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170#@30" elm viking bow.

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nidrinr:
OK, first of all, this is just a link to the Norwegian bowyers forum. The bow is made by Loke, and the text is in Norwegian. Anyways, a short translation:

The bow is inspired by the hedeby(haithabu)- and the balinderry bow, made from elm. 185 cm ntn. W/D is 43 mm/ 35 mm. Tillered it down to 170#@30" (From 190+ when the tiller broke..) The finish is a mix of beeswax, resin and "talg" (don't know the English word for "talg", and neither did the dictionary...)

A link to the Norwegian bowyers forum with a picture:
http://forum.bueforum.no/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1331

-Just to show what elm is capable of...   ::)

Phil Rees:
Excellent link Nidrinr  ... thanks
I wish I could read Norwegian ..looks like a very interesting project ... and I agree with your statement about Elm, a very underated bow wood.

alanesq:

You can see a translation of the thread here
http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fforum.bueforum.no%2Fviewtopic.php%3Ff%3D4%26t%3D1331&sl=no&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-8

btw - nasty tillering accident that !

OlaP:
"Talg" would be tallow or lard, depending if the fat comes from beef/mutton(tallow) or pig(lard).
Cheers,
Ola

bow-toxo:

--- Quote from: nidrinr on June 07, 2010, 10:48:59 pm ---OK, first of all, this is just a link to the Norwegian bowyers forum. The bow is made by Loke, and the text is in Norwegian. Anyways, a short translation:

The bow is inspired by the hedeby(haithabu)- and the balinderry bow, made from elm. 185 cm ntn. W/D is 43 mm/ 35 mm. Tillered it down to 170#@30" (From 190+ when the tiller broke..) The finish is a mix of beeswax, resin and "talg" (don't know the English word for "talg", and neither did the dictionary...)

A link to the Norwegian bowyers forum with a picture:
http://forum.bueforum.no/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1331

-Just to show what elm is capable of...   ::)


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 Both the Hedeby and Balinderry bows, the only Viking bows we know, were made with the tips of the bows bent toward the belly side and had only one nock in the upper end with a metal boss to keep the string loop from sliding farther down. The string had to be tied at the lower end. I suppose the bow isn't yet finished.

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