OK fellas after the video we all will make a bow Yea Right!!!!!!
I don't know how they came up with that procedure, but it was definitely labor intensive, I couldn't make one because there is no way I could sit on the floor with my legs under me like that......LOL!
Thanks Frisky That humbled me a little, and I thought I was doing something carving out a piece of hickory.....Ha!Ha!
This guy had amazing skills, just getting a bow like that to string and being able to shoot it without throwing the string took amazing skill. I doubt the bow performs very well though, wood is just not able to bend that much and maintain its integrity. I think he could have gotten at least equal or better performance with a lot less work. But his workmanship was art in motion and I have the deepest respect for him as a craftsman.
The wood is not performing much in this bow, I went through this phase about 15 years ago. The sinew is doing all the work, the wood is just giving the sinew something to bend around. Regardless the guy has amazing talent. The horn doesn't crush the same way wood does, horn will still remain an elastic material.
No, it really doesn't matter, what the point is that he could probably get better performance using a much simpler design. I honestly admire work like this but I don't think it is a good thing to lead people top believe that this is possibly a better way of doing things because it is not. Folks like myself have spent countless dollars and hours chasing designs like this because we have seen posted models that work, fact is they don't work that well and we shouldn't mislead people into thinking they do.
I agree with you on that, OCR, if your results are good you should absolutely push the design. I think each person should report their own experience. I admittedly am no expert on sinew, The designs I have done with similar profiles to that have been very sweet shooters and not bad performers but by no means top performers. And I have also seen similar designs show up at the salt flats and they were not impressive. I bet if he took that same design and backed off on it a bit it would be faster than what it is now.
I knew you were going to tell me the lack of horn made for an inferior bow, lol, but I still say this bow could conquer the world, even today! It's nearly up to Grail greatness!
I really admire the bow and the workmanship, I just think for new bow builders they should understand that sinew is doing most the work and the wood is basically crushed. There is a good reason bows are designed around the materials they are made of. I don't think this design optimizes wood and sinew.
