uniform size horn strips:huge mistake for making horn bow

stiventiger · Post by **stiventiger** » Wed May 18, 2011 2:12 am

when i sell horn strips to buyers,some buyers ask me to offer them uniform size horn strips( 2 side is flat and uniform thickness)
my personal idea( also i ask some good horn bow maker in china also korean horn bow maker)
uniform size is not for real expert horn bow maker,it is for starter to practice,and uniform horn strips(horn bow) is not using horn natural bent force when you draw,they think and just use horn strips as decoration of the horn bow,that is big and huge mistake,if some master agree my point of view.

thanks

muzzler · Post by **muzzler** » Wed May 18, 2011 12:08 pm

what mean uniform.
that the wide and thikness of horn strips is same during long.
And what is your recomends?

Kyudohund · Post by **Kyudohund** » Wed May 18, 2011 2:53 pm

I got some horn from tiger which was bend sidewise; so if you draw a straight strip on it, the strip will be very short, because its running out of the horns shape. Too the direction of fiber has a curve. I don?t think its leading to a disired result to bend 3 cm wide horn sidewise by heat. Somewhen the horn tries to go back in its natural shape and you have a twist in the bow.

Peter

stiventiger · Post by **stiventiger** » Thu May 19, 2011 2:32 am

if little bend on side,heat and make it oppsite direction more,than cold it( in cold water etc) immidiatly,otherwise,it will return to its original shape when hot,so,when it back,it will return to center straight,of course,we will try our best to do all in straight,but in natural horn,very straight horn is so diffciult to find out,we choice 100pcs from almost from 18 tone(18000kg) of natural waterbufello horn,you imaging how difficult to choice proper horn for making horn strips for making horn bow,

stiventiger · Post by **stiventiger** » Thu May 19, 2011 2:38 am

muzzler wrote:what mean uniform.
that the wide and thikness of horn strips is same during long.
And what is your recomends?

uniform means thickness is same,like all strips thick is 3-4mm