Chinese Bow

I understand that some better hornbows are being made in China now; but I haven't seen them myself yet.

Please note that Chinese hornbows, which have large siyahs, perform badly at a low draw-weight. I don't think that any Chinese hornbow less than 40# would be effective.

Hownbows in 'Mongolian' style made by Csaba Grozer are strong and reliable; but are not exactly the same as Chinese traditional bows - especially in the decoration. Lucas Novotny makes beautiful Chinese bows, but the price is at the higher end.

Go to that site- www.nycmongol.com/archery.html .Sell "traditional mongol bow"-i dont know what qualiti it is , but its traditional construction-horn, fish glue,wood , sinew, birch bark.

Stephen Selby wrote:

I understand that some better hornbows are being made in China now; but I haven't seen them myself yet.

Please note that Chinese hornbows, which have large siyahs, perform badly at a low draw-weight. I don't think that any Chinese hornbow less than 40# would be effective.

Hownbows in 'Mongolian' style made by Csaba Grozer are strong and reliable; but are not exactly the same as Chinese traditional bows - especially in the decoration. Lucas Novotny makes beautiful Chinese bows, but the price is at the higher end.

How can I get a Chinese bow? I shoot 40 pounds, and I love china, and chinese bowmaking is a lost art, so I would love to buy a chinese horn bow from a more economical seller than lukas novotny. I mean no disrespect to Lukas, because he and I are good friends.

Yu Yuanhao eshop. Mybe here you can buy(?)

www.juyuanhao.org/contents/en-us/d3.html

I can get you one, my uncle in China is making them

CaesarSPQR wrote:

I can get you one, my uncle in China is making them

Hey, could you post a few photos of your Uncle's bows please?
Thanks :-)

mongolianarcher wrote:

How can I get a horn bow at a low draw weight and made in a Chinese style...

We don't have horn bows, but we do carry Manchu style bows...

Please see: http://sevenstarstrading.com/site/tradi ... searchery/

I don't know much of the cinese archery ... but this chinese bow isn't strung backwards ?
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unusual technique , if you ask me .

the trajectory may be very flat,but only for a short distance....

mongolianarcher wrote:

How can I get a Chinese bow? I shoot 40 pounds, and I love china, and chinese bowmaking is a lost art, so I would love to buy a chinese horn bow from a more economical seller than lukas novotny. I mean no disrespect to Lukas, because he and I are good friends.

Jaap Koppedrayer made mine. It has natural bark covering and ray-skin covered ears and was even painted with the traditional dyes and finished with urushi lacquer. It turned out a little lighter than expected so he will make me another but this one already is a delight to draw and shoot.

Lukas Novotny is an excellent bowyer as well but he refuses to make the ears as long as the actual Manchu type bow. (And so do most other bowyers, even those making glassfiber replicas, because longer ears need a higher standard of precision in making and are not too effective at the more popular lower draw lengths.)

-Peter

Yes, I guess Middle Easterns are his forte. And I got to see your bow in the makings a while back at Jaap's house.