Hi,
A Hungarian sinew-horn bow has developed a weakness in one of its arms ( actually it had it from the beginning but it has got worse). I have tried binding with sinew the offending part but to only marginal effect.
Is there any problem in putting new sinew over old sinew?
It still shoots well. Should I just leave as it is? Does the imbalance damage the bow?
Thanks,
Tawfiq
New sinew over old?
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Tawfiq
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jack farrell
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Always best to balance. Ask the maker. If there is an issue with the core, the sinew will make it worse.
I once saw a Mongolian shooting with an ancient bow with four slips of horn bound extensively with thread to various parts of the limbs. This was a bow being used for their national competition.
I have also used this technique.
I once saw a Mongolian shooting with an ancient bow with four slips of horn bound extensively with thread to various parts of the limbs. This was a bow being used for their national competition.
I have also used this technique.
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Tawfiq
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Thanks Jack,
I do not think there is anything with the core. It started with a tiny original point on the sinew surface that flaked every time a little more and caused a relative weakness in that section.
But, can new sinew be safely be put over the old? Is there anything special that needs to be done.
..Talking about Mongol shooting, when I was in the last Nadaam in July. while watching the archery part I was a little surprised to see many of their horn bows completely bound up in nilon cord from top to bottom. A very unsightly cover of their otherwise fine looking bows. I was unable, language problem, to get an explanation for this unsightly fashion.
I do not think there is anything with the core. It started with a tiny original point on the sinew surface that flaked every time a little more and caused a relative weakness in that section.
But, can new sinew be safely be put over the old? Is there anything special that needs to be done.
..Talking about Mongol shooting, when I was in the last Nadaam in July. while watching the archery part I was a little surprised to see many of their horn bows completely bound up in nilon cord from top to bottom. A very unsightly cover of their otherwise fine looking bows. I was unable, language problem, to get an explanation for this unsightly fashion.
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jack farrell
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I have seen Adam post that he does not favor repairing old sinew. Since sinew glue can be reconstituted, I do not see why some technique cannot be successful.
Repairing and sustaining a hornbow is different than making one. You see on Mongolian bows many techniques used to prolong the life of damaged bows. Some of these efforts are heroic.
Any spiral binding on a hornbow is an attempt to keep the components together. The binding with mono-filament fish line gives the decorated surface of a bow a futuristic optical effect. Added to an already overbuilt bow, the increase in size also distracts.
Some few Mongolians are returning to their former indigenous type of bows, rather than Manchu types ubiquitous among them, but I do not know their source for these bows. I assume these newer bows are imported.
Mongolian archery just is what it is; a difficult contest and unusual equipment.
Repairing and sustaining a hornbow is different than making one. You see on Mongolian bows many techniques used to prolong the life of damaged bows. Some of these efforts are heroic.
Any spiral binding on a hornbow is an attempt to keep the components together. The binding with mono-filament fish line gives the decorated surface of a bow a futuristic optical effect. Added to an already overbuilt bow, the increase in size also distracts.
Some few Mongolians are returning to their former indigenous type of bows, rather than Manchu types ubiquitous among them, but I do not know their source for these bows. I assume these newer bows are imported.
Mongolian archery just is what it is; a difficult contest and unusual equipment.