Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Bowbound on May 15, 2008, 05:21:00 pm
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So i was talking with my dad, who is a vet about him getting me some horn. It was a vague conversation but he mentioned that horn was almost exactly the same material as our fingernails and toe nails so... I was thinking, if you collected lots of the clippings from nails could you use then like a sinew backing but as a nail(i think that sounds a bit weird) belly? This seem impossible but if you had enough it may just work.
What do y'all reckon?
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I think you need to lay off the adult beverages! :)
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That would be more like a glue belly with finger nails for texture...... :P
Horn is glued on in one piece per limb and spliced in the handle. Thats not going to work.... ::)
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On the topic of vets and horn bows - a local vet who is into reinacting the turkish culture from a 1000 years ago has made some 25#-30# replica's [ struggle to call them horsebows ] using 3 sections of cow horn per limb instead of a continuous strip epoxied to a timber core them bound in red and black leather . They shoot arrows perhaps 50 yards and weigh at least 4 pounds .
Fingernails does not seem so odd if you could see these bows .
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I have used more than two horns in a bow , but man is it a lot of work .The butt joints between the horns need to be tight ,as perfect as you can get, to keep the bow from wanting to hinge at the joint. I read that some of the Turkish bows had many small strips of horn arranged like bricks.
You could give hooves a try . ::) ;D
Ralph
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Not sure about functionality but........ EEEEEEWWWWW!!!!! ;D ;D ::)
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You have way too much free time.....Idle Hands are the Devils Workshop!!!!
>:D
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You have way too much free time.....Idle Hands are the Devils Workshop!!!!
>:D
I used to have free time! Now i spend it making BOWS
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dude, and keep in mind this is coming from the guy who set his pants on fire and did a belly flop from a nearly 20 foot bluff cuz it would be "funny" ??? (by the way i knocked myself out and cracked a rib :'(. dont try it), thats about an ignorant idea.
so, now all ya got to do is make one and post the pics and proudly say "i told you so!!" ;)
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I used to have free time! Now i spend it making BOWS
Toenail and Toe Jamb Bows.....gnarly!!!
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I don't know what yer smokin' brother... but can you sell me some? Please.
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Well if it works ,I guess backing it with Boogers is not out of the question?
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I don't know what yer smokin' brother... but can you sell me some? Please.
silly guy. we dont "sell" our stuff. we will, however, tell you how to grow it. :P
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Well if it works ,I guess backing it with Boogers is not out of the question?
Man I know that some days mine are about as tough as Hide Glue!!!!!!!! Pull out half my Nose Hair ta get one Booger out....now thats tough enough ta Hold Sinew down!!!!! :o :o
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I guess it sounds more reasonable than soaking your bow in salt water or buffalo pee...... O:)
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You all win..your all sicker than I am!!! ;D
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I guess it sounds more reasonable than soaking your bow in salt water or buffalo pee...... O:)
Yeah....
Guys, I think he's gotten enough 'it's not going to work' replies. :-\
Sean
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phooie on all of u.
I started saving my toenails in a jar just this morning. put it right beside the coffee jug so I wouldnt forget every morning... clip my nails....
Wife said what the #(*&#$@ is that...
well I just showed her this thread and told her a project for my next bow..
now I am sleeping in the garage with my toenail collection... but hay... wont be that long til I gots me a new bow....
Ya'all can send ur xtra tonail clippings to the below address....
No lint of fuzz contamination now...
AND NO DAM JAM pls....
maybe we can make it part of the next communitiy bow project...
Sorry I just couldn't resist...
Love the ingenuity tho... that is thinking outside the Box boy.... keep at it...
later
wade
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yall are insane.
well, i guess in order to top yall i got to make pig poo glue. :P
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I think making a horn bow out of toe nails sounds like a great idea. I think someone should try it. You need a big toe. A really big huge toe ;D Maybe yeti or king kong toe nail would work. :D
I hope you know we're just giving you a hard time. I have asked some questions I wish I didnt. I think you must have known it would get a few laughs?
Mullet - booger backed bows dont work out because boogers are weak in tension but I have seen people make booger backed couches :D
Jesse
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And Crane Seats too....I got to totally go through a Crane ....when We get rentals in....cant even make myself touch the Controls....I know how nasty most of them Operators are....and I ain't touching anything that their D^&* Skinners have been a touching......call me Anal if you like....but I am as Bad as Monk on TV ....when it comes to dirty Controls and Steering Wheels!!!!
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oh my...!!! - what a distinguished thread thisone turned out to be! ;D ;D ;D
frank
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What do you mean turned out to be.......did you read the Opening Post!!!!!!!!! Ewwww!!!!
;)
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Bowhound when ya get yer toenail backed bow done let me know and I will fish ya a big ball of
grease out of the primary tank at the plant, it should make for a nice water proof finish. BTW
I'm talking about a sewage plant.(http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh270/DanaMont/Bows/Other%20Stuff/eck35.gif)
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Bowbound... hadnt seen you post back and noticed that you were new...
wanted to make sure that you knew the ribbing this post is getting is nothin personal...
Everyone is just having fun with your topic.
although I have no clue how you would make an idea like this work
I ment what I said You're thinking outside the box and that is cool and will take you places and get things done.
too many of us are caught up in the same 'old, same 'old way of thinking. Keep it up.
N2