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Native American horn bow video, Stilyan Stevanov

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Aaron H:
Yeah, it's certainly inspiring.  Stilyan is a master horn bow builder, so he definitely does make it look easy.  He's got several videos out, each one better than the last.  He does a fantastic job filming the process, incorporating nature within it all.

Ed, my guess would be this was about a 6-8 month process, start to finish.

BowEd:
My guess is Aaron he did'nt stay out in that cave the whole time,but still did the majority of the work on that bow out there.These type things can be decieving.Understandable showing the shortened version of it though.I'm pretty sure it took longer than 6 to 8 months.
His filming process is top notch.Being comfortable with the process through experience can make it look easy which is a credit to him.I have not seen his other videos yet either.

bownarra:

--- Quote from: BowEd on April 18, 2020, 07:39:20 am ---My guess is Aaron he did'nt stay out in that cave the whole time,but still did the majority of the work on that bow out there.These type things can be decieving.Understandable showing the shortened version of it though.I'm pretty sure it took longer than 6 to 8 months.
His filming process is top notch.Being comfortable with the process through experience can make it look easy.I have not seen his other videos yet either.

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Agreed.

loefflerchuck:
It does not matter to me if he completed the bow with all stone tools. He just proved it would not be hard to do. I could reduce the outside of a bighorn in probably only a few hours on a sandstone outcropping to be ready to to remove the curl. It is much easier to cut through the horn after it has been soaked for a while with stone tools. I have no desire to do this but would think I could complete a a bighorn bow with stoneage tools in under 100 hours. This guy probably took the bow home to his table sander and cutting wheels between filming but that does not matter to me. He proved a point to some close minded people that it can be easily done.

wstanley:
it also supports the idea that these bows were developed independently in the US by native groups prior to arrival of horses and Europeans. I've read this bow technology was introduced by Turks and others.

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