Had the bow set up at a pro shop. It performed just fine ru-vid.comUgkxQEKUoxLWwayEDZR0NKB-5limn4MBU-2L . And I would say this is a good starting now that I could pass down to my son when he is older.But the package was missing the release and a nock was missing from one arrow.Dealing with customer support was terrible. They suggested I buy a new release rather than correct their own quality control issue because it’s to expensive for the. to ship it out from China.Update: manufacturer got back to me and resolved the issue. I retract the above statement.
unknown story ottoman ambassador vs british long bows... In 1795 Mahmoud Effendi, secretary to the Turkish Ambassador in London, shot a 25.5“ flight arrow 480 yards (which would have won him the 20 pence in the 16th century), to the great amazement of Thomas Waring and other notable British bowyers and archers present, as Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey relates. The secretary however excused his ’mediocre’ performance with both himself and the bow being out of practice, and confirmed that the best Ottoman archers were able to surpass 800 yards. Payne-Gallway himself reached 367 yards under controlled conditions on 7 July 1905, and up to 421 yards in private practice, with a Turkish bow, and he mentions 340 yards as the farthest verified distance shot with an English longbow by one Mr. Troward in 1798.
Ottoman and Saracen bows couldn’t penetrate riveted mail, and it only takes a 50lb bow to pierce riveted mail. Nice try, but you literally got every single detail wrong.
The Seljuk Turks did not allow the Crusaders to pass with these arrows. Ottoman Turks conquered Europe with these arrows. Likewise, our ancestors Atilla and Cengizhan conquered the whole world with these powerful arrows. Bow and arrow!
All I need to know is if these are sold on Amazon yet. What an amazing short story and bit of engineering history! It looked like a combination of a wood riser, wood limbs strengthened by horn plates, hemp rope, sinew wraps and a type of organic glue before decorating. I'd be willing to bet a heavy arrow with a deep penetrating broadhead, probably a field point, would go through enemy plate armor even at distance. The final piece was a custom gold thumb release embedded with gemstones. #Sweet!
@@josephdaluz7321 I would, but I am broke. Good luck in your hunt for a customer) Edit: I wouldn't because the climate in my neck of the woods would destroy biocomposites.
Turks always tend to say they are like bla bla of the world. But its obvious that this bow is heavily influenced by mongolian bow making. Turks just adopted the method and called themselves best lol
@ Turkey videos check this out... he redescovered the lost art of speed bowing... your peoples lovely bows are the cherry on top.. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-liHlCRpS70k.html
Good, but not the best. The strength of the Ottomans was their use of cannons. That bow is nice, but the arrow would hardly penetrate a gambeson+maille in the 15th century. Speed is not everything, if it doesnt have the energy. Also the arrows are clearly not armorpiercing type.
These bows are NOT the best in the world. Maybe at shooting light arrows but it doesn't compete with other bows shooting heavy arrows like it's Tatar cousin or manchu bow
I agree, flight archery is really not impressive. Who can shoot skewers the furthest? And really the turkish bow is only able to claim the 845m "record" because they were the only ones who did it regularly. And why they still come out on top, because no other culture cares. They care about hitting targets, not dirt.
@@chroma6947 the Japanese and mongols have flight distance records which are far below Turkish but yes they didn't design a bow and arrows for flight shooting specifically. They just used a light arrow
