American flat bow
The American arch was built in its present form from a combination of the European longbow with short and wide arches held the American natives .
The wide layout of the limbs ensures less mechanical susceptibility to compression cracks , string follow (permanent deformation of the limbs) or to breakage. It therefore enables safer use of mechanically less pressure-resistant woods, e.g. B. ash, elm, maple or very short, handy hunting bows made of high-quality woods such as yew, osseous thorn and hickory.
The American flat bow was very common between 1880 and 1945, until it was superseded by the industrially produced fiberglass-based bows. With the return to more traditional values since the mid-1990s, there has been a real renaissance of the American flat arch, especially in the United States. But it is also finding more and more fans among Europe's banners due to its uncomplicated, more fault-tolerant construction and robustness.