1930`s inspired flight bow
This is my latest flight bow, inspired by the old flight bows made by Lee Sublette, Harry Drake and several others. It is 42" long and 85#/24. I think it could be pulled furher, but I save it for the...
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Redhawk - it is a hornbow unless i'm mistaken! I tend to agree with what Adam has said on the subject of comparing hornbows and selfbows. It basically comes down to a light hornbow needing the same...
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Generaly speaking the more elastic something is the lighter mass weight per energy storgae can be acheieved. In the case of this bow here my guess would be it may perform best with a slightly longer...
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Schould make a 4 owerdraw on this bow. So it could be a classy with 23 long arrows. Nice work but I think the core wood schould be lighter. How much layer sinew on it?
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Thank you guys, I appreciate your thoughts here. Mike , you are right. The bending sections are long so it will probably take a longer draw. Thanks for the link, Michael. That is exactly the pictures...
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You will pick up an additional 20 ft # with 24" draw. 650 to 700 yards would not surprise me.
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It's very interesting to see these old bows. I haven't seen them before and they are sparking some thoughts Seeing as there are examples of some 'experimental' hornbows here already......These...
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There are records of wooden footbows shooting over 700-800 yards and let's face it, the Turkish bow which shot over 900 was basically of footbow weight. Right now it seems like both types have the...
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Mike, that is a cool bow ! I wonder how far it can shoot at full draw ! The brace height should make room for a long overdraw, dont you think ? 23" long arrows drawn to 29", that should be interesting...
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The primitive rule allows a 4 Long owerdraw on complex composites and a 2 long on simple composites.
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Bruno Send me your mail add in a Pm. Have some more pics from this bows. Will send those for U
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Wow! that's nice!I've wanted to build a similar one for some time, I was thinking ipe belly and maple core and tips.... sinew-ed as well.I've kinda wondered why we don't see bows of this shape...
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Regarding that bow of mine above. I thinned/narrowed the levers once I had tillered it. I think i could still remove quite a lot of weight from them. I shot it last weekend but only with 26 inch...
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Patrick - have you read Adam's book on Turkish Hornbows? He has worked out that the rough draw weight of the 925yd record setting flight bow would have had to have been around 140 -150 lbs. This isn't...
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He, mikekeswick, I really know some very tough and well- trained guys, a friend of mine is a professional artistic gymnastic, another friend of mine is a surf- trainer, a professional too, every now...
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Both bows, by Bruno and Mike have a lot of potential. Bruno's bow has an advantage over the Turkish bows in the grip projecting from the belly, which adds an "overdraw" in the design to use shorter...
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I definitely believe the old record is legit. After all it has been broken by a modern bow. I remember reading the number 168 for the draw weight for the Sultan's bow. Not sure if this was an actual...
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redhawk 53 wrote:He, mikekeswick, I really know some very tough and well- trained guys, a friend of mine is a professional artistic gymnastic, another friend of mine is a surf- trainer, a professional...
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I took the small hornbow out on the range again yesterday, and shot a new personal best of 409 yards. I didnt get as many tries as I hoped since it started to rain again.
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