Traditional Bows

[@ZarlanTheGreen]

A video about "traditional bows", with genuinely traditional bows? A rare pleasure.

[@BardofCornwall]

Great. I wish it was longer.

[@johnrhyder5]

Glad you liked it guys and thanks for the comments We have dates confirmed for our bow making course 16 -19 July next year.

[@PaulKirtley]

Nice one John.

[@johnjriggsarchery2457]

Beautiful collection of bows

[@Musrusticus-]

Really interesting, thank you.

[@robertbrunston5406]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@PooMonkeyMan]

Really liked how you mentioned the difference between the longbow and the flatbow. Wished my American counterparts would start calling our "longbow" flatbows.

Very good information. Thanks for sharing.

[@Woodenarrows]

Nice video, very well commented. Good to see some bows with character. Just shows they don't have to perfect to shoot well...

[@balticbushcraft]

Fascinating, thank you.

[@drawstraw4483]

I wish you to be the guy to make a video much more in-depth, covering a lot more bows including those from the far East, to whatever information you can gather about the bows of early North America as well 😊 please consider..THANKS so much!

[@Zedoutdoors]

Brilliant and informative video, you should have your own channel John :) ~Peace~

[@garychynne1377]

VERY ENJOYABLE.

[@chais1111]

Great tutorial. I'm a bowyer from Vancouver island Canada and I deal mainly with yew wood for longbows and flatbows. At 2:55 you show a bow that I would've myself not display in this video unless you were trying to demonstrate what not to do. The ring growth is running on the side of the bow which I personally would steer away from. Was the bow made from hickory ? it looks like ash. anyway nothing personal, I just wondered.

[@johnrhyder5]

That one was American ash and out of tiller and i used it to to show a bow that was to stiff in the centre, lots of people shot it actually as it was very light but broke after a few years. Agree with you comment and thanks fo taking an interest.

[@chais1111]

@@johnrhyder5 keep up the good work. Cheers

[@michaelflynn6178]

Very informative Thanks

[@BrosephRussell]

Sweet video

[@davidharrison6615]

thank you .

[@altecman21]

great info thanks

[@RicTic66]

It would appear the discovery of the Mary Rose bows was really important re how English long bows were made and used.

[@Excalibure666]

nice nice. It would be complete if you at least mention about Asiatic composite bows. Such as Korean or Turkish horse bows. They are also very interesting.

[@leog6088]

if you could be so kind to send me the dimensions of the flatbow at the 1 minute mark it would mean the world to me. tx

[@lostzoo2298]

I have a 60" traditional wooden bow how long should I get the string? 57" 58" 59" ???

[@colbyrichardson1060]

Lost Zoo jk i don't know but i heard that it should be around three inches or more smaller

[@lostzoo2298]

thank you

[@brumalogresteer4124]

I've heard from boweyers that the originals didn't have handles because it throws you off from the proper hand position. as you pretty much said.

[@tonywalker8030]

I prefer the round bow myself, don't see many like that.

[@D5quared91]

These are purely for DEER HUNTING, not just recreational target shooting.

[@mac2k2020]

I want a yew bow ....

[@40footgiantowl]

+mac2k2020 Then yew should do some research, maybe have a look through yewtube first. yew know, have a look about before yew make a final decision......... sorry, i had to :) lol

[@Shrugboatt]

With dragon arrows?

[@its_me_dave]

Video ended too soon...

[@k956upg]

Mary rose bows were shorter than standard longbows….I made one recently to there standard…it’s not longer & people were shorter…. No disrespect though I’m clearly not as qualified to say…. Thanks for your video..

[@yuriklaver4639]

Long bows may be nostalgic, but far less efficient compared to Asiatic bows!