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So, Baran of Mirkwood, how are you arming yourself these days? What's progress?

Steel bows: Don't know. The only metal bows I've seen are compound bows which I doubt Tolkien was thinking of.

Biblically, there's that line, "He makes my arms strong so that i can bend a bow of bronze." I've always wondered about that line.

A forty dollar archery set? Sounds great for somebody with a small frame, but for a 6'2" man, it could get frustrating, and I suspect that the draw length would be far too short. Anybody know? Do these sets come in varying sizes?

If you really could get a cheap fiberglass bow that was your size and a beginning draw weight, it's not a bad idea, not at all. But if it's not your correct draw length it'll probably turn you off or frustrate you.

At archery clubs (there she goes again!) they often have cheap fiberglass bows that you can borrow and shoot with. Ours does. Even so, the draw weights are a bit much for me on most of them, and the draw length isn't right either (too short.) So I haven't used them much.