A Take-down 'Traditional' Bow

Stephen Selby · Post by **Stephen Selby** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 3:24 am

In order to satisfy people who would like to try out a traditional bow design (Tibetan horseback archery bow), we have developed a take -down design that should be quite inexpensive to ship. It is 100% fiberglass limbs with a steel grip and wooden siyahs.
Construction is dead simple. I am not making any great claims about the shooting quality of this bow. We are producing them for poorer people in the west of China. I can certainly shoot accurately enough with it. We do not have very great demands for horseback archery shooting.

Stephen Selby · Post by **Stephen Selby** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 3:28 am

Here is a photo of the components. The is a leatherette covering and some silly plastic decoration that we'll get rid of. They cost US$200 before shipping. This is a bit more expensive than the local price; but we are hoping that western buyers will subsidize our production for the Tibetans, who have no money to buy bows.

greg.krankurs · Post by **greg.krankurs** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 9:30 am

Stephen let us know when these are ready. I travel a lot. Very interested in gettin one i can travel with. now if only they could make take down arrows haha.

Evan Painter · Post by **Evan Painter** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 11:01 pm

I am a college student and having something like that would be much easier to take back and forth between home and school (especially since right now I only have 6 foot longbows).

Thanks,
Evan Painter

Stephen Selby · Post by **Stephen Selby** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 4:18 am

I now have six of these bows available for US$200 each plus shipping. Weight is about 35# (no other weights are available at present). Draw length is up to 30".

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Hyarmendacil · Post by **Hyarmendacil** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 9:12 pm

Just wondering: are these the same bows now being offered for $150 plus shipping? If so, that's a pretty hefty discount....

Bede · Post by **Bede** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 1:04 am

Thanks to Stephen, I was able to test one of these bows. For the limited distances used in horse archery, it is perfectly acceptable. My shooting of it aslo showed it to be consistent and accurate to about 50 metres. I did not try it past that distance.

As a cheap and transportable bow it succeeds, but it is well to remember that it has its limits. However, it is smooth to draw and most people who saw me shoot at my club were intrigued by the shape.

jak · Post by **jak** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 9:53 pm

Hey Mr SELby I was speaking of these bows.....