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Title: Wawel Bow
Post by: Lukasz Nawalny on March 18, 2010, 09:47:51 am

This is replica of bow which was found near Krakow ( polish city , old capital of Poland ) Wawel is castle in Krakow and this bow is now in local Museum . Wawel bow is only wodden bow which was found on polish teritory. This is type of longbow - 192 cm , 45 - 50 lb - shorter bowstring give stronger draw weight. A little " character" yew stave. Not high dense of wood but very elastic. Not very good foto of tiller but I had no support . But tiller is not bad , eliptic - 15 cm on ends of limbs not work. Without belly tempred with little heat treat. 0 string follow , tommorow I will send more fotos.I have made this bow for guy who write thesis about polish and europeen archery.

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Title: Re: Wawel Bow
Post by: half eye on March 18, 2010, 10:07:41 am

Henry
       Very nice !! Simple, classic, well finished again a very nice bow.
Rich

Title: Re: Wawel Bow
Post by: Blacktail on March 18, 2010, 10:30:04 am

WOW RICH,that is a great piece of work..you did a lovely job..SO,is the 2 knocks for weight..thanks for sharing.john

Title: Re: Wawel Bow
Post by: Pappy on March 18, 2010, 10:52:32 am

Beautiful bow,very nice work. :)
   Pappy

Title: Re: Wawel Bow
Post by: Josh on March 18, 2010, 11:13:27 am

Nice bow, very nice...  The extra nock is for stringing the bow.  :)

edit:  just saw where he wrote "This is type of longbow - 192 cm , 45 - 50 lb - shorter bowstring give stronger draw weight."  so maybe the extra nock IS to use a shorter string to increase weight...  Cool beans!  :)

Title: Re: Wawel Bow
Post by: George Tsoukalas on March 18, 2010, 12:38:35 pm

Very nicely done! Jawge

Title: Re: Wawel Bow
Post by: OldBow on March 18, 2010, 01:25:48 pm

That is a nice bow. Bookmarked, too, under March Self Bow of the Month. Thanks for sharing.

Title: Re: Wawel Bow
Post by: Del the cat on March 18, 2010, 01:29:47 pm

I like the brass detail on the grip, nice work.
Del

Title: Re: Wawel Bow
Post by: iskummulak on March 18, 2010, 02:04:01 pm

Sweet looking bow!  Nice job.  Greg

Title: Re: Wawel Bow
Post by: aznboi3644 on March 18, 2010, 04:44:53 pm

are those self nocks just cut through the back??

Title: Re: Wawel Bow
Post by: CraigMBeckett on March 18, 2010, 07:53:01 pm

henry31,

Can you give us more info on the original bow, when was it found, what date does it come from, do you have pictures of the original that you can post, do you have dimensions of the original?

Craig.

Title: Re: Wawel Bow
Post by: HoBow on March 18, 2010, 08:20:50 pm

Nice bow.  Interesting nocks!  How much weight difference with the nocks?

Title: Re: Wawel Bow
Post by: profsaffel on March 18, 2010, 10:06:30 pm

Hey that is a very nice bow... I love the handle. What did you use for those gold colored rims?

Title: Re: Wawel Bow
Post by: medicinewheel on March 19, 2010, 12:22:48 am

Great work Henry!
Well, the nocks cut through the back would keep making me nervous...

Title: Re: Wawel Bow
Post by: Lukasz Nawalny on March 19, 2010, 09:46:32 am

Bow comes from XI century , so looks orginal nocks. By this draw weight such nocks are safe , by stronger bows should be more massive. I have seen this bow on Wawel museum but I can not find fotos in internet.About 5 lb difference in draw weight between short and long string

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Title: Re: Wawel Bow
Post by: zenmonkeyman on March 19, 2010, 03:08:38 pm

Is there any chance the original had rawhide or sinew wraps to reinforce the nocks? 

Title: Re: Wawel Bow
Post by: Keenan on March 20, 2010, 04:44:15 am

 Excellent in all ways, One of the nicest cleanest bows I've seen. Congratulations

Title: Re: Wawel Bow
Post by: Lombard on March 20, 2010, 11:28:31 am

I have not had the opportunity to use Yew as of yet, and that fine example of a bow makes me want to try it.

Title: Re: Wawel Bow
Post by: Timo on March 21, 2010, 10:14:22 am

Very nice Henry! ;)