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To: Ish who wrote (200218)	3/23/2007 6:47:59 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793755

I made a 55 pound pull recurve bow out of fiberglass and maple with the handle being walnut and cherry wood. I have never participated. But everything I read leads me to believe that the toughest part is building up the chest muscles to pull these bows. One of my favorite "apocalypse" series of books recently is "Dies the Fire." It starts with a world where all post-industrial revolution inventions ceased to work and we went back to Medievalism. The Bow become the number one weapon. Excellent series, by the way.

To: Ish who wrote (200218)	3/23/2007 11:59:22 AM
From: ManyMoose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793755

Ish, you sound like a guy who would be good to have around in a pinch. I thought I was doing good to shoot a light bow when I was a kid. I was actually pretty good with it at Boy Scout camp. I saw a display of bows from Mongol warriors. They were very short because they were used in mounted warfare. I'd like to see the shoulders on the guys who could draw them. I bet they were massive. Last year I saw a gentleman at a Lewis and Clark event (At Traveller's Rest) demonstrate how he thought native Americans made bows out of bighorn sheep horns. Those horns are about as tough as an organic substance can get, and when fashioned into a bow they are very powerful.