As said before i have had the Kassai Wolf II which i found to be quite long (for horseback archery) the look of his bows are lovely and every one of them have great curveture (which personally i like). I havent tried any others wich maybe unwise???
To the Grozer i have tried a laminated Hunter recurve which not only did i not like in the hand (the wood was slippy) but it was very twangy when letting the string loose (hope this makes sence) twangy, hard almost uncomfortable. but once again i havent tried any others. For looks i like the Hungarian, Sythian and one other (?) but i obviously dont know what they shoot like - now if they are all similar i may not like them??!!
As for Saluki (Novotny bows) his bows start at $600 for a horsebow which once imported to the UK i suppose im looking at ?380 approx, but then if you want extra woods and not the basic bamboo the price goes up then if you want a different riser, stactic tip and decoration then you have to add $35 - $40 per item extra. Money is always the pain in the backside but for a "really good" bow i think its worth it, seeing i only realy want the one maybe 2 bows i dont mined having a Kassai/ Grozer as well.
A lot of you guys here seem to have many bows each so if you where to add the total cost of money spent on bows it adds up to alot (probably more than a Saluki) and for me i can only use one bow at a time (and im FEMALE!!!!!
) i just want to spend the money wisely.i do have 2 pixs of the bows they are - Damascus & Genghis - the Genghis is based on the Genghis dynasty which was apparently found in accilogical(SP) digs, this would make the bow based on Mongolain style, seeing that the Huns & Mongols had very similar taste on the style of bow saluki i would say that the Hungarian/debate is pointless
granted the saluki bows do not look like the typical Hun/mongol with the curves and ears but if it proforms then shorly we can put aside our vanity for such extras??
There was a question as to what im realy after in a bow so i will explain: -
neat and settled in the hand with no shock (to be like a women smooth and tender with a big heart)/ smooth to draw and quick to release/ no whip back on the string/ plesent to look at but not essentail/ Laminated (a must) and i want to be able to hold my arrows in the bow hand. right now you know what i want whos making it for me???
