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240's sheep horn bow build with Tom Lucas
NorthHeart:
Once the horn is thinned down we will soak it in hot water for 5days, 15days, however long it takes to get pliable so that we can bend and shape it. The first picture shows a horn which needs to be thinned down more vs a horn thats ready to soak.
wizardgoat:
Nice to see you on here Shelton. Good luck on your build. Here’s a link to a build I did on here a while back. One thing I’ll add, thicker horn bows are much more stable than thinner cores in this style of bow, so try and keep it thick. This was my first horn bow, and it’s still a shooter, but needs some “limb training” every now and then.
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,53905.0.html
Parnell:
Very fun! Looking forward to watching this progress. I have Tom's video somewhere. Exciting post.
bjrogg:
Thanks for the build along here 240, very interesting and thanks for the link Wizardgoat
bjrogg
NorthHeart:
--- Quote from: wizardgoat on February 16, 2018, 12:03:41 pm ---Nice to see you on here Shelton. Good luck on your build. Here’s a link to a build I did on here a while back. One thing I’ll add, thicker horn bows are much more stable than thinner cores in this style of bow, so try and keep it thick. This was my first horn bow, and it’s still a shooter, but needs some “limb training” every now and then.
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,53905.0.html
--- End quote ---
Hi Ryan. Now that i can access the horn bows section i get to check out your build! In your experience, is the draw weight based more on the thickness of the core, or the amount of sinew on the back? And regarding limb training do you mean that the braced profile changes, and then you work the limbs back to where they should be? Ill be learning a lot about the characteristics of a horn bow with this build.
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