The Magic Of Traditional Bow Building

[Paolo Mauritania]

Donato Milesi, a bow maker from Italy, pupil of Jean Marie Coche, pupil of John Schulz, pupil of Howar Hill. Builder of one my American Semi-Longbow Howard Hill design (63#@28"), fast flight string, named "Howard"; yes........we name our bows.

 

[Shootist43]

Paolo, somehow attached to one of your videos was a demonstration by a longbow shooter. Although I never shot a longbow I shot recurves instinctively for years. Four arrows into a two in circle at thirty yards was my expected norm. I must say though that my hunting success rate went up considerably with the advent of compound bows at roughly 300 FPS. Now at 77 I'm reduced to using a cross bow, but I enjoyed your videos nonetheless.

 

[Paolo Mauritania]

The shooter is me, I used to have a large basement, and daily I used to shoot 30-40 arrows for form into a hail bail at 15 yards, in between hunting trips. hard to let traditional go....

 

[Synergy]

Very nice, thanks!