Hungarian/Magyar in the works

[Aaron H]

Here is one I致e been working on for quite some time now (2+ years or so). I took break from building for a while, but have picked back up on it recently.   This bow is a five piece design using mulberry as the core and connected with v splices. 3,7mm Buffalo horn belly and 90 grams of whitetail back sinew.  Deer antler side plates on the siyahs and grip. 122cm measured along the belly, and 11mm thick at mid sal.  Sinew was laid down at the end of December, so it has been seasoning for nearly five months. I feel like this is my best sinew job yet, no wraps used, and no drying checks. Now it is ready for a few wraps of sinew around the knees and grip, then it will be ready to open.  I知 expecting somewhere in the range of 50-70# when finished.

[Aaron H]

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[Aaron H]

Here it is before sinew along with the quiver I知 building to match.

[BowEd]

Looking good Aaron.No. 2 for you.Like the side plates of deer antler,using red mulberry, and the quiver too.

[bownarra]

Lookin' good so far! How wide is the sal?
Any more details on the quiver? How is that made?

[Aaron H]

Thanks guys. Mid sal measures 35mm wide.  The quiver is made up of 16 pieces of maple on the main arc, which I now feel was a bit much, but I wanted it to have a smooth radius with no transitional breaks.  I used a form to build two arcs out of some laths and then glued tapered and beveled strips to create the body. Then I glued on a bottom piece of walnut, and I both lined the inside and covered the outside in thin goat leather.  I still need to finish up on the opening and reinforce it with antler.  Then I will hammer out some steel rods for reinforcements just like the artifacts found at a number of Hungarian grave sites from the 9th to 11th century.

[stuckinthemud]

Absolutely loving this. Does the 11mm mid sal include horn and sinew?

[gifford]

Aaron - very nice looking bow and quiver. Well done.

[Aaron H]

Hey thanks Dan!  Stuck, yes that 11mm is horn, wood core, and sinew combined.  The horn measured 3,7mm , the wood 3,7mm and after drying the sinew measured 3,6mm.

[BowEd]

That'll be a beautiful set your making there.You got thoughts about arrows too?
I just prepared some red mulberry staves and core slats.Let a 1/2" dowel dry down and did a specific gravity test on it.Close to .70 density.I don't fool with red mulberry too often.Definitely lighter than osage but a beautiful colored light yellow.

[Aaron H]

Yeah Ed, I知 sure I値l end up making a matching set of arrows as well, then all I値l need is a fancy outfit  . 

Here is a set I found online of a guy that made a gorgeous reproduction set that I would like to make as well .

[BowEd]

Cool....Looks like forged points.
Hanforged was in the business of making those.

[Aaron H]

That痴 right Ed, I値l take on the points after the bow and quiver are finished.  Might be a bit, but I値l keep you guys posted.