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A little horn bow
welch2:
Frank ,It does fine at long pulls .I just woory about the string angle since it has pin nocks. The Egyptian bows had nock that were cut on the back some.
that would help some. I think when I try for a heavier draw weight ,I will leave the core the same 3/4" wide ,but round the back of the core some.Then I will make the horn 1" wide at the handle ,leaving 1/8 gap on each side .So the sinew will lay over the sides down to horn .Should make a more oval bow and let me pull in more reflex.
heres some profiles of the Tut bows.
and cross sections of them
Ralph
George Tsoukalas:
That is a beautiful bow. Well done.Jawge
medicinewheel:
yes, i believe such short bow should have nocks cut in on the back!
how did you do the siyahs on thisone??
welch2:
Plain sawn hickory ,steam bent .Then V-spliced into the core .The horn overlaps the splice. The sinew backing goes all the way to the nocks.And it is sinew wrapped from just below the V-splice to the bottom of the nocks.
Ralph
welch2:
I tillered as I went. the first layer of sinew only went to the slice and I wrapped the joint with with sinew first.checked tiller after a month ,the siyahs were bending to much,then added anouther course of sinew all the way to the nocks , waited a month................ect.
Ralph
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