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Aha! I was right.... I thought I saw that somewhere.... Yes iron bows.... I've read stories about them before, like they were mythical weapons for their time.

I have seen the mongolian bows, and they are UGLY.... just my opinion! And look heavier at the limb tips, though I've never handled one. They decorate their bows with patterns and designs drawn on them. And it seems they use birch for wood arrows. They also use the sinew and animal horn, although it seems it wasn't water buffalo specific, like mountain goat, and whatever horn they could get their hands on that could be cut to strips, and they use a lot of wood, no mention of bamboo from the ones I've seen.

Wow! Great Pics!! Mr.Yun has a great draw... I have been speaking to him lately about his bow and arrow quiver as I have them on order. Wish there was a range/club like this in U.S. or close to me...

Thomas, you mentioned nocking point, what is a great fool proof way to find it? Also is it okay to put a small nocking point on the string to keep the arrow in place? Not sure if it was the nocks on my arrows but it kept sliding up and down the string and was hard to get consistent shot placement and release on my kaya ktb... My shots were off to the right. I'm sure my technique can be improved with practice but I dont want to get any bad habits. It's like if you are in korea and practice there, the techniques are for 145m shots, most of us outside of Korean can only shoot indoors most of time which is 20-40 yards on the average, I wonder if the aiming and technique is the same, you are probably used to aiming in the air to hit your 145m target and I'm aiming down my arrow and sight shooting close range...also I didn't have mug time lately to shoot the kaya ktb so I need to practice a lot more..

I think the consensus is 5" feathers X 3, and four inch feathers X 4. I use a bitzenberger right helical and the ones I made recently fly great! They just fly straight. I have made some up with 4 feather parabolic @90 degrees so will let you guys know how they fly.. Maybe not the fastest arrows in the world, but they shoot where I point and are quiet and hits the target hard! I am currently shooting gold tip 5575 with 100 grain brass inserts at the tip, and 125 grain field point, and I weighed them on my scale and they are exactly 550 grains give or take a grain but that's from the variation in the carbon arrows weight. I had some glue on adapters and I've made 500 grain arrows, 550 grain which I've shot and fly awesome, and one monster 600 grain arrow, which includes a 25 grain lumenok, and a glue on point adapter with brass 125 grain tips.  I'm going to have to get a chronograph to measure speed and calculate FPE (foot pounds energy) to see how much power I'm making.

Hey steve, I ordered up 100 shafts and a couple hundred pheasant feathers from tiger, great guy to deal with, thanks for the heads up, and yes he does offer shafts up to that weight and is willing to do anything you need as long as you order a decent quantity.

Were going to have to make a play date and show off our babies soon!..

Okay Ladies and Gentlemen... Here are the pics please give me your comments and thoughts on my progress so far....

Kaya Bow, black leather grip after drying 24 hours outside grip. You can see the line where it joins for placement, but it is barely noticeable when looking at it. The original grip also had it join on this side, but the maker overlays the pattern so its difficult to distinguish, does a good job on it. Whats underneath is the black foam grip, which was in previous pictures. You can also see the arrow pass leather also is finished in this way.

Inside Grip, clean. Notice the string, switched it to the white one for a few days

Here is the paracord wrapped over the leather as it dried to keep pressure on the leather to the grip, and the 2 ends together at the seam. I wrapped it tightly, and I think it helped with the proper adhesion no bubbles, and beautiful placement.There was just enough glue on the other side the back of the leather was smoothed over with the plastic knive evenly. Once I removed the wrap, it was stationary, rock solid stationary. This can be peeled off if need be and replaced or whatever. No permanence to this mod. If you have a slight crease, rub some lotion on it, and keep rubbing the spot, the glue may still move around a tiny bit to get out any imperfections you find when you remove the cord.

Looks more like a big boys bow already.. Classy.

This is the Kaya Khan. About to pull the wrap off. This is just my technique, I have never done this before, or even worked with leather or on my bows. I just felt that it would make it better, the ideas just come to me. It feels refreshing to be able to do this. I But I was very happy with the way its turning out so far..

I put one of those rubber tubes used to cover recurve and long bows I got from 3riversarchery, the shur grip. You cut the length to fit and roll over the handle. The original suede and laces are still under there. It gave me a very nice grip on the bow, an improvement for my big hands. And I glued the leather and wrapped around that. So its really removeable. This one I put the seam on the outside, because of the contour of the grip. It was a flat surface to close the seam on the outside grip, the inside has a contour that I didnt think would be good to put the seam there.

Outside of grip, the seam is very slight. That I might try to cover with a thin strip of stingray for added grip and to cover the seam, but it doesnt need it... Feels rock solid as it is.

Ready for action baby! I think this bow is perfect now! For now..Ha! Oh man the grip feels awesome with the 3 finger draw... Makes the draw feel like a little less weight 55#  as it spreads the pressure on my left hand when drawing it back because the grip fills my hand much better and I'm drawing at a slight cant with this bow since its meant for 3 finger draw.

My 2 (for now) Korean Brothers From Another Mother...
Note the quiver. Its an old Neet classic quiver that most of you have seen or used, It was the first quiver my father got me. Its at least 15 years old. I had some material left over so I decided my bows needed their company to dress accordingly to the occasion.

You can see I wrapped it around the seam, marked it with one of my kids colored pencil to fit, tried fitting a bunch of times to make sure I had it right, fitting is everything, if you want it to look good. Because once that glue is on, theres no turning back for that piece of trim. I actually miscalculated the length, but had enough red leather to cover it on the trim and it actually worked out! I stuffed the quiver with newspapers to make it rock hard and give it a shape. Otherwise, these quivers are so soft you will have a hard time wrapping it and fitting it. Once it hardens it actually makes the quiver stiffer which was a bonus. I plan on lining the top of the quiver with Black rabbit fur trim on the outside and inside to quiet it a bit. And will finish it off with a stingray butt cap if I have the right size material left over. I turned a tired old quiver, into the new girl on the block! Now, with the arrows... I think I'm good to go. When the bamboo arrows come in, I will attempt make those and show you guys how it goes... stay tuned.. give us your opinions and ideas. Be brutal, Be honest. Just say something guys. I want to know that I'm not the only person who's wondering the possibilities here. Straight Mind. Straight Body. (Learned that from thomas).


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Hi Thomas if mine comes like that you don't have to do a thing, I will handle the grip part... I hope it comes with something nice on mine though... If not I can wrap it..

Also curious about this... What is the best way to keep and maintain a shine on the limbs, etc? Anybody know?

I removed the grip covering and started to wrap it with some very nice ostritch leather pieces I got... And will update pics as I go along... the grip on the kaya is rubber. I plan to fully customize this bow, as it is affordable to do so, as a fun project.... going to try some crazy stuff... Stay tuned...

Grip on Kaya KTB comes off, peel carefully, its covered by Barge Cement...

closer look

Tools Needed: Scissors, knife, barge cement, plastic knife to spread glue and leather piece, cord..
Wrap leather whole piece around grip, score roughly with knife, and cut with scissor to approximate size. Try to stretch leather piece as some will stretch 1/4" to 1" depending on the type of leather used. Once dry fitting is done, spread barge cement, let dry for a min, and put on and squeeze ends together and wrap with cord. Will update as it is still drying, needs 24 hours to dry...

Wow great video! I have seen this before thanks for the link... Yeah I didn't notice before but this is a kaya khan in the video he took that deer with... It's perfect for ground blinds because it's compact..