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240's sheep horn bow build with Tom Lucas
NorthHeart:
Visiting my buddy Tom Lucas this week as i hunt Elk and Antelope in WY. He demonstrates how his latest bow bends, purposely left a bit stiff in the outer thirds due to a natural imperfection in the horn, leaving nothing to chance. I'm about to continue construction on mine now that everything is good and cured😈 We discuss the different ways to accomplish nocks for the string, such as cutting them in vs building them up with sinew.
NorthHeart:
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BowEd:
Your horn bows look very good.Interesting difference in profiles also.Look forward to seeing more of your process.
Is the third one down in front of the display Toms' bow?
NorthHeart:
BowEd-good point regarding the different profiles. And yes Sir, the 3rd one down is Toms. You can see the difference on how mine took reflex when i took them off the deflexed form and allowed the sinew to dry into reflex.
NorthHeart:
I started removing material off the short hornbow today. I want to get it flexing enough to brace it. Tom explains to me that he does all tillering by removing material from the belly, he does not use any heat for this. He doesn't call it the faceted removal method per se, but describes it similarly.
Just a recap at this point. The difference in my bows vs Toms so far is that i added way more sinew, and also allowed my bows to dry into reflex. Im certain they will be more challenging to brace up. And Tom warns of the higher probability of "debracing" on the shot and possible bow breakage. We will find out in due time.
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