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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: stuckinthemud on September 21, 2016, 05:31:11 am

Title: bamboo (not horn) Asiatic bow materials
Post by: stuckinthemud on September 21, 2016, 05:31:11 am

Morning!

So, if you wanted to build a bamboo and sinew Asiatic bow, what bamboo should you use, and does it have to season first? Also, I have laurel, cherry, blackthorn, hawthorn, yew, bird-cherry, hazel, ash, holly, yellow pine and apple - are any of them OK for the core - I don't have any maple, only sycamore

Title: Re: bamboo (not horn) Asiatic bow materials
Post by: loon on September 21, 2016, 05:51:16 am

very interesting. I wonder if the bamboo used for yumi would work well..
or what species of bamboo was used for the bamboo/sinew bow recommended for beginners by Gao Ying...
 or how common bamboo/sinew bows were in warfare with horse archers..

could ask the medicinebows guy

Title: Re: bamboo (not horn) Asiatic bow materials
Post by: Pat B on September 21, 2016, 07:44:37 am

Contact James Parker. James builds beautiful, authentic Asiatic Horn bows and I know he has built one with fire tempered boo belly. If I remember correctly James used maple(limb core?) and Spanish cedar it this bow.

Title: Re: bamboo (not horn) Asiatic bow materials
Post by: dragonman on September 21, 2016, 05:43:23 pm

I made a successfull  bow , using bamboo instead of horn on an asian style bow...it even won bow of the month several yrs ago!!!

I used moso bamboo and heat tempered it.....it must definitely be properly seasoned...you want hard old strong bamboo...

Title: Re: bamboo (not horn) Asiatic bow materials
Post by: mullet on September 22, 2016, 02:14:04 pm

James Parker sells all of the material you need to build a bamboo or horn bow.

Title: Re: bamboo (not horn) Asiatic bow materials
Post by: stuckinthemud on September 22, 2016, 02:43:56 pm

had a ball reading the Atarn files on Gao Ying, never heard of him before Loon mentioned him - highly recommended for any one else who hasn't read Gao's thoughts on archery technique - pointed out to me several errors in my technique in grip and draw - thanks Loon