| Stringing a longbow
Last month I saw an inexperienced archer trying to string his longbow. He placed the lower limb tip right in the side of his foot (yes, right where a well-known English archer broke a bone in his foot doing the same) and bent the top limb with the other hand. I went over to explain that step-through stringing was safer, but he told me the bowyer (a well-known English manufacturer) had warned him never to string a longbow with this method.
This is the first I've heard of this. As far as I can see, both methods are less than ideal but the step-through method is definitely safer for the operator. Any thoughts? |