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Offline stuckinthemud

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bamboo (not horn) Asiatic bow materials
« on: September 21, 2016, 05:31:11 am »
Morning!

So, if you wanted to build a bamboo and sinew Asiatic bow, what bamboo should you use, and does it have to season first? Also, I have laurel, cherry, blackthorn, hawthorn, yew, bird-cherry, hazel, ash, holly, yellow pine and apple - are any of them OK for the core - I don't have any maple, only sycamore
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Offline loon

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Re: bamboo (not horn) Asiatic bow materials
« Reply #1 on: September 21, 2016, 05:51:16 am »
very interesting. I wonder if the bamboo used for yumi would work well..
or what species of bamboo was used for the bamboo/sinew bow recommended for beginners by Gao Ying...
 or how common bamboo/sinew bows were in warfare with horse archers..

could ask the medicinebows guy
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Offline Pat B

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Re: bamboo (not horn) Asiatic bow materials
« Reply #2 on: September 21, 2016, 07:44:37 am »
Contact James Parker. James builds beautiful, authentic Asiatic Horn bows and I know he has built one with fire tempered boo belly. If I remember correctly James used maple(limb core?) and Spanish cedar it this bow.
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Re: bamboo (not horn) Asiatic bow materials
« Reply #3 on: September 21, 2016, 05:43:23 pm »
I made a successfull  bow , using bamboo instead of horn on an asian style bow...it even won bow of the month several yrs ago!!!

I used moso bamboo and heat tempered it.....it must definitely be properly seasoned...you want hard old strong bamboo...
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Re: bamboo (not horn) Asiatic bow materials
« Reply #4 on: September 22, 2016, 02:14:04 pm »
James Parker sells all of the material you need to build a bamboo or horn bow.
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Offline stuckinthemud

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Re: bamboo (not horn) Asiatic bow materials
« Reply #5 on: September 22, 2016, 02:43:56 pm »
had a ball reading the Atarn files on Gao Ying, never heard of him before Loon mentioned him - highly recommended for any one else who hasn't read Gao's thoughts on archery technique - pointed out to me several errors in my technique in grip and draw - thanks Loon
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