the pictures of ju yuan hao 1935

Thankyou so much Jiao. There is much good detail in these pictures.

Interesting Technique for bracing! Thank you for the link!
Are there more galleries?

JJ

I find it interesting that he is using the "sting walking tool" from the grip towards the tip. In the photographs from Chengdu, the bowmaker starts binding the horn down from the tip to the grip. He ties the end of the cord to the ear or tip of the bow and works from the outer end of the horn to the grip. The Beijing way seems easier if you are matching the ends of the horn together on the grip. The Chengdu way suggests that the horn was not expected to meet in the centre of the grip so that either end could be the starting point. It would be tidied up by inserting another piece of horn or bone to cover the centre part of the handle.

These are useful photographs, but would be even better with more informative captions.

The only assistant I had when using the binding tool was my 3 yr old daughter so I had to find an easier method and found that starting in the middle with the tip pointing towards me was the most convenient if there is no one helping you.This way after a couple of dry runs I got the horn bound on both limbs in a total of 20 min and I was going slow.

i guess it is only a few pics of lots about juyanghao in 1935, i am search the authorship form two china forum, the authorship is Hedda Morrison ,http://hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/harvar ... /morrison/
http://res4.nlc.gov.cn/home/index.trs?channelid=724

my internet speed is too slowly they say it is normally no problem! my head near explode for search

i try translate some useful info, the original pics explain is wrong

first is info and history about juyuan hao, i think you know it

in 2010-8-14 these pictures the juyuanhao has know what a man in pictures, he is a worker name shen6 of juyuanhao bowyer granddad of yangfuxi, he is very good worker if not do drawing job,


make the arrow shaft(you know how make the shaft)
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add the feather to shaft( will be add glue to feather)
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add the arrow head to shaft(add the feather to shaft)
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add the arrow head to shaft
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use a tool(走挫） do for what? we dont know
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sting walking tool for glue horn to core
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make the drawing on a bow of shoot marbles
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get string on a bow, i guess it is only a show for monkeyshine/acrobatism and very nice pose for who will on greet pictures
a nice chinese kongfu of 叶底偷桃(crush your two eggs but i think the worker need very be careful of his eggs)
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other nice chinese kongfu of 金鸡独立（one leg works)
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Hedda Morrison did a lot of photography in Beijing (then called 'Peiping') in the 1930s. Some were published in the Asia Magazine, and I've shown them on ATARN elsewhere. He seemed to take a particular interest in archery and bow-making.

Stephen,
Hedda Morrison was a she, not a he.

Oops! Beggin' her pardon! :oops: