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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: james parker on July 25, 2008, 02:52:07 pm

Title: horn bows
Post by: james parker on July 25, 2008, 02:52:07 pm

hers a couple of horn bows im woking on soon to finish,the turk is ready for it first stringing

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Post by: james parker on July 25, 2008, 03:07:10 pm

sorry here they are

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Post by: leapingbare on July 25, 2008, 03:15:46 pm

Cool Man, when can i shoot it?

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Post by: james parker on July 25, 2008, 03:22:29 pm

maybe at the knapp in jess

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Post by: leapingbare on July 25, 2008, 03:26:44 pm

hell yea!

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Post by: Papa Matt on July 25, 2008, 03:44:57 pm

What kind of horn is it and where do you get it?

~~Papa Matt

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Post by: james parker on July 25, 2008, 04:16:12 pm

water buffalo horn,internets,got great deals,not too bad $, heres two more pics, im gonna try to sting it today

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Title: Re: horn bows
Post by: james parker on July 25, 2008, 04:20:23 pm

the plains bow needs sinew still,but the tiller and overall balance looks good so far,it has regular cow horn,osage core,with a good deal of set back/reflex

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Post by: shikari on July 25, 2008, 10:15:26 pm

The turkish looks excellent,Not to mention the plains style as well,may I ask what you used for the core and sahiyas,I just managed to find some mulberry for the sahiyas for the one i plan on making ,will be using maple for the core myself,would appericiate it if you could tell me where you obtained the waterbufallow horn and if it was expensive.
Thanks,P.J.

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Post by: james parker on July 26, 2008, 01:05:29 am

look on ebay for horns they have plenty,and their reasonable,the turk is rock maple core with mulberry siyahs, five pc core,deer back strap sinew only, with squid bladder glue,its some very strong ,super stuff,but it stinks pretty bad when you cook it.and unreasonably sticky

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Post by: GregB on July 26, 2008, 01:40:49 am

Those are really lookin' good. Hope you bring them to the Classic in 09. I'd like to shootum! ;)

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Post by: medicinewheel on July 26, 2008, 03:41:46 am

WOW!!!!!!!! ...TUTORIAL???

frank

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Post by: shikari on July 26, 2008, 09:18:41 am

I bet you got a very strong bond with the squid bladder glue,The Koeran bow makers use sturgeon bladder for the glue in their hornbows,last time i tried to find sturgeon bladders in ohio people looked at me with some of the weiderst  expressions,there is a lack of chinese supermarkets in this area,are you planning to decorate and cober the back of the turkish bow?Keep us all updated with your progress.

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Post by: Justin Snyder on July 26, 2008, 09:55:24 am

Nice fixin's James.  We need LOTS more pictures.  ;) Justin

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Post by: Keenan on July 26, 2008, 10:49:03 am

  Awesome !!!  More pics and details...... Like Frank said " Tutorial"

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Post by: cowboy on July 26, 2008, 11:16:38 am

Those are very interesting, more pic's and some how-to's and tips would be interesting as well. Have you ever made a turk style without horn?

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Post by: mullet on July 26, 2008, 11:41:18 am

  I like those a lot. You can send me the bottom one. ;) That's the one you had at Pappy's wrapped up, isn't it?

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Post by: james parker on July 26, 2008, 01:29:12 pm

yea eddie im stinging it right now,let you know how it goes

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Post by: welch2 on July 26, 2008, 01:32:30 pm

James ,how did you get cow horn to work ? I've tried it a bunch of times and it usually delaminates ,either during staightening and flattening or even worse after I get it on the bow.

Ralph