Heroic Overdraw with angular self bow and thumb ring + Assyrian reliefs (British Museum)

[2013 - 01 - 01] Simple angular bow experiment and “research“ : this video is a bit longish, even for ancient bow lovers :-) I was fascinated by some Assyrian reliefs and painting (about angular bows, very long draw) seen in the Louvres Museum. The British Museum offers a lot of photos of this type of reliefs on its web site. Lots of people also seem fascinated : there is a number of publications and experiments on this subject. I tried to make my own oversimplified experiment : not a composite bow bu