OT: Archery in combat

[Atrocities]

With progress old skills and technology are phased out. Think of the skill one would have had to have to be an archer in midevil times.

I would love to go back in time and bring someone back and show them what the world has become. I think they would cry.

With each new technological advancement we leave behind a skill that in time does fade into the fog of history. How many of you can ride a horse? How many of you can make a saddel? How many of you can forge steel, let along mine it?

How many of you can make something usefull out of a block of steel?

It saddens me to think that if something were ever to happen to the US, most people would die because they lack the simple skills needed to stay alive. I am sorry, but your cell phone cannot be used to kill dinner. No, that big SUV does not make for a good wagon once its out of gas.

No you cannot drink something all because it is clear... rule one... unless you KNOW its water, don't drink it.

What would be do now if we had no technology? I know I can shoot a bow, and fish, hunt too, but build a shelter or make a bow?

[Ruatha]

Atrocities said:
How many of you can ride a horse? How many of you can make a saddel? How many of you can forge steel, let along mine it?

How many of you can make something usefull out of a block of steel?

In past days it wasn't very common to own a horse, the ones who could afford had oxens or mules, horses where for the welthy (Talking robin hood europe).
making a saddle, forge steel, mining and making something useful out of steel has never been common knowledge, it's handicraft for specialized workers, was so then and is so now.
I'd guess more people today forge steel than in midevial europe (In numbers, not percentage) as the population is much larger now.
There is plenty of smiths making hand forged objects, art, horse shoes, nails etc.

A simple bow is easy to make, haven't we all made several when we where kids?
Making a good bow is much harder but with practice perhaps..

Darned, edited in alot about mining but the computer fouled up and I can't get the entusiasm to rewrite, just imagina I've written alot useless info on mining.