Digging up an old post, i have a couple of crossbows that were given to me, there's a story that came with the bows.....
During the second world war there was a fireman from Wath or Swinton (i forget) he was stationed in London during the blitz and recovered some nice Oak from the windowboards of a bombed building, he used them to make these two bows whilst waiting for the next callout...
After the war had finished and rationing was still on the go, he would take one out and hunt rabbit and other small game to put meat on the table for his family...
i took one to work to try out on nightshift, i fitted a string, cocked it, placed a bolt in and from the safety of our cabin, i fired it at a large pine corebox, my mate was behind me...
The fifty year old string broke and the bolt went sideways, we both made a dive under the table as the bolt bounced off all the walls!!!
It will never be fired again... THEY'RE SODDING DANGEROUS!!!!!!!!!!!!
The bows...(very crude but probably effective had the strings been waxed!!)
the bolts and strings..
John
