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loon:

--- Quote from: stuckinthemud on November 08, 2016, 10:22:33 am ---Thanks guys, those videos answered so many questions, although I am un-nerved by the number of times they point out that only the most experienced bowyers are able to do this.....

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Don't worry. The Korean target bows are just incredibly difficult to make compared to other types, such as the M Balka bow, Magyar, early Mongol, and even Turkish. Apparently the narrow limbs and tons of reflex just make them very unstable, so they have to be perfect.. at least that's what I've been told.

so the korean bench is also the thing used to put on dojigae? huh

stuckinthemud:
Yes, its looking more and more likely I'll try a Magyar first; I know Karpowicz reckons grip-reflex bows are inefficient compared to Turkish but it seems to me they might be more straight-forward as a first horn-bow and the dimensions and materials in Benscik's booklet are a huge help too.

High-Desert:
A YouTube video called "how to construct the Asiatic bow," an eight part series is extremely good as well. It definitely has some good tips.

Eric

mikekeswick:

--- Quote from: High-Desert on November 08, 2016, 08:11:20 pm ---A YouTube video called "how to construct the Asiatic bow," an eight part series is extremely good as well. It definitely has some good tips.

Eric

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Whilst this video is well meaning, they do do a lot of things 'wrong'. Or at least in a way that means you are more likely to run into trouble later.
Loon why do you think you need an adze? It is actually a very difficult tool to use the way you have seen it used! Plus the way the Koreans use them with abandon is only really possible because of the way bamboo works. You could very quickly ruin a core with one. Just use rasps/files.

stuckinthemud:
I have had the dubious pleasure of adzing, and I have to agree with Mike, they are really difficult tools to master, an axe is much better for most jobs - I'd have thought a carving axe or a side axe would be a better investment.  Equally I am not sure the Koreans are using them with abandon - the bowyers seem to be breaking the grain to prevent splitting on the first pass, then coming back and removing the bulk of the waste on the next pass.  Videographers like the 'spectacular', I bet the final passes are done much more slowly and carefully, wouldn't mind betting there's a smoothing/finessing section to the process we didn't get to see - the videos always miss bits out - like where the bowyer (subtitles) says he is sculpting the sinew 'like a muscle' but we don't get to see the finished profile - raised edges and a raised centre maybe? or flat-ish centre with raised edges? In fact all the really important sculpted profiles are omitted which is a little frustrating if you have no way of examining the finished product

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