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My horn bow build-a-long
DC:
--- Quote from: bownarra on April 03, 2020, 12:44:54 am ---I'm sorry but i'd say that is the end for this one.
When soaking them it takes forever to get the horns off in one piece, even if you could the core/sinew is too 'floppy' to glue the horn onto properly. I would just try to salvage the sinew.
Sorry to see this happen. You have the patience - try again! It took me a few failures and many lonely hours in the shop (with Adam's book!) to get my head around them fully. Once you've made the mistakes the lessons learnt don't go anywhere in a hurry haha.
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OK into the soak it goes
--- Quote from: WhistlingBadger on April 03, 2020, 07:17:54 am ---Bummer, DC. Thanks for sharing your effort with us. I admire your patience.
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Thank WB. I think one of the reasons I didn't enjoy this as much as I could is my lack of patience. I like the "instant" gratification of a self bow. Another reason is not knowing what the draw weight will be. It seems that you have to make four or five of these things in order to have it turn out within the limited DW range. With a selfbow you can tiller it down to one pound if you want. With these it seems like there just isn't enough latitude(?). With this bow for instance there was a good chance it would fail because I got the design wrong. Even if I got lucky and it held together there was a good chance that it would be over my 40# DW. If it was it might as well be broken, it would be useless to me.
Anyway, I'm a bit bummed just because I failed but it's no big deal. I may make another but I don't think it would be a Turkish type. A little to unstable for me. maybe I'll try one like BowEd does. I do have two nice strips of horn. It would be a shame to cut them up for tip overlays :D
sleek:
Oh gosh yes, BowEd makes absolutely beautiful bows!
BowEd:
sleek....I think you shot mine at Mo Jam 1 year at 15 to 20 yards and hit the 4" target right off the bat.
The making of bows from composites always amazes me as to the extremes a natural material will take along with their performance.Shooting them too.When made right they can seem almost indestructable.
There's a lot faster ways to get a very good shootable bow though DC like you said.
Aaron H:
That's a bummer DC. I hope you get back on the horse, you got this.
sleek:
--- Quote from: BowEd on April 04, 2020, 06:57:12 am ---sleek....I think you shot mine at Mo Jam 1 year at 15 to 20 yards and hit the 4" target right off the bat.
The making of bows from composites always amazes me as to the extremes a natural material will take along with their performance.Shooting them too.When made right they can seem almost indestructable.
There's a lot faster ways to get a very good shootable bow though DC like you said.
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You recall correctly. Only twice before has a bow felt like it was part of me. Your arrows were tuned perfectly to your set up as well. Shooting that bow and arrow, felt like I was projecting myself toward the target rather than simply shooting a bow. It was satisfying to say the least. I'd take a loan against my truck for one of your bows.
Given DCs level of craftsmanship, attention to detail, coupled with his eye for art, he would no doubt craft a beautiful bow if he followed your style.
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