a Chinese bronze thumb thing...

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a Chinese bronze thumb thing...

Post by Romain » Sat Sep 24, 2005 10:06 am

Hi,

Today I was shown this original bronze artifact. It has a little hook protruding on the top right side...

The dealer says it's a protection worn on the bow hand thumb, and that the arrow shaft would pass on top while being held in place with the little hook...
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Post by Romain » Sat Sep 24, 2005 10:10 am

Another view.

Do you think he's right ?
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Post by Uli » Sun Sep 25, 2005 8:45 am

text moved to "technique" section
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Post by Romain » Sun Sep 25, 2005 9:14 am

The artifact above would be of no use to draw the string, it would come out at the slightest effort.

The hypothesis would be a protection worn on the bow hand, where the arrow would pass on top of the protection.
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Post by Uli » Sun Sep 25, 2005 10:08 am

:? right, sorry I did overread "bow hand" in your comment
and - the notch would cause harm to the index finger instead of stabilizing the arrow. ;-)
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Re: a Chinese bronze thumb thing...

Post by Stephen Selby » Sun Sep 25, 2005 11:01 am

Romain wrote: Today I was shown this original bronze artifact. It has a little hook protruding on the top right side...

The dealer says it's a protection worn on the bow hand thumb, and that the arrow shaft would pass on top while being held in place with the little hook...
It's a leather-worker's thimble, not a thumbring.
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Post by Uli » Sun Sep 25, 2005 12:47 pm

:D :D :D
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Post by Romain » Sun Sep 25, 2005 2:52 pm

:shock:

What's a thimble ?
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Post by Dave » Mon Sep 26, 2005 12:40 am

A thimble is a device used by leatherworkers and sewing types to protect the end of the thumb when pushing needles through leather, felt, cloth etc.

European thimbles have for a long time been made of silver, gold and other metals, and look like a dimpled helmet for your thumb.

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Post by Uli » Mon Sep 26, 2005 10:50 am

but the european one look much nicer than this one, they have pictures on it and may be made of metals or ceramics - my grandma used to collect them
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