OK, so I am in need of a new project (in an effort to avoid building a composite bow- I am an excellent procrastinator) and would like to continue learning as much as I can about early wooden crossbows. Just this week I stumbled over the term knottelarmbruste along with an entry that states most of the 'normal' bows of the 'country districts' were simple, cheap, and of yew (De Re Militari ). There is also the likelihood that the Berkhamstead bow was sinewed and it seems reasonable that a goodly ...
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