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Egyptian Composite Bow

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BowEd:
I admire your work/investigation and attention to detail in all aspects.Great looking bow.Good pictures and explaining of the process also.I've always admired the shape of an Assyrian/Egyption bow.Many ways to get that shape.Splicing in the handle section etc. as I've thought about it seriously myself.
I'd think the bow should mass weigh quite a bit for it's length.I also imagine the horn used was gemsbok because of it's length but possibly water buffalo horn too.
I did a tutorial on flattening gemsbok horn for horn bows [build-a-long thread] some time ago while making horn bows.In that I stated the amount of poundage gained using horn by it's thickness.
Did you get a full draw picture of the bow and did you make some like type arrows of the era?

Morgan:
 (A). Wow. A lot went in to that. Well done.

ecounter:
Horn was water Buffalo I had to splice the inner core pieces in three but had two lengths for the final belly.  I’ll get a full length draw picture soon once I work bow in and as far as arrows I haven’t made any of my own yet but if anybody has any info on appropriate arrow style would love the info.

bownarra:
Very interesting.
what is the weight of the bow?

BowEd:
They kinda described them in your referral site from your investigation and were a good 30" inches long or more all with foreshafts.
Also surprisingly not all that much sinew was put on your bow,but you did a superb job.

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