I think that's the one that is lined with 24K gold as the backing. You know, to help with those loooong shots... Sheesh! $1200? You sure he didn't mean 1,200 korean WON? You're much better off buying a hwarang.
1 2012-12-01 05:57:08
Re: Does anybody know anything about this bow? (3 replies, posted in Buy/Sell/Trade)
2 2012-11-30 03:05:21
Re: Koryo bamboo bow, excellent condition for sale authenic all bamboo bow (9 replies, posted in Buy/Sell/Trade)
Hi brad I would love to, but I don't know how much it would cost.. I wish I could send it to you, but I would like to keep it in the US. Price drop to $pf
Shipped and paypalled in the US
3 2012-11-04 22:50:24
Re: Koryo bamboo bow, excellent condition for sale authenic all bamboo bow (9 replies, posted in Buy/Sell/Trade)
tonygt19 wrote:
is that 40 at 28"
Is it tillered for right handed thumbring draw only?
Hi tony I believe it is about 40 lbs at 28" and it is tillered for either side.
4 2012-10-31 01:18:47
Re: Koryo bamboo bow, excellent condition for sale authenic all bamboo bow (9 replies, posted in Buy/Sell/Trade)
Hi will the draw weight is 40# on this one.
5 2012-10-29 19:59:52
Topic: Koryo bamboo bow, excellent condition for sale authenic all bamboo bow (9 replies, posted in Buy/Sell/Trade)
Folks, I have a minty 40lb koryo bamboo bow for sale. It is hand made in Korea, and very hard to get. I bought this for my wife, and she only tried 2 sessions with it before getting a compound bow. It is pretty much mint, only thing is that on the right shelf you can see it has been shot before a few arrows but otherwise the bow is pretty much MINT. Authentic birch bark soaked for a year in saltwater on backing, hand shaped foam grips from the maker, super comfortable and balanced perfectly. Feels like air. Comes with how sock and case. Also comes with an extra string. It is beautiful. And all bamboo just like the common mans bow would have traditionally been. Almost too pretty to shoot! Bow is unstrung always. This is a SMG bow.
Price will be $PF shipped and paypalled in USA. Email is best way to reach me or pm.
Email is best but pm works too.
6 2012-02-22 03:52:41
Re: This Forum (13 replies, posted in Black Powder Firearms)
Wow thomas, I am glad you made this sub forum! I also shoot traditional black powder and enjoy it very much! Are you able to shoot freely in korea with black powder? I know centerfire arms are heavily controlled, as the only firearms shooting I have done in KOREA are with handguns in Lotteworld basement, shooting .45 acp and .357 magnums for rental. In the states where I preside, well.. HEHE
7 2012-02-22 03:33:53
Re: SMG Semi-Horn Bow (6 replies, posted in Bows)
Thank you Mechwar for hooking me up with the bamboo koryo bow. It took many months but I finally just got it! It is amazing to draw, I could not get my hands on the partial horn bow, but hope to soon one day... Also the bow and arrow quivers you made for me were just amazing. Guys, please check out Mr.Yun (mechwar)'s facebook page and you can get some amazing leather bow and arrow quivers from him, they are just amazing to say the least! And he will custom make it to your color/design preferences, just awesome all around. Thank you again sir!
8 2012-01-26 00:03:13
Re: pronged rings (35 replies, posted in Thumb Rings)
You can also try the thumb glove from greatree archery it's basically a 3 finger glove, thumb, fore and middle fingers and extra padding on the thumb, it actually helped me greatly with strengthening my thumb and making for a pain free smooth thumb release shooting. I think a lot of guys had problems because of thumbrings that dont fit. In Korea there usually is a vendor who has tons of rings to try out, here in the us or other countries you are estimating and then you get stuck with a ring that doesn't fit, hurts, and you don't want to use it.
9 2012-01-25 23:59:02
Re: Cant or not? (6 replies, posted in Technique)
Everybody has their own style, stick with what you ate accurate with. I can't a little bit and I'm fine, but when it's vertical it's 6inches to the right for me, everybody is different, you learn to compensate for aim, which is kind hard to explain with these bows either way, other than by just doing it. Some guys cant their bows a lot, some guys cant very little or none, there is no rule for "style".
10 2012-01-25 23:54:11
Re: Kaya Khan arrived (35 replies, posted in Bows)
Warbow, the khan is not meant for thumbring draw!!!! No way! It's meant for traditional archery 3 finger or 2 finger to be shot with fingers off the shelf not to be used in any thumbring draws past 29 or so inches! Why would you even try that?? 
You are lucky the bow didn't break on you my friend, very lucky... It is a western style compact recurve in the traditional shape/look of a horn/horse bow, meant to be shot off the rest with fingers. Mine starts to stack around 30" though when I pulled back a bit further from my 29" fingers draw. I have gotten very accurate with it and it is a fun bow to shoot. It was not designed to be shot with thumbring, their KTB which you know is meant for thumbing draw. Consider yourself lucky you did not get hurt. It was like trying to do a thumbing draw on a regular recurve bow, of course it will break.
WarBow wrote:
Oh dear, I have been pulling the Khan quite a few times to 32" today. I heard a cracking sound from the last pull. Upon closer inspection of the lower limb, I found a slim and narrow piece of fiberglass or wood that is de-laminated or splintered off. I immediately unstrung the Khan.
Not a good start . . .
11 2012-01-11 03:15:47
Re: For WillScarlet (3 replies, posted in General Interest)
I'm also on bladeforums, into busses big time after collecting microtechs for a while.. Nice to see a fellow collector on a Korean archery forum! Hope you are successful on your build!
