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My first horn bow

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HuanWei
Hi,all I am wencheh's friend and this is my first horn bow,42 lb at 30"
was made by maple core ,maple siyahs and deer leg sinew.
This is bow maybe like "QingHai bow", is it?
Alan Flashing
Very nice looking.
jbl
Very nice looking bow. Probably a joy to shoot.
Kviljo
Awesome work! :) Have you covered it with something?
HuanWei
It is looked not good after glued bark and painted it..... :(
This is picture before glued bark .
And I made a small one by bamboo core, pig leg sinew.
Hermitking
The blend, or transition from bending limb to siyahs seems very subtle and graceful. It looks like a very stable yet powerful design.
redhawk
Hi huan wei, welcome here,

Great done bow!
Would you tell us its measurements?
The little one looks great too.

Michael
jack farrell
Huan; Very nice accomplishments. Welcome to our forum.

Have you seen actual prototypes? Museums are perfect places to see the originals.

This bow is like a reconstructed bow of the 20th century done by Tibetians and other minorities of China. They take apart Qing bows and re assemble them to use for archery contests. In doing so they often cut down the siyahs and the reflex will be much reduced from long use.

This is just my observation. You have made two excellent bows. Jack.
HuanWei

redhawk wrote:

Hi huan wei, welcome here,

Great done bow!
Would you tell us its measurements?
The little one looks great too.

Michael

Hi, Michael.

almost 147cm and 565g.

jack farrell wrote:

Huan; Very nice accomplishments. Welcome to our forum.

Have you seen actual prototypes? Museums are perfect places to see the originals.

This bow is like a reconstructed bow of the 20th century done by Tibetians and other minorities of China. They take apart Qing bows and re assemble them to use for archery contests. In doing so they often cut down the siyahs and the reflex will be much reduced from long use.

This is just my observation. You have made two excellent bows. Jack.

Hi, Jack

Yes, I had seen some actual prototypes of Qing Bows.

This bow is sure be like a Qing bow that cut down the siyahs .
Because I referred to the picture of Tibetan bow (QingHai bow)to build it.
I like the curve of the Tibetan bow (short siyahs).

HuanWei
jack farrell
HuanWei; In that case you might also like Buryat bows, found in Outer Mongolia and Buryat Republic.

These have similar shape but different construction. -j-
zora
a lack knowledge to give remarks, but looks really beautiful to me