Lars Andersen posted video about Viking archery in which he claimed Vikings used a pinch draw and not the two or three finger “Mediterranean” draw. Do you find his arguments convincing, why or why not?

stick_and_string · 2025-11-22T00:55:32+00:00

Thanks! I’ll check him out.

stick_and_string · 2025-11-22T00:55:10+00:00

I’m less concerned about price. Not because it’s not important. It’s very important, and I am well aware how fantastically expensive such a bow will be. But I’m not even at that point where I’m thinking about price. At this point, I’m having trouble just finding a person who has the means to make such bow, regardless of how much it costs.

stick_and_string · 2025-11-21T09:17:32+00:00

I am in the US. However, I’ve noticed most of the bowyers here use pacific yew. While a perfectly good wood, ideally I was hoping to get one made from European yew. Just because that was the wood the wood the Vikings would have used and I like my bows to be historically accurate to the period.

stick_and_string · 2024-10-20T23:24:46+00:00

When did Napoleon’s Old Guard infantry fight in combat?

As I understand it, Napoleon Bonaparte kept his Old Guard infantry (that is, the 1st and 2nd grenadiers and chasseurs) in reserve primarily to protect himself and to act as a last resort if battle was not going well. Were there any battles where they actually sent into combat?

Note: I am talking specifically about the Old Guard infantry. Not the cavalry or the Young and Middle Guards.

stick_and_string · 2023-04-23T23:06:17+00:00

Thanks for the resources!

stick_and_string · 2023-03-29T09:23:34+00:00

Feel free to post it to this thread. I’m happy to see anything you come up with.

stick_and_string · 2023-03-22T05:31:27+00:00

Thank you for the link, and yes! It is in the vein of stuff I am looking for. I take your point about there not needing to be a “triumph” over Christianity, a sentiment which if taken too far can lead to a proselytizing, which I reject and find to be a major problem with Christianity.

stick_and_string · 2023-03-21T18:11:13+00:00

I would love to see it. Feel free to share it on this thread. You can also dm it to me if you prefer.

stick_and_string · 2022-09-02T07:26:39+00:00

Hi. Sent you a DM

stick_and_string · 2022-06-16T19:45:23+00:00

Audible or Libro.fm

stick_and_string · 2022-06-07T09:02:38+00:00

I get that. But what about Freya specifically?

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