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Offline EdwardS

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Can you use sheep horn on a regular horn bow?
« on: January 18, 2017, 12:13:43 am »
I'm planning my first horn bow, and I fell in love with the look of sheep horn from loefflerchuck and wizardgoat's sinew/horn bows.  Looking at making something like a Manchu bow, but white buffalo horn is stupid expensive and sheep is more reasonably priced.  I'm just at the planning stage now, so any advice will directly influence what I do.

Offline High-Desert

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Re: Can you use sheep horn on a regular horn bow?
« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2017, 09:40:45 am »
Are you trying to avoid black? Because water buffalo horn is cheap........relative to the others you mentioned.

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Offline stuckinthemud

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Re: Can you use sheep horn on a regular horn bow?
« Reply #2 on: January 18, 2017, 03:56:37 pm »
and you can bleach buffalo horn

Offline loefflerchuck

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Re: Can you use sheep horn on a regular horn bow?
« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2017, 05:33:29 pm »
Mouflon sheep is cheaper than bighorn. It is also thinner so does not work well for a horn sinew only bow. It would be a great option on a true composite, but buffalo is still cheaper.