Bow X1-3 - The last 'mean' wood warbow?

[Yeomanbowman]

Very interesting results.  I've had good success with self nocking on heavy ash and elm bows but this is new.  Thanks for posting.

[outcaste]

Hi,

Just an update.

If you click on the following link you will see Joe Gibbs shooting the X1-3 Approximation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9HbAaDanNQ

Cheers,
Alistair

[meanewood]

This is for you JNystrom

Not much point going over old ground again.

My haul of Hawthorn is ready for use, so I'll be making some X1-3's from this excellent bow wood!

[Hawkdancer]

Btw, how many bows were recovered From the "Mary Rose", and what styles/types were they?  Apparently, there were several different types!  Excellent read, so far!  Post more, suck us into the vortex!  Thanks!
Hawkdancer

[meanewood]

I think it was about 130 Yew bows but it was reported that about 10 bows were recovered about 100 years earlier by the Deane brothers.

Two of these are at The Royal Armouries London (both Yew) and one other (X1-3) an Elm bow is at the Royal Armouries Leeds.

I think its fair to say there is not much difference between the Yew bows in design but they are certainly not uniform.

Lengths range from about 1800mm - 2110mm. Estimated draw weights from 80lbs - 180lbs. Profiles vary between near circular to D shaped.

Bow X1-3 however is nothing like the Yew bows

[JNystrom]

Cool, keep posting whitewood bows!
Actually i had not read this thread. There was some solid elm bow.

1800-1900mm sounds good for elm warbows at 30" draw.