Composite Bow Climate

Uli · Post by **Uli** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 11:33 am

http://wvutoday.wvu.edu/Mountaineers_in_Mongolia

.. see video: rainy weather at mongol conquest times ?
but bad for composites ?

MJuingong · Post by **MJuingong** » Sun Jul 29, 2012 9:50 pm

We've known for some time that the lifetimse of Genghis Khan and his immedicate successors fell within the great medieval warming. So increased rainfall, (as compared to pre-and post warming) could produce more grass.

But remember that warming doesn't always refer to very much higher temperatures; it could be a moderate rise maintained over much of the year. So, quite probably it was not hot enough and moist enough to adveresly affect a composite bow.

Peter Dekker · Post by **Peter Dekker** » Sat Aug 04, 2012 2:19 pm

I think in their day they may have had good ways of coating their bows against rain. Tung oil is a good candidate, for example. This was used to seal the bows in hot and humid Chengdu from moist. There may have been other ways as well.

-Peter