is this a good start bow?

My brother bought a korean traditional bow recently, and I have found it very good in my opinion, it doesn't stack (35" draw) and its very fast.
I found it easy to shoot with a thumbring.

Hope this helps

Mike

cool, I can start with this and then upgrade to Chinese bow.

actually, I think Korean bow is same as Chinese bow in Ming dynasty.
Qing bow is heavy war bow on the other hand.

yeahsoo wrote:

http://www.aimarchery.com/Bows.asp


KB Korean Traditional

Suggested Retail Price:$152.00
Brace Height:7.5'
Weights: 29#, 40#, 50# 50``

the site does not have a big picture.
anyone have tried this bow? Is is ok as a start bow?
any tips?
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I had a lighter one as my first Asiatic Bow, it was light and sweet shooting.
I gave it to a friends Son as his first bow; he loves it.

:)

mucho gracias


However, this bow have a wierd siyah, not like Chinese or Korean bow, but more like a recurve bow limb, does it?


this one from 3 river seems more classic Korean style.
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The Koreans have their own unique bow design, though it is related to other composite bows in construction. The ears (siyahs) are different, but work very well.

Regarding the modern Korean bow, I have one that I was shooting today that I bought more than 25 years ago. I modified the grip by gluing on strips of cork and covering it with leather so that it resembles a Turkish bow. It is smooth to draw, shoots very straight and generates very good arrow speeds.

I have a modern Korean bow in the traditional form with Korean ears. It shoots accurately and the arrows travel quickly.

I am happy with both.

you are right,

the skb bow with siyah like this
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It is like other modern recurve bow

while triditional korean bow siyah looks like this

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and Chinese Qing style looks like this, and with the string bridge


but I guess I can not ask for too much on a 153$ bow

Yeashoo,

I am sure that you can purchase a stiff ear korean traditional bow from someone, I know that I can from quicks archery (www.quicks.com)

at the bottom of this pdf is a bow called 'classic hunter ktb' this is the bow I refer to (who knows why they dont say its korean)

http://www.quicks.com/pdf/quick_27.pdf.pdf

also search classic hunter ktb on their site homepage.

Unfortunately they are based in the UK but I'm sure a US supplier will do it somewhere.

Good luck with your search

Mike

Thank you very much

I think KTB is Korean traditional bow

I'm pretty sure that SKB is the traditional bow, if you look closely on the image you posted originally SKB is on the lower limb.

I'm not sure what KTB stands for however, maybe they are just different models of the same bow.

Mike

I finally got to shoot an SKB and it wasnt bad, in fact I was surprised how tolerable it was. I must admit I prefer the more traditional style bow pictured below. Thomas Duvernay sells them and my son loves his. I will be getting a second shortly.

I would describe the difference between the two as driving a small pickup truck and driving a sports car.

The Samik KB bow easily deforms and the string comes off. I do not recommend it.

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all the skb bow made in china qingdao city, my members has buy about 10 skb bows, they are beginer of traditional archer , they are use two fingers shoot it , more than half member of ten can not shooting good, i eat a surprise:D when i take the skb on hand, it like a toy, beautful and short. i and my archer friend test skb, target at 30m, we shoot more than 30 arrows .result is more left or more right, when we use other bow has no this bother, at last my arrow on the target, i add some setover the arrows point more left the target.

form some chese member saying , the skb scrounge near 80% traditional korean bow market rate, what important use a thumb ring and korean archery method shoot it !

The Samik KB bow easily deforms and the string comes off. I do not recommend it.

can you circumstantiate? the deforms and string comes off?

I guess if I can not get a Ju Yuan Hao bow, Grozer will be the option.

I know of a few examples of failure with Samik Korean Bows, all of them were breakages. I do not trust the modern recurve style string nocking points and the same applies to the Scythian bow that Grozer makes. I can well imagine the string pulling off the limb with a long draw.

a chinese study horseback archery form Kassai' school and buy more than 10 bows of kassai bow, but has no member interested it , also many member ask grozer's bow , more expensive than skb,the skb has a canada maple core but other bows has no this, also some member has use grozer'bows, the siyahs' weight not balance so the bow will shake more , also the skb has more shake cause long lamb and handle not so long and thin thickness,

but , there are some result the skb can use many years and keep it performance,if we are modern archer use modern bows , the trouble of select a bow will be reduce more.

I shoot Grozers scythian bow, and I can safely say that the string would only slip off the nock if you twisted the limbs during the draw. If you wanted to pull the string off by pulling the bow normally, you would first have to draw over the max draw length (32").
This goes for any bow buying though, if you wish to buy an expensive one, I'd go test it before you hand over your cash.

Mike

jiao wrote:

a chinese study horseback archery form Kassai' school and buy more than 10 bows of kassai bow, but has no member interested it , also many member ask grozer's bow , more expensive than skb,the skb has a canada maple core but other bows has no this, also some member has use grozer'bows, the siyahs' weight not balance so the bow will shake more , also the skb has more shake cause long lamb and handle not so long and thin thickness,

but , there are some result the skb can use many years and keep it performance,if we are modern archer use modern bows , the trouble of select a bow will be reduce more.

Did any give a good reason why they were not interested in Kassai bows? Or is it simply that they include modern materials? I tried my friend's 50# SKB, it seemed OK but I definitely would not swap the accuracy and stability of my Kassai Hun. Modern technologies provide a cheaper alternative for many who simply cannot afford the prices of true composite builds and if it encourages more archers I certainly do not dismiss it.

yeahsoo wrote:

you are right,

while triditional korean bow siyah looks like this

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but I guess I can not ask for too much on a 153$ bow

Yeahsoo,

The siyah you showed is NOT from a usual Korean traditional bow, but one of only a couple in the world Korean bamboo horsebow reproductions. One of them is in the UK and I have the other. Here is a picture of Korean trad bow siyahs; the one on the left is of a laminated style and the one on the right is a true horn bow.


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it real is a good bow , very very good bow ,when i use other arrows that i get greet result of shoot, in door i shoot a 5cm pattern on my window curtain in the 10M distance, and 50m shoot a box 50*40, i am not aiming but result is often very greet , why ?