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Offline luke the drifter

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longbow length
« on: August 04, 2011, 09:39:20 pm »
i am sure that this has come in this community.  will 68 and 1/2 inches still be classified as longbow in the traditional sense? or does this really matter?
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Offline Pat B

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Re: longbow length
« Reply #1 on: August 04, 2011, 09:57:12 pm »
I'd call that a long bow...and a longbow!  ;)
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Offline makenzie71

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Re: longbow length
« Reply #2 on: August 04, 2011, 11:05:38 pm »
Length is a design consideration, not a style classification.
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Offline aznboi3644

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Re: longbow length
« Reply #3 on: August 05, 2011, 01:11:44 am »
longbow is a relative term.

A long bow to a kid could be 48".
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: longbow length
« Reply #4 on: August 05, 2011, 11:21:43 am »
An English Longbow (ELB) should be about the height of the archer plus maybe upto a few inches more (or a bit more than that for heavy warbows).
'Longbow' has a different meaning in the US I believe.
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