A yew target bow will weigh about 13 ounces; if, accordingto the rhyme, it weighed only one fourth as much, it wouldregister 31/4 ounces on the scales. If the bow were to weigh31/4 ounces, the limbs would react much more swiftly andimpart a greater velocity to the arrow.
I believe we are working in the direction of the ideal bow.Fibre-glass comes close to complete recovery, when in action,but its specific gravity is too great for ideal recovery time. Yewwood has good recovery time but it does not have completerecovery. We are longing for a bow that will have both com-plete recovery and ideal recovery time.
