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Osage Holmegård (fulldraw p.2)
Pat B:
You got a good bend all the way through the limbs although looks like the top limb is a bit stiff. That could be the camera angle. That is an exceptionally clean piece of osage. We don't find much like that here in the US. I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for that yew tree to grow. Maybe your great grand kids will enjoy it. ;D Beautiful bow!
There ought to be some good shoots in that pink rose besides you for arrows! Pat
AndrewS:
Looks like a fine bow :)
DCM:
Nice bow. Clean hedge. Technically not quite a homey.
There was an article in the archives at the old site by a lady who made a nice whitewood holmegaard. Been some time ago. Was well written and a nice bow as well. Interesting design, I want to say the one example from antiquity was actually a backwards bow, ie. outer growth ring on the belly. Wide, parallel inner working limb, stiff, narrow outer limb with abrupt transition about midlimb or slightly beyond. The transition has always been the vexing aspect of the design for me. Most examples I've seen I considered too generous in the thickness on the outer limb and too stiff in the transition. Most short, fast flatbows have an aspect of the homey design so in a way it is widely practiced.
Kviljo:
Humm, I would have to disagree. :) What is the reason to think that they were "backward"-bows?
Also, take a look at e.g. Gad Rausings "The bow" (1967), or Jurgen Junkmanns "Pfeil und bogen"(2001). Both have drawings, and the latter a picture of one of the Holmegårds. They vary from almost none to quite abrupt narrowing at approx. midlimb. Yep, there's about 24 more or less complete Holmegårds from Denmark, plus at least one from Sweden, according to Junkmanns.
I'd love to read that article by the way! Does it exist on the net somewhere still?
I took several fulldraw-pics, and the tiller looked slightly differen on all of them, but I think I would agree that it bends a little more on the lower limb. It might be me not holding the bow exactly 90 degrees to the camera, or I might be drawing a bit high on the string. Perhaps both, but it might as well just be that it is bending a little much on the lower limb. Anyway, I'll just have to try to forget it, or prepare for giving it 10 coatings of danish oil again ::)
Kviljo:
Oh, forgot about the shoots! I've never thought of that before. It grows like mad, and theres lots of straight ones "inside" it - got to try that!
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