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Kick

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Horn Bow Video
May 1^st, 2017 at 5:47am

I'm sure most of you are aware of my quick descent into bowyer madness with the construction of my bow made from old skis and I thought some of you would be interested in this video. I had never really understood how exactly horn bows were made but this video really clearly explains it and you can really see Tom Lucas is a master of his craft.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHDPg9RXUm0

You are a great guy Kick but also slightly scary at times. - Morphy
"Nothing matters, but it’s perhaps more comfortable to keep calm and not interfere with other people." - H.P. Lovecraft, in a letter to Frank Belknap Long, 7 October, 1923

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Morphy Slinging.org Moderator Offline Checkmate Posts: 8102	Re: Horn Bow Video Reply #1 - May 1^st, 2017 at 6:53am https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lNfH7qhsLGo Here's another if you are interested in the subject.
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Kick past-moderator Offline Posts: 4451 Finland	Re: Horn Bow Video Reply #2 - May 1^st, 2017 at 6:00pm Thanks that's really interesting. I would love to get a Korean or Mongolian bow. I really the design of them. Need to learn how to use my ski bow first though I think
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Reply #3 - May 11^th, 2017 at 9:36pm

Make bows. Make more bows. Make still more bows.

Every time I make a bow, I learn something new.

And if you have a bad piece of wood, make the bow anyway. You'll learn more from a marginal piece of wood. Even if it breaks. The knowledge is still there.

Probably broke the first 20 bows I made. Then I sat down with a guy and he showed me what to do. It was like a light bulb was switched on.

I worked on my bow for two days, a 10 year old girl was in the same class, she made her bow in about 8 hours.

Don't you just hate child prodigies? Grin

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