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Skane Lillohus lockbow

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Hamish:
Looks pretty darn cool. Bow-yew? Stock? Lock?

150lbs @ 12-14"?

stuckinthemud:
Yew bow, 150@12", stock is yellow pine because I wanted to see if it could take the forces involved, which it does, but it dents if you so much as look at it crossly

superdav95:
Wow.  Just wow.  I love this.  Very cool indeed.  Is this sinew backed?  I love the simplicity of it and primitive nature of it too.  I’ve often thought about making a version of this set up for a horn bow even.  I was thinking yew as the core wood with sinew and horn of course.  I believe it’s been done already but this is inspiring me to do it.  Well done.  Thanks for posting this.  Need more pics!   

WhistlingBadger:
Did a little digging on the webs and found this article on another replica (had to translate it from French--thanks Google!).  Really interesting.  Seems like you'll need some industrial-strength serving on the string--that notch is going to wear on it in a hurry.  What a cool design.  Rethinking my plan to burn all this twisted ash, chokecherry, and juniper I have lying around...
https://www.licorneargent.be/les-arcs/arbaletes/reconstitution/lillohus/

stuckinthemud:
I liked a lot about that reconstruction.  There's a lot of info on a thread I started at the Arbalest Guild, here
https://thearbalistguild.forumotion.com/t1862p25-solvedskane-lillohus-crossbow-thread

hopefully it doesn't break the rules about advertising.

Superdav, this prod is just yew, no sinew, but there's no reason not to go with a different type of prod. Many peoples had Summer (sinewed) and Winter (not sinewed) bows. This type of mechanism needs a hefty shove on the trigger as the string is being pulled forward into the wood of the string groove and you need to overcome that force. All that heft leads to a lot of wear on the string.  I am going to fit a horn plate to try and smooth the action out.  They tell me you can go up to 300lb with a push-pin lockbow but I think I wouldn't go much bigger than 200

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