Odd idea for Horn Bows!

[Bowbound]

So i was talking with my dad, who is a vet about him getting me some horn. It was a vague conversation but he mentioned that horn was almost exactly the same material as our fingernails and toe nails so... I was thinking, if you collected lots of the clippings from nails could you use then like a sinew backing but as a nail(i think that sounds a bit weird) belly? This seem impossible but if you had enough it may just work.

What do y'all reckon?

[Apex Predator]

I think you need to lay off the adult beverages! 

[Ryano]

That would be more like a glue belly with finger nails for texture......
Horn is glued on in one piece per limb and spliced in the handle. Thats not going to work....

[perry]

On the topic of vets and horn bows - a local vet who is into reinacting the turkish culture from a 1000 years ago has made some 25#-30# replica's [ struggle to call them horsebows ] using 3 sections of cow horn per limb instead of a continuous strip epoxied to a timber core them bound in red and black leather . They shoot arrows perhaps 50 yards and weigh at least 4 pounds .

Fingernails does not seem so odd if you could see these bows .

[welch2]

I have used more than two horns in a bow , but man is it a lot of work .The butt joints between the horns need to be tight ,as perfect as you can get, to keep the bow from wanting to hinge at the joint. I read that some of the Turkish bows had many small strips of horn arranged like bricks.

You could give hooves a try .   

Ralph

[Skeaterbait]

Not sure about functionality but........ EEEEEEWWWWW!!!!!

[El Destructo]

                                 You have way too much free time.....Idle Hands are the Devils Workshop!!!!

                                                                               

[Bowbound]

                                 You have way too much free time.....Idle Hands are the Devils Workshop!!!!

                                                                               

I used to have free time! Now i spend it making BOWS

[recurve shooter]

dude, and keep in mind this is coming from the guy who set his pants on fire and did a belly flop from a nearly 20 foot bluff cuz it would be "funny" (by the way i knocked myself out and cracked a rib . dont try it), thats about an ignorant idea.

so, now all ya got to do is make one and post the pics and proudly say "i told you so!!"

[El Destructo]

I used to have free time! Now i spend it making BOWS

                                                    Toenail and Toe Jamb Bows.....gnarly!!!

[adb]

I don't know what yer smokin' brother... but can you sell me some? Please.

[mullet]

  Well if it works ,I guess backing it with Boogers is not out of the question?

[recurve shooter]

I don't know what yer smokin' brother... but can you sell me some? Please.

silly guy. we dont "sell" our stuff. we will, however, tell you how to grow it.

[El Destructo]

  Well if it works ,I guess backing it with Boogers is not out of the question?

Man I know that some days mine are about as tough as Hide Glue!!!!!!!! Pull out half my Nose Hair ta get one Booger out....now thats tough enough ta Hold Sinew down!!!!!

[Ryano]

I guess it sounds more reasonable than soaking your bow in salt water or buffalo pee......