For the archer, Legolas shoots a long recurve and Aragorn shoots a flat longbow. Since they are men I would say that a working bow for them would be in the 60 - 80 pound range.
Be aware that most of these bows are made from laminated wood as 'self-wood' bows, like the kind Legolas appears to have, stack very heavily, i.e., have a faster buildup of the power needed to draw them the further back you pull the string. Also Legolas' bow appears to be round, which completely baffles me. Maybe I just haven't seen it from the right angle. Another thing that seems wrong is that neither men use shooting fingers. You would have to have a hell of a set of calluses for the string to not take the skin off your fingers at that weight. We can assume that Legolas and Aragorn do because they have been shooting bows all their lives, but Orlando and Viggo would have not had any fingertips left if those were real working bows at the appropriate drawweights.
The original and still the best site for information on buying, making and shooting traditional bows. Howard Hill is the father of the renaissance of traditional archery
http://www.3riversarchery.com/
some history
http://www.archeryhistory.com/longbows/longbowsmain.htm
long list of bowyers
http://www.women-outdoors.com/traditional/bowyers1.htm
wide selection and second hand bows
www.oldbow.com/
my favorite bowyer, they made my bow in 1992 when they were still Monarch Longbows in Missoula, sweet bow at 45 pounds draw weight.
http://www.aspenlongbow.com/
some FAQs to give you an idea how to choose a traditional bow and how they compare to compound (mechanized pulley wheel bows (not really bows at all in my opinion))
http://www.monarch-bows.com/faq.html
this site tells you how to make a self bow
http://www.stickbow.com/features/index.cfm?feature=selfbows
bowyer who says he is working on making a reproduction of Legolas' bow and hey, he plays a song by one of my favorite groups, Emerald Rose on his opening page
http://www.stickstone.com/
Whew! Hope this helps!
Morag
I am a man upon the land and a Silkie in the sea.
And when I am far and far from land,
My home, it is in Skule Skerry. The Great Silkie
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