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Originally Posted by Stealhead
Never put much thought to the inherent weakness of a quiver until seeing the part at :54. At any rate I can see how his method is good I'm sure that the mongols,Huns, and Comanche did not use quivers either or at least did hold a batch in the hands as he dose. Both the Mongols and the Comanche would actually lean beside the horse and fire over its shoulder. Which would mean in addition to being wicked horse riders they where wicked archers.
With the exception of the English long bow and some Japanese bow they always where a machine gun if sorts(rapid fire).
At the end of the day defense and what one chooses as weapon the important factor is ones skill. If your life will depend on it whatever that choice is the employment should so familiar as to be not second nature but instinct. If it is not well you may die. My dad used to always say your best weapon is your head(brain) everything else is a tool that you can weild. He survived two tours as a LRRP recondo in Vietnam so I'd say good advice.
The ending of the video  |
Well said.
I think the difference shows in the design of the bow. The longbows are fairly big cumbersome devices used to send arrows a great distance into the air in order to achieve maximum fall velocity, a compound bow is for closer ranged combat or mounted combat (which generally falls under the previous category) and as such the bow is generally smaller, lighter and a bit easier on the draw.
But yes, skill comes down to it a lot, one of the reasons why we had mandatory Longbow training courses in England back in the 1300s, to get people used to the bow and to help build up their arm muscle strength in order to pull it. In regards to the quiver, apparently our Longbowmen preferred to stab the arrows in the ground at their feet in order to improve firing rates, which makes sense...I think the over the shoulder quiver is a Hollywood thing...perhaps also the over the shoulder blade scabbard too, although how else one would sheath some of the longer swords of the medieval era I could not say.
