2 ай бұрын
Well done. Thanks.
@longbows
2 ай бұрын
Thank you too!
@benjamindahler3710
Жыл бұрын
Nice movie I wich yur happy chrismas day in your homton. I like englich longbow.
@longbows
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching, same to you.
@marcoengelbracht4141
Жыл бұрын
Very interesting topic, thanks for discussing and testing this for us. Merry Christmas and a happy new year to you.
@longbows
Жыл бұрын
Happy new year
@beesmongeese2978
Жыл бұрын
Cheers guys you're inspiring
@longbows
Жыл бұрын
That is very kind, I hope we continue to help.
@ianmycroft6979
Жыл бұрын
I think that the longevity of a bow has as much to do with the owner and how they look after it, as it does with the bowyer. You guys obviously look after your bows and store them properly. 👌
@longbows
Жыл бұрын
I would like to say we store our bows correctly, but as you see behind us, we do not.
@ianmycroft6979
Жыл бұрын
@@longbows I did notice, but thought that might just have been during the making of the video. 😂
@Sam.2zo
Жыл бұрын
Merry Christmas to all
@gianfrusaglia85
11 ай бұрын
Sorry, how much does the length of long bows vary?
@longbows
11 ай бұрын
as much as the draw length of the person
@f1pitpass
6 ай бұрын
thanks!
@longbows
6 ай бұрын
No problem!
@CrimeVid
Жыл бұрын
Do you know, I find the idea that your old bows still maintain their draw weights very comforting ! Question; do your archers maintain their drawing power and speed as well as their bows ?
@longbows
Жыл бұрын
I doubt the human body fares as well as some of the bows!
@williamjhunter5714
Жыл бұрын
I still have the first self bows I made, no change in them. I noticed at an archery shoot, particularly when i let someone try my bow... What kills a longbow is long anchoring when aiming. The person who tried my bow anchored 4 full seconds on my self bow and from the one shot, it took 1/4" of set. I aim on the way up and release as soon as my hand contacts my cheek. Other harm includes overdrawing past the stated tiller, wrong bracing across the leg, sudden shooting with no warm up, dry firing playing with the bow with no arrow and leaving in a hot car or in the rain, (among other forms of poor care.) Also, asking too much from a stave when building causing chrysals and frets, imbalanced limbs, not raising pin knots, & poor craftsmanship in general.
@longbows
Жыл бұрын
All interesting points, thanks. The bows you mentined making, what type of English Longbow are they?
@CrimeVid
Жыл бұрын
This is a question that has often occurred to me. So how long do you think a bow taken to France in the wars,if in the hands of a skilled archer would have lasted ? A year ? two years ? more ? Thinking about re-supply here.
@longbows
Жыл бұрын
I have no idea, sorry.
@longbows
10 ай бұрын
Want the channel to continue? KZitem want us to make `shorts` which we cant really pass on our experience in that way, please help the channel out if you can...www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=SPKPNPZL55NLE
@TimberGeek
Жыл бұрын
My first longbow, an old well used second hand bear of unknown age, broke right at the handle; the upper limb went over my shoulder and the lower just skimmed past my side leaving me holding the arrow and string. Quite frightening in the moment and it was a definite sign I'd outgrown the bow. 🙄🤣
@longbows
Жыл бұрын
ouch!
@matse01
Жыл бұрын
Very interesting,
@longbows
Жыл бұрын
Thanks
@martindorrance8133
Жыл бұрын
Hi both. I have a couple of bows that haven’t been strung let alone shot for 10-15 years. Would you recommend having them re-tillered if I want to use them again? Thanks for a continued excellent set of ongoing videos.
@longbows
Жыл бұрын
Hi, glad you like the videos, much appreciated. The short answer is yes, we talk about this sort of issue in this video here... kzitem.info/news/bejne/qqJmt6WfnpFqrKg
@mickusable
Жыл бұрын
Another interesting video chaps, one question ( which I think I know the answer to 😢) is there any way to reduce set/string follow?
@longbows
Жыл бұрын
Thanks. Yes, genrally choosing and using well seasoned woodm to begin with and using a former when glueing to create some set back. If you mean after the fact, then not as such, some peole will say to steam it straight etc, personally I do not so that sort fo thing for many reasons, we may do a video on that subject.
@mickusable
Жыл бұрын
@@longbows Thanks, yes I meant after the fact, I should have been clearer in my question 🤘
@longbows
Жыл бұрын
No problem, overall set isnt always a problem.
@anthony99900
Жыл бұрын
Do you have to Oil the bows or can you just leave them on display . If it’s not for shooting
@longbows
Жыл бұрын
I never oil bows.
@John_Malka-tits
Жыл бұрын
...did you guys "warm up" your old bows before you test them?
@longbows
Жыл бұрын
kzitem.info/news/bejne/zWiatWSthnenino
@TheAngryAstronomer
Жыл бұрын
You mentioned one of them has taken a set. How much curve is too much?
@longbows
Жыл бұрын
Too much for what?
@dbottesi
Жыл бұрын
did he say put down his coffee.. thought you guys drank tee lol
@longbows
Жыл бұрын
Richard never drinks tea.
@grahamwelby
Жыл бұрын
According to "Deep Thought," the answer is 42!
@M45t3rJ4ck
Жыл бұрын
2095?? It's because he didn't get to finish his coffee!!
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