hankyu bows

dantolin · Post by **dantolin** » Sat May 26, 2007 12:05 pm

Hello, I'm new in this forum, but I've visited you a lot of times, it's a nice archery forum.
I'd like to know if anyone knows how hankyus were (japanese short bows)
and if anyone has found any image of them....I have not, and I've tryed many times.
Were they built in the same way as yumi?(bamboo back and belly and a laminated core?)
Thank you,
David, from Spain

Stephen Selby · Post by **Stephen Selby** » Mon May 28, 2007 3:05 am

http://www.trocadero.com/MONTES/items/6 ... store.html

I believe they were reinforced with sinew and whale bone, and laquered.

S

Bede · Post by **Bede** » Mon May 28, 2007 5:06 am

Stephen,
That looks more like a rimankyu than a hankyu. The rimankyu that I handled looked like baleen that had been heat formed, but it was hard to tell. They may have been buffalo horn.

TradArcher · Post by **TradArcher** » Mon May 28, 2007 8:59 am

Try to browse internet with query : han kyu not hankyu

Janek

raygun · Post by **raygun** » Tue May 29, 2007 1:02 am

Han kyu looks like a great, small bow, but I've never seen it in today's kyudo, is there a reason why?

dantolin · Post by **dantolin** » Thu May 31, 2007 4:57 pm

Thank you, mates,
I'll try with han kyu instead of hankyu.
If you find some picture, please, let me know.
Thanks again,
David

sbartels · Post by **sbartels** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 9:53 am

I can't find any reliable picture of han kyu bows - only the palanquin bows.
han kyu seem to be a symmetrical bow with small recurves in the ends... As to method of construction the web seems to be empty -at least as far as pages go that are legible for gaijin..

dantolin · Post by **dantolin** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 6:56 pm

Yes sbarlets,
it happends the same to me.
I've mailed to a japanese friend to see if he can find anything and send me the images...if he sends me pics., I'll post them.
By,
David