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working on Assyrian bow
Stick Bender:
Your bow looks very nice and thanks for all the detailed pics , I'm sure your son will love it when it's done, I'm glad you posted we don't get many posts from your side of the world ! I'm curious how long you let you sinew cure ?
leehongyi:
--- Quote from: BowEd on November 28, 2018, 01:41:47 pm ---Interesting bow leehomgyi.Very nice work.I like it.You did good in your spare time from your family.Mulberry is beautiful wood.How thick was your core intially before sinewing?These middle eastern style of bows are unique as an egyption angular type bow.A triangle is usually expected as you said at brace.Could be the handle is longer or longer fade stiffness overall?From the belly side of your bow though there is not much deflex overall in the handle.I'm not a follower of the step through method to be bracing bows.Would a peg board work well to brace?I imagine no grooving of horn & core was done.They look very pleasant to shoot.Show more pics too when she's all finished up.
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thank you for your advice.
Before sinewing the thickness of core+horn was from 9mm to 7mm of the bending area and gained 2mm of sinew. There is no groove of the bow because the rope walker gave huge pressure to the horn than the clamps. I don't have experience about peg board as Turkish bow but used bent wood sticks as forms to tiller the limbs. We call this sticks Nuozi in Chinese but they also have the Turkish name. I will post more pics after decoration.
leehongyi:
--- Quote from: Stick Bender on November 28, 2018, 03:43:43 pm ---Your bow looks very nice and thanks for all the detailed pics , I'm sure your son will love it when it's done, I'm glad you posted we don't get many posts from your side of the world ! I'm curious how long you let you sinew cure ?
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Not too long just 2 weeks after last layer. The next stringing will be done after 3months of cure. Thanks.
Peacebow_Coos:
Great looking bow, thanks for sharing the process!
ohma2:
Yes thanks and please do post more pics,if you have friends who also build please tell them they are welcome here.
we all really apreciate bows from all over the world.lots to be learned from each other.
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