Talk:Composite bow

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Good article, but you didn't mention anything about the string, such as what it was made of and how it is attached to the bow.

Not bad, but I believe there were problems with the glue in wet weather. -- ???

Someone (68.1.175.249) has added a comment to the effect that fish glue is less sensitive than hide glue to moisture. This is unreferenced and I propose to remove it. Richard Keatinge 09:19, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Not to mention the it was difficult to get the correct tiller. Without the correct tiller, it's difficult to even keep from losing the string when shooting. Very sensitive stuff.

My nitpick is in the bibliography, actually. The books are titled "The Traditional Bowyer's Bible".

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The English in here is rather bad. The article is choppy, sometimes repetitive, and is often vague in addition to having some grammatical errors. Cleanup is required.

As noted above, there should be some sources, perhaps someone with knowledge of bows and a reference book could add additional information.

Micaelus 04:47, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

I have had a go, adding and editing quite a large section from Bow (weapon), though there is plenty of room for further cleanup and improved references. Richard Keatinge 16:36, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Is there actual evidence that Asian nomads invented the bow? If this is merely "conceivable," the assertion should be restated in less specific terms or else dropped. PhD 14:25, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Good question. I don't think anyone has ever suggested that anyone else invented the things, but nobody wrote the details down at the time. Can you suggest a better phrase? Richard Keatinge 21:23, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

I have added some notes of caution about bow performance. Kooi concludes that "The results of this research further indicate that the development of archery equipment may not be a process involving progressive improvements in performance. Rather, each design type represents one solution to the problem of creating a mobile weapon system capable of hurling lightweight projectiles. While a composite bow displays considerable design and technological innovations when compared to a self bow, it will not necessarily shoot an arrow farther or faster. Performance criteria such as those applied by Pope and Hamilton ignore the fact that a good or bad bow may only be gauged within the context of the functional requirements of the archer." I have added some comments which I hope may put occasional over-enthusiastic claims into a sound engineering perspective. Richard Keatinge 12:15, 28 October 2007 (UTC)