hankyu bows
Hello, I'm new in this forum, but I've visited you a lot of times, it's a nice archery forum.
I'd like to know if anyone knows how hankyus were (japanese short bows)
and if anyone has found any image of them....I have not, and I've tryed many times.
Were they built in the same way as yumi?(bamboo back and belly and a laminated core?)
Thank you,
David, from Spain
I'd like to know if anyone knows how hankyus were (japanese short bows)
and if anyone has found any image of them....I have not, and I've tryed many times.
Were they built in the same way as yumi?(bamboo back and belly and a laminated core?)
Thank you,
David, from Spain
http://www.trocadero.com/MONTES/items/6 ... store.html
I believe they were reinforced with sinew and whale bone, and laquered.
S
I believe they were reinforced with sinew and whale bone, and laquered.
S
Stephen,
That looks more like a rimankyu than a hankyu. The rimankyu that I handled looked like baleen that had been heat formed, but it was hard to tell. They may have been buffalo horn.
That looks more like a rimankyu than a hankyu. The rimankyu that I handled looked like baleen that had been heat formed, but it was hard to tell. They may have been buffalo horn.
Try to browse internet with query : han kyu not hankyu
Janek
Janek
Han kyu looks like a great, small bow, but I've never seen it in today's kyudo, is there a reason why?
Thank you, mates,
I'll try with han kyu instead of hankyu.
If you find some picture, please, let me know.
Thanks again,
David
I'll try with han kyu instead of hankyu.
If you find some picture, please, let me know.
Thanks again,
David
I can't find any reliable picture of han kyu bows - only the palanquin bows.
han kyu seem to be a symmetrical bow with small recurves in the ends... As to method of construction the web seems to be empty -at least as far as pages go that are legible for gaijin..
han kyu seem to be a symmetrical bow with small recurves in the ends... As to method of construction the web seems to be empty -at least as far as pages go that are legible for gaijin..
Yes sbarlets,
it happends the same to me.
I've mailed to a japanese friend to see if he can find anything and send me the images...if he sends me pics., I'll post them.
By,
David
it happends the same to me.
I've mailed to a japanese friend to see if he can find anything and send me the images...if he sends me pics., I'll post them.
By,
David