Hornbow in the works
The wood is cornelian-cherry. I found it with nearly the shape I desired.
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c39/t ... 1a1C-1.jpg
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c39/t ... 1a1C-2.jpg
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c39/t ... nded-1.jpg
Next I applied sinew, 2 courses in a 7 day period.
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c39/t ... inew-1.jpg
The bow after 2 weeks has begun to gain ever more reflex.
I hang it above the floor heater in the bedroom, and leave it alone for a while.
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c39/t ... buff-1.jpg
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c39/t ... 1a1C-1.jpg
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c39/t ... 1a1C-2.jpg
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c39/t ... nded-1.jpg
Next I applied sinew, 2 courses in a 7 day period.
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c39/t ... inew-1.jpg
The bow after 2 weeks has begun to gain ever more reflex.
I hang it above the floor heater in the bedroom, and leave it alone for a while.
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c39/t ... buff-1.jpg
Thisa is a bow which looks very much like my Monglian bow (almost 1000 years old).
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Thankyou Stephen.
I would like to have it end up with this profile.
http://www.atarn.org/mongolian/mn_nat_arch/Image13.gif
I would like to have it end up with this profile.
http://www.atarn.org/mongolian/mn_nat_arch/Image13.gif