Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: james parker on November 18, 2011, 08:50:32 pm
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hello all. here is a korean stlye horn bow, 49#@31" - 48"tip to tip,bamboo core,mulberry siyahs,oak riser,cork handle overlay,birchbark cover,leather tip covers.. it was a miricale that i finished this bow out,, during the summer,while the bow was seasoning museum beetles attacked the horn belly, so i had to scrape past all the holes and tunnels they had made, the bow should have been around 60 to 65#,, win some- loose some,, but still it came out fine,,, enjoy...... jp
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Gosh, Mr. Parker, sorry to hear that bow came in underweight. On the bright side, I shoot that draw weight. I'll send you the address to mail it to in a PM. By the way, can I get my beetles back now, too or did you kill 'em all?
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Beautiful and functional yet again, robustus! Makes me wanna get a jade thumbring and a horse just looking at it! Ok, forget the hayburner, but that bow in a tight treestand or a small pop-up blind would be the perfect set-up. Gorgeous, just gorgeous.
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Beautifull profile, James! They just get better and better.
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Absolutely incredible... Again ;D ;D!
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very nice ! really like those style of bows and you did a great job. how did you attach the siyahs? i want to make hun style and cant find good detail pics on splicing.
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Sweet James
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thanks guys, sa, the siyahs are v spliced into the core then rasped and sanded in, to blend into the limb.
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beautiful love it
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sa , here are a fewpics if the bow tips
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Fantastic!
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that is awesome
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OOH, those detail shots just rub salt in the wounds!
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Wow, that is lovely!
George
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Sweet little bow James!
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It's a privilege for us to see your work James, thanks for sharing!
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James you have left me speechless. Again.
Lane
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WOW!!!! Amazing little pocket rocket. Talk about parallel limbs. The Korean bow is such an engineering miracle and you captured it's beauty as well. BRAVO!!!!
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Incredible. I hope I get to make one myself one day. Thanks for sharing your work.
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Very nice bow, James. They are getting better as you go. The full draw pic is awsome for sure. I bet it really spits an arrow.
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Just flat out awesome, very nice.
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James that's an incredible looking bow! Man you craft some works of art. Great save!
Cipriano
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man i saw that full draw and all i could think was"DAMN", look's like ya got a 40" draw, Bub
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Wow, what a great bow!
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Crazy bend in that bow,sweet!
/Mikael
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Excellent...but you don't need me to tell you that ;)
I've got a few questions....
What width are the limbs? Also what are the core and horn thicknesses? How did you prepare the bamboo? Heat and flatten? What method did you use to clamp the horn to the core and how long are the horn strips? What angle of reflex did you use for the limbs out of the handle?
Thanks for posting this one because i'm in the planning stage for one of these.
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Good to see you back working on bows James. Great looking bow. I didn't think anything could eat that horn. Never seen any eat them here in Thailand. Just clean up the fat and what not off of them.
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That is simply awesome.......glad to see it turned out good. Again it looks awesome.
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That is one nice looking bow James,that would make a nice christmas present,Hint.
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sweet bow James, definititley better looking than some of the Hwarang bows I've seen out of Korea.
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Incredible bow!! It's unbelievable how you get so much from such a small area of the limbs. God Bless
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That's quite an amazing bow. I don't know how you composite guys do it, sometimes it seems hard enough to get a straight limbed wood bow to work!
Ok, I'll ask the stupid question, what are the things tied to the limbs in the first picture?
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I'm pretty shure that's used to string the bow Matt
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Alright, I'm calling you out on this one. You take steroids don't you?! There are some clear indications that performance enhancing substances are at play here. No mortal can make bows like this! (Simply fantastic!!! )
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That full draw is just amazing! Sorry to hear about the beetles but truly a wonderful work of art, nonetheless.
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James your work is always a pleasure to gaze upon. Love it
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thanks fellows . i think i like the korean bow as much as the turkish bows,, shoots really good,and flat.. tillering one of these is a little more tricky than some of the others,,trying to keep the upper part of the limb from over working can give you a few problems,, this one came out better than the last one i built,,, gaur the beetles were here from some feathers someone gave me , so they moved from the feathers to a couple of my horn bows , luckly i examined the bow when i did , or they might have eaten all the way through the horn, it would have been a total loss.. matt.s , the contaptions you see are limb formers , used to initially to shape the limbs during the shaping of the bow limbs and to also string the bow and maintain the shape .. the koreans call them(dogigae) in turkish bow building they are called tepeliks.
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Boy James you better build a one way trap like a fly trap (think funnel into a box) and try to get rid of those things before they get into your horn supply and sinew. :o
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great bow, I hope some day will make something in this style.Can you show unbraced profile?
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Holly Kimchi robustus, Great work!!!
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Wow.
Love that full draw pic.
Del