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Offline jayman448

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Re: Traditional chinese bow
« Reply #15 on: January 24, 2015, 06:30:27 pm »
just buy one off ebay. lol they are cheap enough and no one is the wiser XD
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Offline Bearded bowyer

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Re: Traditional chinese bow
« Reply #16 on: January 24, 2015, 06:43:34 pm »
Neverrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!! ;)
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Offline duke3192

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Re: Traditional chinese bow
« Reply #17 on: January 24, 2015, 10:09:55 pm »
You said look the part, google longbow maker.com, you can't tell what the bow is made of, otherwise, you've got months of work in front of you.
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Offline bubby

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Re: Traditional chinese bow
« Reply #18 on: January 24, 2015, 11:23:05 pm »
You can make a wood sinew bow with siyahs without the crazy reflex some of the Chinese bows were quite long
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Re: Traditional chinese bow
« Reply #19 on: January 25, 2015, 06:00:06 am »
Google Highland Horn. He is a nice enough bloke and will do his best to help you get the right horns. Just get the longest ones he has, the shorter horns are no use really.
Whereabouts are you? I live in County Durham.
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Offline PatM

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Re: Traditional chinese bow
« Reply #20 on: January 25, 2015, 05:05:08 pm »
No idea why you would want to make a 100% authentic one if you've never made a composite before.
 Get a piece of Elm  and some sinew and then stain the belly black when finished and put a high gloss finish on the belly.


 
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Offline willie

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Re: Traditional chinese bow
« Reply #21 on: January 25, 2015, 05:56:21 pm »
hey pat
that looks nice. have you ever posted a thread with more details? are the siyahs bent in or glued on? are they elm also?

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Offline PatM

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Re: Traditional chinese bow
« Reply #22 on: January 25, 2015, 06:00:01 pm »
Yes, I have posted about dozen or more descriptions of how to make this style of bow. The tips are steam curved and then an extra bit of Ash was added so the grain was more favorable for knock cutting.
 Lower angled tips can just be spliced in but the Chinese style does have a sharper angle

 
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mikekeswick

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Re: Traditional chinese bow
« Reply #23 on: January 26, 2015, 02:24:09 am »
Maybe he wants to make an authentic one  >:D
It will also shoot better  >:D (after 10 or so attempts!)
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Traditional chinese bow
« Reply #24 on: January 26, 2015, 08:43:48 am »
You may want to post this in the "Horn Bow" section for more info.
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Re: Traditional chinese bow
« Reply #25 on: January 26, 2015, 06:29:01 pm »
Do a search on here for James Parker's Chinese horn bow. it was Bow of the month, also.
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Re: Traditional chinese bow
« Reply #26 on: January 26, 2015, 08:01:47 pm »
Eddie i think the pics on that were deleted
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Re: Traditional chinese bow
« Reply #27 on: January 26, 2015, 09:14:28 pm »
Bubby, it will come up if you Google "James Parker's Chinese horn bow." I tried to copy and paste it but it didn't work. If it wasn't dark, I'd take a picture of it, just shooting it Sunday afternoon :).
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Offline PatM

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Re: Traditional chinese bow
« Reply #29 on: January 26, 2015, 10:44:14 pm »
Thanks, Pat.
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