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Non composite ibex horn bow

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loefflerchuck:
"Twas formed of horn, and smoothed with artful toil, A mountain goat designed the shining spoil, who pierced long since, beneath his arrow bled, the stately quarry on the cliffs lay dead, and sixteen palms his brows large honors spread. The workmen joined and shaped the bended horns, and beaten gold each taper point adorns." Homer.

I believe Homer is describing the horns on the beast as 16 palms. Then the horns are joined at the grip. Ibex horns are a bit too rare and expensive for me to attempt a longbow

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