[Archers] New Bow Classification (Period)
Siegfried
crossbow at freeshell.org
Thu Jan 20 20:16:43 PST 2005
Greetings unto the target archery marshals of Atlantia.
At Unevent it was announced that a new 'Period Handbow' division would
be created for the Royal Rounds (and the Seasonal Challenge).
I apologize for it taking so long to get back to the group with the
wording for this; however it because obvious that it was a little hard
to word and make everyone happy.
Therefore, I have included below the current wording for the distinction
of the different bow classifications. This is the current 'best
wording' as has been discussed by a number of marshals and myself, well,
to death.
Realize when reading these, that the intent of this Period Handbow
category, is to hold bows of PERIODish CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUE/MATERIAL.
It isn't meant to include arrows (ala IKAC), and it isn't meant to
hold a period style bow made completely from modern materials (ala
IKAC). It also was desired to have this be written in an exclusive
manner, meaning that a single bow could/would not classify for multiple
categories (ala IKAC). Please read the rule with that in mind ...
Pasted below is the current wording. I am sending this out for Open
discussion. Pass it around, talk about it, talk to me about it, talk on
this list about it. I will keep it open for discussion until next
Thursday night (1 week). At which point, on Friday, I will make a final
modification of the rules if needed and they will go live - it can
always be tweaked later if needed.
Ruling below:
8. Bows will be classified into the following bow types. Each bow shall
only be classified as one of the following bow types, with precedence
given to the type listed higher on the list. This means, for example,
that if you have a bow that qualifies as a Period Handbow, you may not
use it to also score rounds as a 'Longbow'. When in doubt, contact the
Kingdom Target Archery Marshal for clarification. Note that these
classifications may differ from other Kingdoms, IKAC, Winter Challenge,
etc.
a. Crossbow - This category holds all crossbows. (Bows mounted to a
stock, with a mechanical release). No crossbows with a modern rifle or
air-rifle-style stock shall be used; therefore, all crossbows are of
period-style, and therefore there is no separate period category for
crossbows.
b. Period Handbow - This category is designed to hold all handbows of
period construction. Made in a period manner only allowing moderate
changes for modern safety. This category therefore holds all bows, be
they straight or recurved, that meet the following construction guidelines:
b.1.The bow shall not have a center cut arrow shelf. Built-up shelves
(such as a piece of cork wrapped onto the bow), markings, or narrow
notches (no more than an arrow width), are acceptible.
b.2.The bow must have a solid core of wood, or other period material. It
may have a single backing, and/or a belly lamination of any material.
However a period handbow should not simply have three thin laminations
with the power coming from the laminations.
c. Recurve - This covers all other SCA legal bows, that have their tips
recurved (curved away from the archer) when the bow is strung. It does
not matter how severe the curving is.
d. Longbow - This then holds all other SCA legal handbows, not described
above.
Siegfried
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