hickory/sinew horsebow finaly version

[bubby]

great bow Lukasz, what were the dimensions of the wood prior to steaming, lenght width, thickness, amazing bends, Bub

[JBL]

BRAVO!!!  Very nice.  The finish is awesome.

[Lukasz Nawalny]

wood humidity before steaming was high , I dont know exactly but that was stripwood directle from big trunk. in time of rehydration i had big problems with twisted limbs , I have to corret this many times with heat gun . 118 CM long ,limbs  3,5 cm X 1 cm ,in handle and on recurve about 2 cm

[bubby]

thank's Lukasz, Bub

[Scowler]

So many curves for a selfbow...Quite a beautiful bow.

[Lukasz Nawalny]

hi.Im still working on scythian style bows and this is my last version. Only 99 cm long , 50 lb at 26". Shots well with light arrows , with 18 - 20 gram arrows and 26 inch cross over 200 fps. It is not flight bow but not bad. Im still try to make this bows better , maybe I will make few modifications in future

[RyanY]

That's awesome! Is this one also hickory and sinew?

[Lukasz Nawalny]

yes wood/sinew

[Sparrow]

That is simply incredible ! Beautiful too ! !  '  Frank

[Ifrit617]

How is it possible that the Hickory does not get compression fractures??? Awesome bow

Jon

[Gordon]

How is it possible that the Hickory does not get compression fractures???

I have the same question. How is this possible especially given that hickory is not remarkable in compression? I am amazed.

[PatM]

Well we don't know for sure if it actually has chrysals or not......
 One possible answer is that the steaming process allows cells to become very plastic and compact uniformly. Look at the inside curve of a sharply curved steamed recurve and check for obvious chrysals there.
 If the inner limb is given a new "starting position" before being asked to compress even further the already uniformly compressed cells can likely take it.
 From that point on a fair bit of the draw length comes from the outer limb straightening out rather than bending.
 Having said all that, chrysals don't actually stop a bow from shooting.

[Gordon]

Even so, that is an astonishing feat for a stiff-handled bow that is less than 40" in length. Everything I thought I knew about making wooden bows has gone completely out the window with this bow. I'm in awe...

[Prarie Bowyer]

Is this a horn belly?

the tips are spliced in or bent?

[Lukasz Nawalny]

no horn and no chrysals After steaming I make shape and deflexive sections, wood is not in big compresion , also belly tepred ofcourse, sinew make great work on this bow