horn sources in germany

stefandemeter · Post by **stefandemeter** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 7:52 pm

hi,

does anyone have any idea where I can get in germany adequate hornmaterial for turkish bows?

it would be great if the source did not charge an arm and a leg. I have found some orynx antelope horns quite expensive and have no idea if they are good enough.

couple of months ago I bought some white longhorns and they proved to be unusable after cutting them up. first because they are twisted ans secondly because they splinter and are layered.

redhawk · Post by **redhawk** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 9:40 pm

hi, contact Martin Hyslop, [email protected].
Great waterbuffalo horn, Martin lives in Scotland. He knows what hornbowyers need. Good prices, quick delivery.
Michael

Rapsod · Post by **Rapsod** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 2:54 am

You live in germany than why don't you order it from www.dick.biz .
It is not porno site. Thay are in town Matten near austria and czech. Order a free catalog with 160 full color pages. My friend ordered one strip and he was pleased with recived piece.

stefandemeter · Post by **stefandemeter** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 8:57 am

thanx a lot to both of you. I am going to look into this in a day or two and let you know how it worked out.

redhawk · Post by **redhawk** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 11:17 am

Hi, don?t buy the horn-strips from the Dick Company.
This is a alluring offer, but most of these horns will break, cause they don?t know how to cut the horn the right way!
Michael

Rapsod · Post by **Rapsod** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 12:16 am

That is good thing to know.

Stephen Selby · Post by **Stephen Selby** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 3:44 am

stefandemeter wrote: does anyone have any idea where I can get in germany adequate hornmaterial for turkish bows?

Peter Cua can send you horn from the Philippines Many bowyers use his horn. <[email protected]>

Rapsod · Post by **Rapsod** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 3:45 pm

How much is pair of horn strips from peter cua? Price is main problem for me. I am beginner so I am not willing to destroy my money.

stefandemeter · Post by **stefandemeter** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 7:04 pm

I have gotten an offer to buy and test Ankole-cattle or Watussi-cattle horns.

has anyone worked with such horns before? is it worth trying to work with them?

redhawk · Post by **redhawk** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 7:10 pm

Hi, I don?t know these Ankole-cattle horns but my experience with horns from watussis is very bad. To brittle, to thin, twisted.....................
Michael

stefandemeter · Post by **stefandemeter** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 8:29 pm

so can anyone of you pros give me an idea what kind of h?rns you are using and where you get them from.

I'd like also to start a new topic on step to step descriprion how to build a turkish hornbow. what do you think about that?

many thany for any feed-back,
stefan

redhawk · Post by **redhawk** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 10:01 pm

hi again, I use the reflexed parts of the waterbuffalo-horns. I buy them from Martin Hyslop.
Michael

stefandemeter · Post by **stefandemeter** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 9:21 am

hi michael,

do you buy them in strips or whole?
how much are they?

stefan

stefandemeter · Post by **stefandemeter** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 9:29 am

what kind of bows do you make? I live in ulm so we could talk on the phone if you dont mind.

stefan

redhawk · Post by **redhawk** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 10:52 am

hi Stefan, I?ve sent you a private message.
Michael

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