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New Turkish - first brace

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mikekeswick:





Here is a new Turkish bow. First brace and she behaved very well indeed. Virtually no twist, completely stable and the limb balance was almost perfect. :) Can't beat a bit of good luck :)
Draw weight on this one is only about 45#, I wanted to test out the efficiency of a lighter hornbow to see how it compares to my best wooden bows. We will see.
My next 'batch' of bows are all going to be replicas of actual Turkish bows from the Topaki Palace museum. I will be using the numbers in Adam's book. I'm very interested to see what weights they come out at and if I'll be able to pull them! If not i'll put in the hours getting bow strong....haha
I will likely be covering this bow with silk to keep the weight down.

Stick Bender:
That's a beautifull bow Mike I love the brace profile please publish the numbers when you get it all dialed in I'm very interested in that one

Tc:
I would strengthen the kasan-eye area. It already opens almost fully at normal brace height, making the shape non-turkish. Also the tip angle should be a bit more radical...It still can be a great shooter though....Anyway a working hornbow is a success itself :)

davidjw:
Beautiful work! Would be very interested to hear how it compares to a wood bow.  What sort of dimensions did you use to get that draw weight (ntn length and horn/wood thickness)?

loon:
yeah, why the more opened angles? good job either way

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