korean bowyer in china make bows and arrows ?

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korean bowyer in china make bows and arrows ?

Post by jiao » Thu Nov 08, 2007 11:01 am

http://www.51arrow.com/shownews.asp?id=58

is these picture from korean forum? who know which korean bowyer in china? real?
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Post by jiao » Thu Nov 08, 2007 11:12 am

http://www.51arrow.com/Product.asp


http://www.51arrow.com/ProductShow.asp?ArticleID=108

the korean hornbow cost 3800rmb( 500 us$), IT IS A Hwarang BOW?
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Post by Thomas Duvernay » Thu Nov 08, 2007 12:53 pm

Jiao,

I heard there was a Korean bowyer who set up shop somewhere in China in order to get around the import ban on horn and sinew; I suppose this could have been it.

Yep, the laminated bow sure looks like the Hwarang.


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Post by jiao » Fri Nov 09, 2007 3:17 am

thanks thomas!
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