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Offline Marc St Louis

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Re: Late 1800s chinese bow
« Reply #15 on: July 21, 2014, 07:10:55 pm »
Looks like they were fond of Wild Turkey fletching
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Re: Late 1800s chinese bow
« Reply #16 on: July 21, 2014, 10:43:12 pm »
Yumi bows were shot a lot from kneeling, or seise, as Pat said, while practicing Kyudo. There was shorter bows used from horse back.
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Re: Late 1800s chinese bow
« Reply #17 on: July 21, 2014, 11:46:36 pm »
I believe I read that these bows were tillered as three separate bows.
Also, in one of the TBB series is an ancient drawing of two guys bracing a Yumi bow on a bow bracing bench. 
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