Traditional Archery

[John Brooks]

For a rattling good read with a strong Longbow theme read

The White Company and Sir Nigel

both written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle before Sherlock Holmes.

John
Now too old to draw a bow 8-(

[Ian Priestnall]

John Brooks

> Now too old to draw a bow 8-(

I didn't know there was an age limit! Care to explain / clarify / amplify?
Sympathy in any case.
Ian

[Tod Kohl]

Read both when I was a kid........Arthur got his "Sir" for The White
Company.......
Ordered an 85# longbow when I was 16........still shoot it at 38........

"Ian Priestnall" <pri...@netland.nl> wrote in message
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[John Brooks]

Early 1980's increasing pain from right side of neck and down arm.
Osteopath did a fix (for a few months). Pain returned again Osteopath fixed
it. Tried acupuncture (useless). Tried normal medical (National Health
Service) X Rays show neck bones worn out. Tendons in neck arm inflamed. By
1989 pain got too much and I quit shooting for London in target archery.
Tried using a wheelie but they were too much.

So bow put away and apart from coaching some beginners I no longer have any
interest in competitive archery. Always interested in history though.
Archers world wide have all the same problems.

[Johnson's Valley Printer]

Ian Priestnall wrote:

> John Brooks
> > Now too old to draw a bow 8-(

I don't know how old Johns is, but I don't shoot any more because of too many
arrows from 65-75 lb longbows. I have chronic bursitis in left shoulder. I
can draw any bow up to about 75 lb, just can't let it go. The recoil causes
intense pain.
I bought a compound, took it on one trip. Got back from the trip and sold
it. I'd rather not hunt.
Old Jim

[Tod Kohl]

I know what you mean about recoil...my old Howard Hill kicks like a .44
Magnum snubby..
There is a permanent gold mark on the grip where my wedding ring hits...

[Ian Priestnall]

John Brooks <jrbr...@argonet.co.uk> schreef in berichtnieuws
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> Early 1980's increasing pain from right side of neck and down arm.
> Osteopath did a fix (for a few months). Pain returned again

[etc. cut]
Wow! Bummer. I had a rotator cuff problem that a manual therapist fixed
after many weeks of gentle (sometimes not too gentle) tugging and
re-alignment. Helped, I must say, by a specialist osteopath (and archer) who
answered my call for help on rec.sport.archery (or was it alt.archery? can't
remember)

It's nice to know that you still love the sport though.

Much sympathy
Ian

[Ian Priestnall]

Tod Kohl <tk...@inav.net> schreef in berichtnieuws
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> I know what you mean about recoil...my old Howard Hill kicks like a .44
> Magnum snubby..
> There is a permanent gold mark on the grip where my wedding ring hits...

I've heard that before about HHill longbows. I've just retired a black
locust and bamboo bow that kicked a lot. But that was due to poor tiller.
Redistributing the bend towards the ends of the limbs, cutting off 1/2 inch
from the limb ends to restore weight, and then using a sheepskin grip (wool
inside) tamed it a lot.

OTOH, I have a pyramid bow that has zero handshock (and a lot of string
follow, which is why) and a yew longbow (also hand rolled) that thumps
rather than whacks, and has 3/8 inch string follow. There are ways to cut
down hand shock.
Ian

[David Heinsohn]

Tod

Tod Kohl wrote:
>
> I know what you mean about recoil...my old Howard Hill kicks like a .44
> Magnum snubby..
> There is a permanent gold mark on the grip where my wedding ring hits...

I find that my new Hill "Wesley Special" has virtually no kick with a
heavy arrow and then if I put one of my wife's much lighter arrows on
the shelf it has a nasty kick. You might try a heavier arrow.

David