Advice please

[cliveanne]

Originally Posted by long doc

See Incomplete Longbow website

Selecting the spine of your arrows

The values of spines are given in pounds for a 26 shaft suitable for a recurve bow. Hilary Greenland recommends that you select arrows which are spined for two thirds or three quarters of the actual draw weight of your bow at your draw length. Quicks have provided a table based on the draw weight of the bow with values for different arrow lengths (nock to pile) from which the following is an extract:

Longbow/arrow length
................. 24" .... 26" .... 28" .... 30" .... 32"
30-38lbs - 20/25 25/30 30/35 35/40 -
38-45lbs - 20/25 25/30 30/35 35/40 40/45
45-53lbs - 25/30 30/35 35/40 40/45 45/50
53-60lbs - 30/35 35/40 40/45 45/50 50/55
60-68lbs - 35/40 40/45 45/50 50/55 55/60

The values of the spines are given in ranges of 5lbs as this is the usual accuracy at which they are sold. So if you were hoping to make a set of a dozen arrows between 34-36lbs, you will need to buy two dozen shafts!

Thanks for that Great link, I saved it for the future so I can pass it on to other archers Along with AI

[English Bowman]

Good guide there, here is an alternative

Making Arrows

Any comments let me know

Daniel

[laminatekid]

Originally Posted by cliveanne

Although a coach,&amp; a part-time long-bow archer (Very part-time ) I need some advice on arrow spine to bow-weight, in fact, any advice on the arrow would be welcome.</p>

I shoot 31inch @ #50 from a 78inch Bickerstaff Yew/Hickory with Fastflight string (Made by Pip himself for the bow) can't remember what the spine is though. I have made my own arrows in the past, so there is no problem there exept spine/weight. String making (Endless loop)I can do, I have to, I own 25 trainer bows &amp; to buy*strings*for them, I'll need a full time job to pay for them The Flemmish I have tried once as an experiment, but it did not work out.Having watched Pip running up a Flemmish string, I gave it another go &amp; it worked out. Trouble is...it was quite some time ago &amp; the memory aint as good as it used to be.I* also need to pass on this advice to other (Wannabe) archers for a course I might be running next year.</p>

Thanks in advance.</p>

C.</p>

hey,
most bickefstaffe bows are made "handed" so they are offset shot meaning the arrow does not have to do so much work to bend around the bow. what this basically means is you should use stiffer arrows than a normal longbow so try 5 lbs below and same weight as your actual draw weight.what also helps is to get some matched shafts http://www.little-john-arrows.com/building.htm has got some that are very accuratly matched so any problems with spine are cleared up by the fact the arrows all leave the bow the same way and you can start from there.....assuming your loose is perfect....but that is another story...

[cliveanne]

English Bowman, laminatekid,
Thanks for the link & advice. I've printed & saved for future reference. It will not only help me but there is information I can pass onto any longbow archer who needs it.
Once again Thank you both
one each? Cheers