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who's working on composite horn bows?
Tc:
Different thoughts, different ways, one common goal: working hornbow :D
I like your bows Lukasz, especially the schythians.... It is good to see you here!
Parnell:
I've been grilling the Karpowicz book for about a month and feel like I'm about ready to start a Turkish bow.
Anybody want to weigh in on what core wood to start with and type? I've found hard maple boards from a dealer locally but he unsure of how they have been dried. In the reading I'm still questioning the grain orientation for a board with the sal and siyah (kasan). Am I looking to reduce a stave to my wanted dimensions with the bark side of the stave "towards the belly"?
I'm curious about trying to dig up a pipe clean ironwood or hard maple stave from members that is relatively green and allowing for several months of curing on a form.
Anybody want to weight in on "best choice" for first timers core components?
Thanks,
Stephen
RBLusthaus:
I am in the same boat as you, and after reading the book now what seems like 20 times, I have begun putting together a core. I am using hard maple and am staying with the books advice - - bark side is the belly. I tried bending the blanks when they were 3/4 in thick to no avail. I have had some success with them when they are 1/2 in thick, so I will add on a piece for the nocks later. I have a few limbs drying as we speak. I did get a little lifting of splinters during the bend at the kasan / tip apex, but the areas will be whittled down later so all seems good. I am unsure if the wood I am using has been kiln or air dried, but based on my results, I assume kiln. I got better results by soaking the blanks in a bucket for a few days before the bend. No doubt the bend would be better and easier if the wood were green or air dried.
Question for you - - when I add the piece on the tip to bring the nock area to sufficient thickness, do you think I should add it on the back or the belly side of the the tip? I have my own thoughts (back side) and was wondering what yours are? Other then the book stating that the extra could be added to fill out the tip at the nocks, it does not say on which side to add it, and since I was unable to bend the full 3/4 inch blank, I will be adding . . . . Russ.
Parnell:
From the reading and picture, my impression was also the back...
Thanks for your thought Russ.
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Hi..
Some of mine, also some future project.
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,43271.0.html
cheers George
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