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Title: What is a flatbow?
Post by: BHTGdogs on April 24, 2008, 11:18:00 PM
Just want to know.
Title: Re: What is a flatbow?
Post by: vermonster13 on April 24, 2008, 11:24:00 PM
Looks like a longbow but the limbs are wider and it is not as deep cored. Most Native American tribes actually shot flatbows and not longbows.
Title: Re: What is a flatbow?
Post by: BHTGdogs on April 24, 2008, 11:34:00 PM
Can anybody post pix of a longbow next to a flat bow?
Title: Re: What is a flatbow?
Post by: CHO on April 24, 2008, 11:53:00 PM
Pic 1. English Longbow
Pic 2. English Longbow
Notice the rounded belley of the bow and it has a flat back.

Pic 3. Flatbow (Longbow)
Pic 4. Flatbow (Longbow)
Notice flat on both sides with handle area
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Title: Re: What is a flatbow?
Post by: BHTGdogs on April 25, 2008, 06:11:00 AM
Thanks alot for the pix.
Title: Re: What is a flatbow?
Post by: WidowEater on April 25, 2008, 08:16:00 AM
Some say the flatbow is a better design because the stresses of the draw are placed on a greater area of the bow as opposes to a longbow which has a rounded limb.  of course this is a subjective statement and really only applies to selfbows and doesnt really apply as diresctly to laminated bows
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