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Offline xin

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Re: Hunnish style hornbow
« Reply #30 on: June 10, 2013, 02:20:28 am »
WOW!!!!!!!!
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Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: Hunnish style hornbow
« Reply #31 on: June 10, 2013, 03:39:03 am »
I love seeing these Asiatic composites.  I love the simplicity of a self bow, but no more than I love these advanced bows.  Thanks for sharing the schematics, they almost make it seem easy enough to try myself.  It is helpful to see it broken down into parts like that.   

Are these limbs equal length, and do you bring it to a positive tiller.  A couple of the bows (pic of the 4 finished bows) appear to have a strong positive tiller.

Great work and thanks for sharing!
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Offline }|{opukc

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Re: Hunnish style hornbow
« Reply #32 on: June 10, 2013, 04:53:11 am »
Yes, a photo with 4 bow have two symmetric bows with positive tiller and two asymmetric / lower limb and syah is shorter / this gives peace of wrist, kick less in asymmetric.
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Re: Hunnish style hornbow
« Reply #33 on: June 10, 2013, 09:21:56 am »
  Idon't comit on many bows unless there exture nice and your's is SWEETTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT.
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Offline autologus

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Re: Hunnish style hornbow
« Reply #34 on: June 10, 2013, 09:32:25 am »
Keep the build along going.  ;D

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Offline toomanyknots

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Re: Hunnish style hornbow
« Reply #35 on: June 10, 2013, 11:42:50 am »
Quote from: }|{opukc on June 10, 2013, 02:04:30 am
Handle is glued onto core, siyahs glued with V splice.



Cool, thanks!
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Offline Thesquirrelslinger

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Re: Hunnish style hornbow
« Reply #36 on: June 10, 2013, 12:29:52 pm »
Holy cow those are nice bows. Is it possible to pull that off with some other material? as in perhaps wood/sinew or Fibergl@$$?
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Offline }|{opukc

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Re: Hunnish style hornbow
« Reply #37 on: June 10, 2013, 01:02:22 pm »
Quote from: Thesquirrelslinger on June 10, 2013, 12:29:52 pm
Holy cow those are nice bows. Is it possible to pull that off with some other material? as in perhaps wood/sinew or Fibergl@$$?

May be only sinew and osage to make a good lever bow! With fiberglass I never to work.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1YJ03Voixg&list=PLD039677E7D00BEA8
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Offline Thesquirrelslinger

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Re: Hunnish style hornbow
« Reply #38 on: June 10, 2013, 07:47:08 pm »
I can't work with fibergl@$$ anyway.
But osage... I can't get the stuff. Locust?
Hm...
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Hunnish style hornbow
« Reply #39 on: June 10, 2013, 11:14:56 pm »
Quote from: }|{opukc on June 10, 2013, 04:53:11 am
Yes, a photo with 4 bow have two symmetric bows with positive tiller and two asymmetric / lower limb and syah is shorter / this gives peace of wrist, kick less in asymmetric.

"Peace of wrist", that is a very poetic way of saying less handshock.  Thank you.

Everytime you post a new bow I get all excited over again.  Your craftsmanship is inspiring.  I can only imagine how much I could learn as your apprentice.  Again, George, thank you for posting another beautiful bow.

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Re: Hunnish style hornbow
« Reply #40 on: June 11, 2013, 09:05:38 am »
Very nice set of bows you made there.I have one of that style grooved and glued together too last March.I hav'nt applied the sinew to it's back yet.I imagine it does'nt hurt to wait with that.My handle or grip is glued to the back of bow though as yours is glued to the belly.I'll show mine here too as soon as I get rid of the gliches I encounter while trying to post pictures on this forum.
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Offline }|{opukc

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Re: Hunnish style hornbow
« Reply #41 on: June 11, 2013, 09:38:17 am »
I have not done a handle on the back so far. But I've seen. Also, a core which is surrounded. Handle on the back and belly.
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Re: Hunnish style hornbow
« Reply #42 on: June 18, 2013, 02:23:52 pm »
Here's mine so far }|{opukc.
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Re: Hunnish style hornbow
« Reply #43 on: June 18, 2013, 02:25:17 pm »
It has to be sinewed yet.
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Re: Hunnish style hornbow
« Reply #44 on: June 18, 2013, 03:29:24 pm »
Nice work Opukc....cool bows.....didnt the Huns make 150# + bows?
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