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PatM:
It is an x ray of a siyah from the belly side on a wide limbed narrow tipped ancient bow. You're not looking at the whole bow. Just the pics of each end. The longer plate is missing on the top left as the bow was a bit fragmented. Those are multiple horn strips on the belly.
I was just using it to illustrate how boxing in the splices was a common technique with wrapping usually backing it up.
There is a write-up on the bow on the ATARN site.
Here: http://www.atarn.org/chinese/khotan_bow.htm
DC:
Thanks Pat, that is very interesting, I'll be going back there.
DC:
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to tidy up a joint like this. The dark wood just tapers out to nothing and I can't figure a way to get a nice line.
sleek:
--- Quote from: DC on March 19, 2019, 06:16:05 pm ---Does anyone have any suggestions on how to tidy up a joint like this. The dark wood just tapers out to nothing and I can't figure a way to get a nice line.
--- End quote ---
Paint, a string or sinew wrap, stain, some type of snake skin layed down the side, or even better, make a small carving there. Or put a shallow groove down the side, that will eat into the ligjt feathering and make it not as noticable.
PatM:
Tough to clean up a transition like that. It's likely always going to retain a bit of a feathered look. In the future you may want to take the pieces the full length.
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