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Offline barney

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New Horn Sinew Composite
« on: May 08, 2011, 02:47:35 pm »
Hi there.

This is the first I've gotten round to fiishing this year.

It's 44 inches nock to nock. Around 42-43lb at 28''. The core's bamboo and hickory. The red tips and handle laminates are Paduak.











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Offline dbb

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Re: New Horn Sinew Composite
« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2011, 02:58:37 pm »
Cool bow and very nice details,that padouk really glows.
And its not often you see thumbdraw,very "in character"!
Just have to ask,how do you tiller one of those? That cant be easy.

/Mikael
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Offline bubby

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Re: New Horn Sinew Composite
« Reply #2 on: May 08, 2011, 03:03:40 pm »
wow, that' a beauty, I really like those styles of bows, Bub
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Offline Arrowind

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Re: New Horn Sinew Composite
« Reply #3 on: May 08, 2011, 04:05:54 pm »
Awesome! Very very nice.  I'd really like to learn how to make a bow like that.  I love the design.  Good work!
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: New Horn Sinew Composite
« Reply #4 on: May 08, 2011, 04:08:21 pm »
That's one curvaceous, sexy, lust-inciting peice of work!

Niiiiiiice.
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Offline toomanyknots

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Re: New Horn Sinew Composite
« Reply #5 on: May 08, 2011, 04:15:04 pm »
Such a piece of art. Man.
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Offline gstoneberg

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Re: New Horn Sinew Composite
« Reply #6 on: May 08, 2011, 04:26:25 pm »
Great bow, wow that is some serious bend.  Looks great.

George
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Offline sharpend60

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Re: New Horn Sinew Composite
« Reply #7 on: May 08, 2011, 05:34:51 pm »
Sure is beautiful, how does it shoot?
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Offline billy bowmaker

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Re: New Horn Sinew Composite
« Reply #8 on: May 08, 2011, 05:51:46 pm »
i love it.  it came in very low weight for a horn/sinew composite.  can we have some specs, please?   type of horn/thickness...layers of sinew...bladeebla

thanks
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Offline barney

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Re: New Horn Sinew Composite
« Reply #9 on: May 08, 2011, 07:00:38 pm »
Thanks for the kind comments.

To answer some of your questions, the tiller is achieved through very gentle scraping of the horn and the targeted application of heat.
I wasn't going for monster poundage as 40lb is about the max I can shoot with a thumb release. Finger release can be a problem with a short bow like this because the high string angle means a lot of finger pinch.

There's three layers of sinew (red deer) on the bow with the horn laminate (water Buffalo) being around 5mm thick in the bending section of the limb. The glue was a blend of hide glue and Isinglass. The back of the bow has been covered in leather - again, this was bonded with animal glue.

The bow seems fairly fast so long as you're shooting light weight arrows. Being short it's twitchy though and exaggerates any errors in shooting technique.

best regards,

Barney
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Offline RyanY

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Re: New Horn Sinew Composite
« Reply #10 on: May 08, 2011, 07:15:19 pm »
Very cool bow. Almost sythian looking and looks very well made. Beautiful bow.
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Offline mullet

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Re: New Horn Sinew Composite
« Reply #11 on: May 08, 2011, 07:23:47 pm »
Very pretty bow. What is the draw length?
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Offline aero86

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Re: New Horn Sinew Composite
« Reply #12 on: May 08, 2011, 09:25:55 pm »
i love the bow!  im actually looking for a bow at just that draw weight, care to send it to me for "extended testing"??  lol!  i do just love composites!  did you have any particular style in mind? or just put something together..  you have more in the works?  also, how do you prepare a bamboo core?  im really interested in that.  ive a few pieces of bamboo i harvested that im wanting to use as core/belly material, but i dont have a clue on how to prepare the core.. 
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Offline ricktrojanowski

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Re: New Horn Sinew Composite
« Reply #13 on: May 08, 2011, 10:03:53 pm »
Great craftsmenship.  That is one impressive bow,  You did a great job.
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Offline Scowler

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Re: New Horn Sinew Composite
« Reply #14 on: May 09, 2011, 10:00:24 am »
Awesome looking bow, and it does look Sythian.
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