Scythian bows
Hello.
I was looking at some grozerbows on the webb when a question dropped into my mind.
The Schytian bows have working recurve ears, while other later cultures' (surch as the hunnic) bows have stiff ears.
Why did the design change?
Does the two designs preforme different?
Did the Parthian bows have working recurve ears since the Parthian Empire bordered on the Schytians?
Greatful for replies.
Roger Aldsen.
I was looking at some grozerbows on the webb when a question dropped into my mind.
The Schytian bows have working recurve ears, while other later cultures' (surch as the hunnic) bows have stiff ears.
Why did the design change?
Does the two designs preforme different?
Did the Parthian bows have working recurve ears since the Parthian Empire bordered on the Schytians?
Greatful for replies.
Roger Aldsen.
The Grozer Scythian bows are faked bows. When I call these Grozer bows faked bows, it means they were made of modern fibres, I appreciate Grozer?s work as a whole and above all his hornbows.
The real Scythian bows were made as hornbows, with horn, wood, sinew-backing and sharp non-working recurves.
If working or non-working recurves make a bow a better performer is an
open question. I think history tells us that the non-working recurve works better. Have a look at the work of Bob Kooi.
The Parthians have made bows with non-working recurves and short horn-bows with even the grip-section working, like D-bows.
Michael
The real Scythian bows were made as hornbows, with horn, wood, sinew-backing and sharp non-working recurves.
If working or non-working recurves make a bow a better performer is an
open question. I think history tells us that the non-working recurve works better. Have a look at the work of Bob Kooi.
The Parthians have made bows with non-working recurves and short horn-bows with even the grip-section working, like D-bows.
Michael
I think there is some argument about Scythian bow construction. If they were like the Scythian-style bows buried in Xinjiang, they had working recurves and only a small amount of reflex. They were too thick in the limbs to survive the degree of reflex in later bows.
The rigid-eared bows that came later had thinner, wider bending limbs. This allowed for more reflexing to prestress the horn and sinew. So there is a possibility that the change was because of more than one reason that the bow designs were changed.
The rigid-eared bows that came later had thinner, wider bending limbs. This allowed for more reflexing to prestress the horn and sinew. So there is a possibility that the change was because of more than one reason that the bow designs were changed.