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superdav95:
Hey gang. It’s been a couple weeks since last layer of sinew was applied. I made some measurements to see if I’m in line or close enough to hit where I expect to some degree. Today I just added the third layer to both bows giving a total of 100grams to each bow. The core on the heavier bow (b) was left thicker with most other dimensions very similar. I will reassess in a couple more weeks and see how they look. I will add more reflex as the days progress by adding twists to string.
Both bows here will be 50” ntn with hopes of getting a draw length of 29-30”. Neither of them are build to be flight bows and are more or less based on war bow or target bows of Turkish/ottoman style.
Bow A. Dimensions. Projection approx 70-80lbs
-Mass 490grams (tips still long and includes glued on wood blocks for looping string for backset/reflex)
-grip
Wide:20mm
Thick:37mm
-Sal at mid limb
Wide:41.5mm
Thick:12mm
-Sal/kasan
Wide:38mm
Thick:11mm
-kasan
Wide:37mm
Thick:20mm
-kasan/tip
Wide:19mm
Thick:20mm
-tip
Wide:18mm
Thick:20mm
Bow B dimensions. Projection 100-120lbs
Mass 510grams ( includes reflex blocks glued on)
-grip
Wide:21mm
Thick:37mm
-Sal at mid limb
Wide:41.5mm
Thick:14mm
-Sal/kasan
Wide:41mm
Thick:12mm
-kasan
Wide:40mm
Thick:20mm
-kasan/tip
Wide:22mm
Thick:20mm
-tip
Wide:15mm
Thick:24mm
gorazd:
Very, very nice looking bows :OK
Clean acurate job :OK
Fingers crossed that it goes well at tillering ! :OK
What do you plan for covering the sinew ?
My horn bow still is waiting for paint job ... I will do it with acryl paint and polyurethan gloss coat over it.
superdav95:
--- Quote from: gorazd on January 28, 2026, 02:00:54 pm ---Very, very nice looking bows :OK
Clean acurate job :OK
Fingers crossed that it goes well at tillering ! :OK
What do you plan for covering the sinew ?
My horn bow still is waiting for paint job ... I will do it with acryl paint and polyurethan gloss coat over it.
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Thanks man. I’m anticipating that it will go well but one never knows fully what may happen especially with horn bows. If they both survive and are good candidates for finishing I will likely do one with thin goat skin parchment skin and painted with some sort of acrylic or even toying with idea of natural pigments and using thinned sturgeon glue. The other one I may do a birch bark covering perhaps. Do you have pics of your bow? We don’t get a lot of action over here on the dark side of bows so pics are nice.
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