After first drawing up a plan he headed down to the shop to cut out the wooden riser (the middle part of a bow). Unlike traditional recurve bows this is made up of three parts. Traditionally you ...

Three bows were studied: (i) an Asiatic recurve bow; (ii) a traditional English longbow; and (iii) a modern, compound bow (see the figures below) The bows were rigidly mounted on a test-stand, and ...

are modern bows that use a system of levers and pulleys and are capable of generating more power with a similarly weighted pull than a more traditional recurve bow or longbow. Reasons why millions ...