Originally Posted by
Kontact
Fantastic. Have you ever done it yourself? I competed in archery with a 70 lbs recurve and used a compound as well. Experience has value. Compound bows rarely have draw weights much above 80 lbs.
It is not surprising that someone used to an extremely heavy long bow would falter using what is clearly a custom compound built well beyond anything you can buy.
Yeah, for about a decade I was very into Traditional Archery - so no compounds. I still have a number of longbows and several recurves. I also dabbled in selfbowyery, including making one Yew longbow that draws about 65# or so. Mostly I stuck with 50-55#, though. Never anything in the warbow range!