Wheeltrax
Member
I'm in a bit of a quandary...
I recently tried out some traditional bows which I (mistakenly) believed to be longbows.
(I live in Germany and almost any traditional bow seems to get called a longbow)
To cut a long story short the bows I tested where actually flatbows, with my favourite being the Samick Cheetah.
The upshot is that I'm now confused as to whether I should go for a flatbow or a longbow.
I really, really enjoyed shooting the flatbows but I love the idea of having a traditional longbow too.
I was more or less brought up in Sherwood forest for heavens sake! How can I be an English archer abroad and NOT have a longbow!
Can anybody help me out with their own personal experience of making this kind of choice and/or give me some pro's and con's between the 2 bow types?
(My experience so far is 7 years shooting 32# recurve barebow using the stringwalking technique)
Any assistance greatly appreciated folks.
I recently tried out some traditional bows which I (mistakenly) believed to be longbows.
(I live in Germany and almost any traditional bow seems to get called a longbow)
To cut a long story short the bows I tested where actually flatbows, with my favourite being the Samick Cheetah.
The upshot is that I'm now confused as to whether I should go for a flatbow or a longbow.
I really, really enjoyed shooting the flatbows but I love the idea of having a traditional longbow too.
I was more or less brought up in Sherwood forest for heavens sake! How can I be an English archer abroad and NOT have a longbow!
Can anybody help me out with their own personal experience of making this kind of choice and/or give me some pro's and con's between the 2 bow types?
(My experience so far is 7 years shooting 32# recurve barebow using the stringwalking technique)
Any assistance greatly appreciated folks.