Longbow

Weapon of the Rangers
The longbow is the main weapon used by the rangers. In the first book it is noted by Will that it is unlike the hunting bows he's seen used by the men around Redmont, that it was smoothly and expertly carved and "beautiful". Rangers usually make their own longbow, a long and rewarding process that makes the bow more attached to them. Apprentice rangers are not yet strong enough to handle the massive draw weight of a regular longbow, so they use recurve bows. In Book 5: Sorcerer of the North, Will temporarily uses a special collapsible recurve bow made for him by the crafters of the saxe knife. While convenient for storage, he states that the bow is not nearly as strong as his familiar longbow. Rangers use different sorts of arrows with their bows, most commonly regular black shafted sharp ones. Though different arrows have been shown, including heavier blunt arrows that are better for striking through metal, fire arrows, and message arrows which have to be balanced carefully so that the end with the message is the same weight as the other end.

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