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Offline Lukasz Nawalny

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Wawel Bow
« on: March 18, 2010, 09:47:51 am »
This is replica of bow which was found near Krakow ( polish city , old capital of Poland ) Wawel is castle in Krakow and this bow is now in local Museum . Wawel bow is only wodden bow which was found on polish teritory. This is type of longbow - 192 cm , 45 - 50 lb - shorter bowstring give stronger draw weight. A little " character" yew stave. Not high dense of wood but very elastic. Not very good foto of tiller but I had no support . But tiller is not bad , eliptic - 15 cm on ends of limbs not work. Without belly tempred with little heat treat. 0 string follow , tommorow I will send more fotos.I have made this bow for guy who write thesis about polish and europeen archery.

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Re: Wawel Bow
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2010, 10:07:41 am »
Henry
       Very nice !! Simple, classic, well finished again a very nice bow.
Rich
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Re: Wawel Bow
« Reply #2 on: March 18, 2010, 10:30:04 am »
WOW RICH,that is a great piece of work..you did a lovely job..SO,is the 2 knocks for weight..thanks for sharing.john
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Re: Wawel Bow
« Reply #3 on: March 18, 2010, 10:52:32 am »
Beautiful bow,very nice work. :)
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Re: Wawel Bow
« Reply #4 on: March 18, 2010, 11:13:27 am »
Nice bow, very nice...  The extra nock is for stringing the bow.  :)

edit:  just saw where he wrote "This is type of longbow - 192 cm , 45 - 50 lb - shorter bowstring give stronger draw weight."  so maybe the extra nock IS to use a shorter string to increase weight...  Cool beans!  :)
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Wawel Bow
« Reply #5 on: March 18, 2010, 12:38:35 pm »
Very nicely done! Jawge
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Re: Wawel Bow
« Reply #6 on: March 18, 2010, 01:25:48 pm »
That is a nice bow. Bookmarked, too, under March Self Bow of the Month. Thanks for sharing.
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: Wawel Bow
« Reply #7 on: March 18, 2010, 01:29:47 pm »
I like the brass detail on the grip, nice work.
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Re: Wawel Bow
« Reply #8 on: March 18, 2010, 02:04:01 pm »
Sweet looking bow!  Nice job.  Greg
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Offline aznboi3644

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Re: Wawel Bow
« Reply #9 on: March 18, 2010, 04:44:53 pm »
are those self nocks just cut through the back??
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Offline CraigMBeckett

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Re: Wawel Bow
« Reply #10 on: March 18, 2010, 07:53:01 pm »
henry31,

Can you give us more info on the original bow, when was it found, what date does it come from, do you have pictures of the original that you can post, do you have dimensions of the original?

Craig.
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Re: Wawel Bow
« Reply #11 on: March 18, 2010, 08:20:50 pm »
Nice bow.  Interesting nocks!  How much weight difference with the nocks?
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Offline profsaffel

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Re: Wawel Bow
« Reply #12 on: March 18, 2010, 10:06:30 pm »
Hey that is a very nice bow... I love the handle. What did you use for those gold colored rims?
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Offline medicinewheel

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Re: Wawel Bow
« Reply #13 on: March 19, 2010, 12:22:48 am »
Great work Henry!
Well, the nocks cut through the back would keep making me nervous...
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Offline Lukasz Nawalny

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Re: Wawel Bow
« Reply #14 on: March 19, 2010, 09:46:32 am »
Bow comes from XI century , so looks orginal nocks. By this draw weight such nocks are safe , by stronger bows should be more massive. I have seen this bow on Wawel museum but I can not find fotos in internet.About 5 lb difference in draw weight between short and long string

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