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New Turkish 48 inch
mikekeswick:
Thanks guys :)
It's certainly a prized possession now!
I got the horn from a man in Thailand.
Urufu_Shinjiro:
That's a bow you can pass down to your children, oh btw, can you adopt me?
Carson (CMB):
Wow, that is killer work Mike. I ddint know you were up to these bows. It was on my list for awhile, but I just dont seem to have the time to relearn bow-making all over again :) Glad you are! Do you feel like the extra effort is yielding extra performance? All that reflex has to be providing a lot of energy.
Much much respect to you Mike.
mikekeswick:
--- Quote from: Carson (CMB) on April 18, 2016, 05:17:09 pm ---Wow, that is killer work Mike. I ddint know you were up to these bows. It was on my list for awhile, but I just dont seem to have the time to relearn bow-making all over again :) Glad you are! Do you feel like the extra effort is yielding extra performance? All that reflex has to be providing a lot of energy.
Much much respect to you Mike.
--- End quote ---
Kind words Carson :) Thank you.
I know what you mean but I haven't touched another bow since I finished this one. If you get the inspiration to make one (two,three...!)I think you will find that they are more than worth it. Sure they are more work but not really all that much. The actual time doing something would be about a week(undecorated), the rest of the time is just sitting on your hands waiting!
The way they feel when drawing and then that first shot at full draw....when you let go of the string and it feels like nothing at all just happened but the arrow disappearing confirms that yes you did actually just shoot it! Go on you know you want to make one!
The hardest thing for me has been learning to shoot with the thumbring. Firstly they are a nightmare to get dead right and having shot three fingers for years it was quite hard to accept being a complete amateur who couldn't hit a barn door again....but it's coming together now and last night we set a target at 140yds and I got a good few hits and the consistency is coming back.
loon:
Niice! Learning to shoot with thumb draw mediocrely seems like nothing compared to making a horn bow.
Thinking of getting Adam Swoboda's book...
Have you had any problems with twist?
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