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Offline PatM

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Re: Another kudo horn nocked bow
« Reply #15 on: December 29, 2013, 08:58:16 pm »
Chichester in Buffalo sells whole Kudu horns. You can see the light tips on the dark horn in this pic.http://www.chichesterinc.com/KuduHorns.htm


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Offline toomanyknots

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Re: Another kudo horn nocked bow
« Reply #16 on: December 29, 2013, 09:54:40 pm »
Quote from: PatM on December 29, 2013, 08:58:16 pm
Chichester in Buffalo sells whole Kudu horns. You can see the light tips on the dark horn in this pic.http://www.chichesterinc.com/KuduHorns.htm

Yeah, a lot of the horn tips have streaks and spots of black in them, those are gonna look cool when turned into nocks.
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"The way of heaven is like the bending of a bow-
 the upper part is pressed down,
 the lower part is raised up,
 the part that has too much is reduced,
 the part that has too little is increased."

- Tao Te Ching, 77, A new translation by Victor H. Mair

Offline DQ

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Re: Another kudo horn nocked bow
« Reply #17 on: December 29, 2013, 10:01:53 pm »
Jericho.   ;D  Good one!
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Offline turmoiler

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Re: Another kudo horn nocked bow
« Reply #18 on: January 02, 2014, 09:52:25 am »
Great horns and great bow. I've been wanting to make one like that for some time, can you give us more specs of the bow?
Thanks
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Offline toomanyknots

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Re: Another kudo horn nocked bow
« Reply #19 on: January 02, 2014, 11:30:34 am »
Quote from: turmoiler on January 02, 2014, 09:52:25 am
Great horns and great bow. I've been wanting to make one like that for some time, can you give us more specs of the bow?
Thanks

Thank you. I started with a stave 74" tip to tip, 1" wide 7" in the middle continuously (3 1/2" on either side of center), tapering to 1/2" tips. With this bow, 1/2" was too wide of tips, which I further had to reduce to 3/8" to even get em bending. I had to drill out the horns with a 3/8" bit I have for really thin tipped elbs. The center was also continuously about 13/16" or so thick for 7" in the center (again 3 1/2" on each side of center), tapering to I guess 3/8" tips.
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"The way of heaven is like the bending of a bow-
 the upper part is pressed down,
 the lower part is raised up,
 the part that has too much is reduced,
 the part that has too little is increased."

- Tao Te Ching, 77, A new translation by Victor H. Mair
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