working on turkish bow, any suggestions??
Hey guys,
This morning i went down to a pond about 100 yards from our house. I cut some kind of sapling - shoot type thing. I carved out a bow 45 inches long, which is about 5# @ 26, ofcourse, firstly, it's not dry and secondly, that's just the core of the bow. I don't know what kind of wood it is. All i know is that it is soft, and flexible. It also has a odd smell about it. I plan to recurve it once it is done. Any suggestions on making it?? I don't have any acess to horn whatsoever, so i will probably back it with some strips of wood and sinew.
I would appreciate your help
Mike
This morning i went down to a pond about 100 yards from our house. I cut some kind of sapling - shoot type thing. I carved out a bow 45 inches long, which is about 5# @ 26, ofcourse, firstly, it's not dry and secondly, that's just the core of the bow. I don't know what kind of wood it is. All i know is that it is soft, and flexible. It also has a odd smell about it. I plan to recurve it once it is done. Any suggestions on making it?? I don't have any acess to horn whatsoever, so i will probably back it with some strips of wood and sinew.
I would appreciate your help
Mike
hello beaverbutt8,
I?ve made almost every bow possible,but no repro of a turkish bow,cause this is the bow I really found it hard to do it right.
But what I know that its core is made of 5 parts:grip,2 limbs and 2 siyahs.
I rough-tiller the wooden cores of my hornbows up to a 15" draw with a drawweight of about 10-20lbs,the finally desired drawweight is produced by the thickness of the horn and the sinew-backing and the reflex.
If you don?t know what kind of wood you are using there could the problem arise that the wood will break when it will be dry.Maybe all of us could remember their first bows made of green hazelnut-saplings,they worked well when wet but sooner or later they broke.
Maybe you could post a picture of this wood(with leaves and bark) and someone could identify it?
I?ve made almost every bow possible,but no repro of a turkish bow,cause this is the bow I really found it hard to do it right.
But what I know that its core is made of 5 parts:grip,2 limbs and 2 siyahs.
I rough-tiller the wooden cores of my hornbows up to a 15" draw with a drawweight of about 10-20lbs,the finally desired drawweight is produced by the thickness of the horn and the sinew-backing and the reflex.
If you don?t know what kind of wood you are using there could the problem arise that the wood will break when it will be dry.Maybe all of us could remember their first bows made of green hazelnut-saplings,they worked well when wet but sooner or later they broke.
Maybe you could post a picture of this wood(with leaves and bark) and someone could identify it?