Why full compass? Better performace?

[vCo2v]

So I've done some more digging through and reading about.

I found out that victorian style english longbows are D Shaped, and english warbows are Full Compass.

Is it full compass because of the amount of draw weight required? Or does it give some sort of performance enhancement like hand shock?

Thanks in advance.

[Nick]

I heard somewhere that the full compass shape is nicer to the wood when it comes to stress on the wood itself.

Nick

[stevesjem]

vCo2v

You are taking about 2 very different things, "D" shaped is the cross section nof the bow limbs and full compass is the shape of the arc at full draw, A bow that has been made full compass will give you better performance as the whole of the bow is being used to pack energy, where a Victorian style bow with a riser for a handle only uses the limbs themselves and not the handle area.

Also a well mae full compass bow will not give any hand shock at all.

Cheers

Steve

[vCo2v]

ah thanks for the clarification steve

It does make sense