13 2012-01-07 04:29:33
Re: Nocks for Bamboo Arrows (30 replies, posted in Arrows)
Beautiful arrows Hun!
14 2012-01-07 04:27:43
Re: New Hwarang Ordered (39 replies, posted in Bows)
Kanuck, stringing it should not be hard, it's just a little confusing at first, and since the limbs are short they may slip and scrape your shin if you're not careful. It's all about the a gle and getting the crook of the limb secure on your shin and then bending the top limb with your hand. Manhandle the limb, it can handle it. Make sure string is straight and it will get very easy after a few times. After you master this you won't even need a stringer for your recurred and longbows. This technique if taught widely would put the bow stringer companies out of business.
15 2011-12-04 08:48:18
Re: Joys of The Hunt (13 replies, posted in Hunting)
Great story jbl... Those are the moments, we all remember in our hearts. I missed a spike this afternoon, and passed on a few does. Though it's rifle season up by me now.
16 2011-12-02 17:39:31
Re: Shooting baby arrows in a bamboo shaft? (22 replies, posted in Technique)
Thanks for explaining how it works and for the pics Thomas, it seems pretty straight forward... The bamboo tong-a is what you hold the arrow against instead of the side of the bow, and release letting the string spring forward alongside the tong-a, propelling the arrow down the side of the shaft. This is basically an ancient version of an overdraw using light and short arrows for maximum speed. Wonder how the aiming is, and accuracy, I would imagine it takes some practice and excercising of technique to get this down like all things...
17 2011-12-02 03:24:23
Re: Shooting baby arrows in a bamboo shaft? (22 replies, posted in Technique)
Will- Oh yes the bamboo arrows break, especially when I miss... 
I noticed that the ones that I dont bind break at the tip or split them in the front. The ones that did have binding actually broke right before the binding. I'm told that either you do binding or put in a dowel... Haven't had much time lately so will try the self nock with dowel insert, and dowel insert at the point sometime on a snow day. For now, as long as I stay on target they have been very resilient and tough. They seem tougher than wood, but I have not shot many wood arrows as the ones I did have did break on me, and got tossed out. Was thinking of getting a tong-a in the near future so I can salvage the broken arrows both carbon and bamboo and give them a second life as baby arrows... Just a thought.. I just find it very interesting that this was used it's so unlike any primitive traditional archery tackle I've seen or read about.
WillScarlet wrote:
Looks too dangerous to me.................like a "Murphy's Law" thing. Anyway, from what I've read, you don't break too many bamboo arrows.
18 2011-12-01 14:01:13
Re: Shooting baby arrows in a bamboo shaft? (22 replies, posted in Technique)
Great pics Thomas! 283 FPS?!! Thats super fast!! Most compounds today can barely shoot that in real world contrary to what their manufactuerers say.. Amazing for a stick bow!!
I also found one in Christian iepure's album I hope he doesn't mind... Maybe he can chime in...
Wow looks very cool but also possibly dangerous with the improper technique, wouldnt want a half size arrow go through my hand, ha! But in the videos I did see the penetration was incredible and the speed was also fastest, it's like shooting a hot rod arrow, I'm also interested because then it means I won't have to toss out all the bamboo arrows that I break at the tip every time a rock jumps in front of it. If I can cut them down and use them In a tong-a it would be great. Any idea how where to get or how much they run??
19 2011-12-01 13:40:31
Re: Great archery club in Daejeon (14 replies, posted in Daejeon)
The weight he draws is 45 pounds, and 30
20 2011-12-01 04:37:05
Re: Shooting baby arrows in a bamboo shaft? (22 replies, posted in Technique)
I can't copy the link but if you go on YouTube, it says: Korean archery mini arrow pyeon-Jeon.
Put that in search box in YouTube and they demonstrate the speed between the regular bamboo arrow, and olympic style bow, and the mini arrow wins in speed. It even pierced a metal plate And a mannequin. It looks very cool and is like a rifle barrel that shoots darts from a bow. I have never seen this outside of the Korean archers so I think it is safe to say this is an ancient Korean secret technique.
21 2011-12-01 00:44:09
Topic: Shooting baby arrows in a bamboo shaft? (22 replies, posted in Technique)
I have seen some YouTube videos with Korean archers shooting "baby arrows" or 애 기 살, out of a tong-a (bamboo shaft with portion cut out to insert short arrow). Has anybody here shot one and any thoughts on it as to practicality, fun factor, danger factor??? It looked very cool to say the least, and also in the recently released Korean movie arrow, the ultimate weapon the main star uses one to catch a running deer which was a very cool shot. I think I can get ny hands on one but wanted to know of anybody here had experience with this? Basically the bamboo shaft holds the short arrow, which looks to be 12-14 inches and is loaded into the bamboo shaft and shot out like a dart it was very interesting.
22 2011-11-27 12:59:39
Re: First Traditional Bow (30 replies, posted in Bows)
Bamboo arrows are awesome of you can get you hands on some...
23 2011-11-26 03:12:02
Re: First Traditional Bow (30 replies, posted in Bows)
There's even a thumb glove made by greatree archery which works well I have to say. I still need to do some better fitting with the thumbrings I have...
24 2011-11-23 03:14:52
Re: SMG Medium-Length Bow (3 replies, posted in Bows)
It's still made in Korea right? I have a bamboo bow and laminated horn bow on order from them.
25 2011-11-23 03:09:33
Re: Made my own bamboo arrows for the first time.... (28 replies, posted in Arrows)
Hey raven sure... The bamboo flys pretty straight, I'm very impressed. And they are solid I think they may be more durable than carbon even. Especially when built correctly. It just feels so much better to shoot it's hard to explain. I may never buy another carbon arrow for these bows again.