02 the Invaders
“said Stig, shaking his head in wonder as he stared at the device.
“Biggest crossbow I’ve ever seen,” Edvin commented.
The massive crossbow crouched on a wooden carriage before them. It was a meter and a half in length and the limbs of the bow were almost a meter from tip to tip. They were made from several layers of wood, laminated together, glued and bound with deer sinew. Thorn nodded thoughtfully as he noted them. In the past week, Hal had been successful in shooting several deer for food. O...bviously, he’d wasted nothing from the carcasses. He must have boiled the hooves down to make glue—Thorn recalled a dreadful smell emanating from the workshop a few days ago.
Hal indicated the limbs of the bow. “I’ve used different types of wood for these,” he said. “Sapwood on the outer side of the curve for flexibility and heartwood on the inside for strength and rigidity.”
“How will you shoot it?” Ulf asked. “You could never lift it.”
“I’ll shoot it from the carriage,”MoreLess
“Biggest crossbow I’ve ever seen,” Edvin commented.
The massive crossbow crouched on a wooden carriage before them. It was a meter and a half in length and the limbs of the bow were almost a meter from tip to tip. They were made from several layers of wood, laminated together, glued and bound with deer sinew. Thorn nodded thoughtfully as he noted them. In the past week, Hal had been successful in shooting several deer for food. O...bviously, he’d wasted nothing from the carcasses. He must have boiled the hooves down to make glue—Thorn recalled a dreadful smell emanating from the workshop a few days ago.
Hal indicated the limbs of the bow. “I’ve used different types of wood for these,” he said. “Sapwood on the outer side of the curve for flexibility and heartwood on the inside for strength and rigidity.”
“How will you shoot it?” Ulf asked. “You could never lift it.”
“I’ll shoot it from the carriage,”MoreLess
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