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30" bighorn sheep horn bow 70# @ 18"

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Aaron H:
Very cool Chuck

loefflerchuck:
29" n t n measured around the curve. The horns were only 22" long so thats all i could get. the handle splice is a lap splice with 2 bone rivets(Horn rivets have broken on me before) and wrapped thick with sinew. The splice is only 2 3/4" to try to get as much of the bow bending as I can. It had a lot more reflex and was drawing 70# @ 17". I added the double curve with heat to lessen some of it and now it's 70@18. It did not add to the performance. String is 3 ply sinew with the loop copied from a find in Hogup cave in northern Utah. I put a rattler skin on the bow as there are 2 accounts I have read from the 1800s that the Shoshone and Paiute did this on their hornbows. As you can imagine a 29" bow drawing 70#@18" is a little hard to aim. Seems best suited for shooting buffalo from horseback a few feet away.
Thanks for looking

wizardgoat:
Beauty bow Chuck! I love those profiles and 18" draw from a 29"ntn is amazing.
First I've heard some horn bows had snake skin, will have to put a set on mine 😉

Parnell:
It is amazing to have so much weight, bending, and ratio.  Always cool to see.

sieddy:
Wow that is totally incredible! Outstanding work there. :)

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