Here’s some interesting information on the English longbow.
The longbow is unlike the crossbow which was considered very well designed for the average person due to it’s loose spring action. The longbow became a part of the Welsh military arsenal three centuries after the crossbow had been technologically mastered and the long bow continued to be used for several centuries as a weapon.
The longbow was used even after the invention of firearms that used gunpowder.
The long bow first made it’s mark on the Welsh in medieval England. But more traditional longbows had been used for a long time prior to this by several cultures.
The Welsh or English refined the art of making longbows and used them a strategic military weapons in the middle ages.
The traditional longbow was crafted from a single piece of wood and sometimes referred to as the self bow.
Today the same bows are sometimes made of fiberglass.
The finest long bows get their spring action by the selection of a product that has a perfect harmony of compression , tension, and design.