Old hornbow at ebay

Tomik · Post by **Tomik** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 7:43 am

Found an old hornbow at ebay and was wondering if somebody could tell more about the bow
http://cgi.ebay.com/Antique-archery-Wen ... dZViewItem

Greg Yang · Post by **Greg Yang** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 10:06 am

My suggestion is, do not buy it if it is damaged by water. One of the major threat for a horn bow is water and moisture, as horn bow is made up bynatual fish/animal glue to bound up different materials, such as horn, bark, senew, etc. Thus you dont want to buy a bow that may potentially fall apart due to disolution of the glue.

On the other hand, if you just want to buy a bow and never use it and treated it as a collection, than this boy may be fine. But I am not sure if this bow is indeed few hundred years old or the price is right.

Regards,

Thomas Duvernay · Post by **Thomas Duvernay** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 10:11 pm

I noticed it's coming from Gene Wensel, a famous name in Western trad archery. Isn't it a late Qing bow?

Stephen Selby · Post by **Stephen Selby** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 1:09 am

I have a bow almost identical to this one, though in better condition. My one was taken as booty from the campaign by eight western forces at Da Gu Tai in the 1860s and ended up in England.

The bow on auction, although broken above the grip, seems to be a good historical specimen. Ok for a collection, but no good to shoot. It should not be restored, as that would be a waste of a nice specimen.

Tomik · Post by **Tomik** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 6:13 am

Thank you all for the information.
Actually my intentions was not to buy the bow, just learn more about it and maybe give someone else who would appreaciate such piece a chance to buy it.