Re: bows in the cold?

From: Nils Weinander <nils_at_...>
Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2004 21:57:16 +0100


Bryan:
>
>Does anyone know if wooden bows have problems in deep cold? Either
>tendency to shatter (or that you have to draw shallow so that they
>don't shatter), or reduced power?

The Same people of northern Scandinavia were renowned as great archers who made powerful composite bows of two different kinds of wood, resin and birch bark. Winter in the mountains is bitterly cold and their bows worked.

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