Board for the discussion of topics related to Korean traditional archery
You are not logged in. Please login or register.
Korean Traditional Archery → Posts by Mule
Wooden bows take considerable set after only a few hours of being strung but horn bows aren't as susceptible. I've read that they only lose 15% of their draw force after being kept strung for 6 months. Most of the force lost is recovered after the bow spends some time in a condition box to dry so the sinew can contract again.
So it wouldn't be necessary to unstring and restring the bow before every battle
Interpolating with ginni's charts, 55#@28" is 77#@33"
http://www.koreanarchery.org/punbb/viewtopic.php?id=232
Switching to a longer bow isn't the solution, the force draw curves look almost identical (the SMG longs have similar curves to standard bows), you just need to buy a bow low enough in poundage so you end up with a manageable weight at 33"
For shooting, they wouldn't need to know what poundage you need if it was only for looking at 
It's a laminate Korean bow.
They ask that you contact them to find out if they have a bow of your preferred poundage in stock before purchasing. You can ask on their message board or calling them.
If they don't have a bow in stock delivery may take over 2 weeks so please keep this in mind when ordering.
Included: a bow and string
With these types of quivers, you store the arrow upside down, arrow head up.
Birch bark, not cherry because I had no luck finding any. At least it matches my bow 
I think the nock is the same that you've used. I've sanded the inside flush to make it fit on fat Korean bow strings.
Rank is signified by little flowers (rose of sharon) embroidered on. Colour doesn't matter.
Red and blue are popular (Korean national colours) but really any colour is OK
lcooper's arrows http://atarn.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t … mp;start=0
My arrows http://i.imgur.com/CYn6I8w.png
You're overthinking it, it honestly doesn't matter. It's really just simply the more and bigger the feathers the more stable but also slower your arrows
I started off with conventional parabolic vanes, cock pointing out, arrows flew fine
Then I got bamboo arrows with feathers I fletched myself. I tried three fletch cock out, two big fletches and now I'm shooting three fletch cock up/down. They all shot fine so I don't know what to tell you is best
I went with three fletch because I think they look nicer than two (and it was difficult trying to cut full pheasant feathers into useable fletches) and cock up/down so I wouldn't have to worry about what direction I nock the arrow (faster nocking for horse archery). Again I saw no difference whether I nock the arrow with cock feather up or down.
Since this is a KTA forum shouldn't we assume we're talking about thumb draw? You can use vanes just fine
Oh I thought you were commenting about the brown ring he has on his bow hand..
Its threading and doesn't appear as prone to coming undone as the monofilament material. Also its more traditional looking.
HMG actually puts a very sturdy patch on that is well wrapped around.
Could I bother you for a couple photos?
First off, thanks for the reviews. Always fun to read stuff like this.
[SMG] is not necessarily the most cosmetically pleasing but they do a good enough job with the synthetic covering so its tasteful enough and close enough to the aesthetics of a true horn composite.
I'm pretty sure if you ask when ordering they'd be willing to bark wrap their fibreglass and carbon bows for you. They already do it for their horn laminate and it's a $20 option on their bamboo bow.
superior wrapping material is used above and below the grip.
What is the YMG wrapped with?
You'll have to cut it into appropriately sized strands and wrap it around the grip your self. I spent the morning doing that and used contact cement for the adhesive. It turned out rather well, and its not uncommon I know to have to do this for a grip of a Korean bow but nonetheless its an extra layer of work that is required which the SMG and YMG don't.
I ordered an SMG a few months ago and it came with an oversized foam grip that you're supposed to cut to size and wrap with included stippled rubber grip bands. I chose to make a leather grip instead. It's a bit of work, but I understand why they do it, it lets you customize the grip to your hand.
A very nice piece of what appears to be synthetic leather is placed for you at time of crafting based on whether or not you intend right handed or left handed use.
I mention this because above you mentioned SMG monofilament getting struck by arrows: the SMG now comes with a leather arrow pass pasted on top of the wire wrapping so your arrows should only make contact with this leather (my bow also came with spares in case you wore this out)
At 200 USD, SMG gives you its base carbon bow
Last I saw, their carbon bow was $250, the fibreglass is $200
The point on the string where you nock your arrow. Raise it instead of having it at the level your thumb is. Then the arrow will pass over your thumb instead of sliding across it
Raise your nocking point a little and your arrows won't hit your thumb
You can get satay/bbq sticks made of bamboo from your local supermarket for dirt cheap btw might be easier than whittling pieces of bamboo to fit
Sorry for being unclear, I meant lcooper's question
Ah so he means filling the shaft before self nocking? Yeah that's how everyone self nocks bamboo
Inserting wooden nock makes sense, but why would you bother inserting a bamboo nock into a bamboo shaft? Self nocking the bamboo makes more sense
They're pretty bad about answering emails, you'll need to call or try talking to mechwar
Is this why there's quite often a silk/fabric wrap on this area of the limbs?
Has anyone else had problems with the birch bark cracking? My bow's cracking where the limb bends the most.
I know the birch bark is nothing more than decoration on these laminate bows, but I don't like the way the cracks look.
Is this just a reality with these covers? Has something gone wrong with my bow? Is there anything you can do to prevent it?
Also their prices for SMG bows are ~50$ higher
Quite a few shops sell KTB bow strings which must be compatible http://www.koreanbow.com/shop/index.php … er=product
Or you can order a string be made from most shops (or make it yourself) as long as you know the dimensions:
T=119cm A,B=9.5cm S=9.5cm D=0(bottom of serving starts at the center of string)
The string is an 18 strand fastflight, 3.4mm thick at the nocking point (incl serving)
(Going by this convention http://fairbowshop.nl/images/bogen/Klompwebsite.jpg)
Korean Traditional Archery → Posts by Mule
Powered by PunBB, supported by Informer Technologies, Inc.
Currently installed 11 official extensions. Copyright © 2003–2009 PunBB.
){kind=link}