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How about the real Robin Hood
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(12-29-2021, 09:57 PM)Ninurta Wrote: The English Longbows of Robin Hood's day were monstrosities. They were made of yew, and had draw weights of 80 to 150 pounds, usually around 110 pounds. That is a pretty heavy draw for a long bow, and it took a hell of a man to draw it. There is evidence in archer skeletons from those days of the toll that heavy draw took on a man - it tended to "beef him up", more so in one shoulder than the other, depending on whether he was left or right handed.

There is an old ship, the Mary Celeste I think, that was dredged up from the sea, and had aboard it a cache of English Longbows.

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You're thinking of Henry the Eighth's flagship, the Mary Rose.

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How about the real Robin Hood - by 727Sky - 12-29-2021, 05:06 AM
RE: How about the real Robin Hood - by guohua - 12-29-2021, 05:32 AM
RE: How about the real Robin Hood - by Ninurta - 12-29-2021, 08:11 PM
RE: How about the real Robin Hood - by VioletDove - 12-29-2021, 02:39 PM
RE: How about the real Robin Hood - by Ninurta - 12-29-2021, 08:29 PM
RE: How about the real Robin Hood - by VioletDove - 12-29-2021, 08:41 PM
RE: How about the real Robin Hood - by Ninurta - 12-29-2021, 09:10 PM
RE: How about the real Robin Hood - by VioletDove - 12-29-2021, 09:45 PM
RE: How about the real Robin Hood - by Ninurta - 12-29-2021, 09:57 PM
RE: How about the real Robin Hood - by WonderCow - 03-21-2022, 12:34 PM
RE: How about the real Robin Hood - by ABNARTY - 12-29-2021, 10:29 PM
RE: How about the real Robin Hood - by Ninurta - 12-29-2021, 10:40 PM
RE: How about the real Robin Hood - by NoAngels - 03-21-2022, 12:25 PM

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