I found a book from 1959 at my grandfather's
about a (czech?) expedition to Lhasa.
There is one pic of archers (very similar to the one which is also found on atarn.org, its the same two guys but at different times: look at the clounds
)I wonder about this very long fletching (see pic).
Some arrows on an exhibition about the mongol empire also had very long fletchings like this (and an overall length of 41inch!)
I was told these were rather tibetean or qing=manchu arrows.
Once I made such a fletching for one of my arrows, but it wouldnt work because one destroys the feathers when pulling the arrow backwards over the bow-hand (using a mongol or magyar bow). Well, at least the fletching of the younger guy (background) looks similar to what happened to mine.
Do tibetean bows have such a long distance from nock point to bow hand, when strung (but not drawn yet) ? or is it my false technique ?
Uli
