Dick Galloway Archery Mu seum
Dick Galloway. Galloway
was the prime mover in establishing the Borders as the home of the first
class bowyers
Sadly Dick Died, an old gentleman “ full of years” as the saying goes,
and I found it a privilege to know him.
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MUSEUM
These are display boards we used to take to shows and country fairs. |
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Steel Bows
The two bows on show where made by Accles & Pollock
the models were Falcon, Kestrel and Merlin.
Steel bows were first mentioned in the bible II Samuel xxii 35
He teacheth my hand to war; so that a bow of steel
is broken by mine arms.
Also in Job,ch.xx v.24
The bow of steel shall strike him through.
A company called Seefab in Sweden were manufacturing steel bows about 1930 they also had steel strings made from very fine piano wire approx. 9 strands with leather at either end
Replica Longbow from the “Mary Rose,” 1545
A replica longbow from Henry V111`s ship the Mary Rose
sunk,
going into battle with the invading French fleet in the year 1545.
For more information on the Mary Rose one should read
LONGBOW by Robert Hardy
A social and military history
Egyptian Bow
TUTANKHAMEN 1350BC
This replica bow is left unfinished to let you see the make
up
The materials used in manufacturing the bows of the period are itemised
in the Ugarit texts:
“Let me vow birch tree from Lebanon,
Let me vow tendons from wild bulls
Let me vow horns from wild goats
Sinews from the hocks of bulls”
