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bosko:
Hi, here is my first attempt in a native american horn bow. This bow is made of water buffalo horn, because it is way cheaper then bighorn sheep horns and I am no expert, so I did not want to buy expensive sheep horns and maybe ruin them in a first attempt to make this kind of a bow. So I had some water buffalo horns at home, because in the past I made some turkish style horn bows and I decided to give it a go  ;D

The bow is 25" long NTN and 26" tip to tip. It is a bit short, I know, but one of the horns had a severe damage, so I had to cut it off. I believe it has about 55 g or maybe 60 g of dry sinew on it, without the wrappings. The horn is 5mm thick almost all the way and 1 and 1/6" wide at the handle and little less then half an inch at the tip. The handle is a short splice with two horn plates, one on the back and one on the belly and 1 rivet. Because it is my first attempt, some advice from the experts in this community would be much appreciated, thanks in advance. Now comes the hardest part, waiting about 6 months for the sinew to season. Fingers crossed that it won´t break and hopefully become a shooter in 7 or so months.

DC:
Short--but cool :D :D

ohma2:
What kind of draw length and weight do you expect from it ?

bosko:
Thanks DC

Ohma 2: about 15" of draw length, maybe a bit less and I hope for about 35 - 40# of draw weight.

Aaron H:
Well it should be very stable with that profile, length and width.  How did you go about glueing the sinew to the horn?

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