Gansu, Niya

jack farrell · Post by **jack farrell** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 1:06 am

As I understand it backed bows do better than horn bows in freezing weather. -j-

Stephen Selby · Post by **Stephen Selby** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 2:10 am

A few things -

I asked for the bow to be made to about 50#. I expect it could have been made heavier; but a visual inspection suggests that it is very close to the original.

Climate does of course affect performance. Mainly temperature. That Khotan bow was used in an area that sees a tamperature variation of +40C to -25C. (I myself have been at the point it was excavated, both at +50C in summer sun and -19C in the winter. The altitude is -60 metres pd.) The Mongolians tell be that extremely dry conditions harm bows; they go to some lengths to keep some moisture in the bow.

So if you ike the idea of long siyahs and you have such variable environmental conditions, then to keep stability, behaps extra-wide limbs are the way to go.

S

Stephen Selby · Post by **Stephen Selby** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 2:32 am

Orda Khan wrote:Are there any pictures of the reproduction?

Yes. See attachment.

MupKo · Post by **MupKo** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 8:10 pm

Hi! My question is off topic, but I'm interested how much did Grozer charge you for making replica. I sow on his site that his hornbows are 800-1000 euros, but he probably charge something extra for special orders. Thanks

Stephen Selby · Post by **Stephen Selby** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 2:16 am

I hope you would understand that I wouldn't reveal that. He is sometimes interested in a technical project for its own sake, which can affect what he decides to charge. You would need to get the answer from him.

S

MupKo · Post by **MupKo** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 3:46 pm

Thanks anyway, I will contact him, but before that, I have lots of work on finding the most interesting and characteristic bow from my country to be reconstructed. And to spare money of course.