Yew Selfbow
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There's a debate at the moment within the longbow community regarding the future use of the Reflex/Deflex longbows that have appeared on shooting lines over the past couple of years. In a recent editorial, Ted Bradford, editor of the Glade magazine accused those who shoot this type of bow of cheating. Those that support the use of this type of bow highlight 13th to 16th century historical pictorial evidence of the deflex/reflex design. The matter was discussed at the recent B.L.B.S. A.G.M. but as far as I'm aware no decision as to the future use of the bow was made. The arguements against the bow, centre around longbow specifications laid down by the B.L.B.S and adopted by G.N.A.S. stating that a long bow on full draw should describe a continuous arc, a characteristic the deflex/reflex bow clearly does not possess.
So the future use of the deflex/reflex longbow is in some doubt ...
So the future use of the deflex/reflex longbow is in some doubt ...