Mongolian

rtvn · Post by **rtvn** » Sun Jun 19, 2016 10:57 am

Ready for sinew.
This bow is 140 cm ntn. Width is 38 mm. Thickness is 7.5 mm.
I took the Caagan Chad bow´s dimensions roughly as template. The Siyahs are 30 cm.
The width is limited by the horn available. Aiming at about 50" I chose that thickness.

A.Haydar · Post by **A.Haydar** » Thu Jun 30, 2016 5:00 am

Nice bow! but I think with that 'shoulder', the siyah somehow resemblance slightly turkish rather than mongolian..

can you tell what core did you use? thanks

btw, its more convenient if the picture width is 1024 in pixel.. imo

rtvn · Post by **rtvn** » Fri Jul 01, 2016 1:16 pm

A. Haydar,
I know this with the picture size. Mistake. But if you click on it, it will be opened in another window.
The core is ash wood, the siyahs are maple laminated with horn beam.
For the shoulder I tried to get the shape depicted in the painting which is the Atarn Facebook cover photo. I used a thick wire to bent it into this shape and that is how it turned out.

A.Haydar · Post by **A.Haydar** » Fri Jul 01, 2016 1:53 pm

what I mean with 'shoulder' is this:

afaik, its doesn't appear in mongolian design..

rtvn · Post by **rtvn** » Fri Jul 01, 2016 3:39 pm

I see what you mean.
You are right, the Cagaan Chad does not have this. I decided for this too have more clearance for the string loop. Anyway it´s just 2 mm to each side. The string bridge is still missing anyway. I actually could change the shape after having put the string on first try when I see how it works out.

A.Haydar · Post by **A.Haydar** » Fri Jul 01, 2016 4:22 pm

I really want to build such bow, maybe someday.. currently only have 1 hornbow project, but its already give me headache..

anyway, I hope your project going great..

rtvn · Post by **rtvn** » Sun Jul 03, 2016 8:44 am

Thanks, same to you.
One horn bow project at the time is enough.