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mikekeswick

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Decorated hornbow
« on: March 07, 2016, 03:31:58 am »
Here are a ferw pictures of one of my hornbows. It's such a fantastic shooter I thought it deserved tarting up a bit. Oil paints made from natural pigments, copal varnish and 24 carat gold gilding.






Offline loon

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Re: Decorated hornbow
« Reply #1 on: March 07, 2016, 04:33:52 am »
..Wow

Offline Aaron H

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Re: Decorated hornbow
« Reply #2 on: March 07, 2016, 06:15:37 am »
Incredible Mike

Offline Urufu_Shinjiro

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Re: Decorated hornbow
« Reply #3 on: March 07, 2016, 11:10:53 am »
Sexy...

Offline Aaron H

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Re: Decorated hornbow
« Reply #4 on: March 07, 2016, 11:29:25 am »
How about a full draw?  :)

Offline bubby

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Re: Decorated hornbow
« Reply #5 on: March 07, 2016, 12:12:41 pm »
great job Mike, i really like this style of bow
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Offline Parnell

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Re: Decorated hornbow
« Reply #6 on: March 07, 2016, 01:23:56 pm »
Oh man!  That's a different design...does it have a name?  Very pretty work.  Gotta see a full draw, please?
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Re: Decorated hornbow
« Reply #7 on: March 07, 2016, 05:13:24 pm »
Holy crap! what a beauty  :o
need to see more of that  bow

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Re: Decorated hornbow
« Reply #8 on: March 08, 2016, 11:35:49 am »
Very, very nice!
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mikekeswick

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Re: Decorated hornbow
« Reply #9 on: March 08, 2016, 01:21:13 pm »
Thanks guys. I'm quite partial to it too!
Design is sort of like a Magyar but with less reflex at the end of the working limbs. I made quite a few holmgard/molly type wood bows and kind of modified that design for a hornbow. The outer limbs on this bow are pretty narrow and light. As a bonus this design is super stable and easy enough to string. It isn't really very strained at this draw weight and doesn't show much set even after being strung all day. I think it would be more than possible to squeeze some more speed out of this design.
I'll take a full draw sometime soon.

Offline gorazd

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Re: Decorated hornbow
« Reply #10 on: March 10, 2016, 04:31:29 am »
Very nice decoration !

Where did you buy the paint ?
Have you grooved the horn before gluing to the core ?

mikekeswick

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Re: Decorated hornbow
« Reply #11 on: March 10, 2016, 01:50:15 pm »
I made the paint by grinding pigments with a little linseed oil then mixing with copal resin varnish. I got the pigments from a shop called Cornelisons in London. Yes the core/horn have matching grooves about 12 per inch and 2mm deep. I use the method Adam Karpowzi shows in his book about Turkish bows.

Offline medicinewheel

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Re: Decorated hornbow
« Reply #12 on: March 11, 2016, 04:06:26 am »
Love it!
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Offline loefflerchuck

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Re: Decorated hornbow
« Reply #13 on: March 11, 2016, 02:46:01 pm »
no shortcuts there. Looks great!

Offline RBLusthaus

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Re: Decorated hornbow
« Reply #14 on: March 11, 2016, 07:32:23 pm »
Wow!   Did you use a stencil of some sort, or is your hand THAT steady?  Wow!   Would love to see a full draw.  Russ