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I hav had no response. I emailed that same address.

Sorry for late reply. just recover from laptop damage.
55-60 rating is doing ok for my #50 SMG bow
I do not think they have complete arrows for you as they are bamboo dealer.
The only drawback is their nodes are not perfectly match. Although one node at the nocking end but the others are not aligned.
If you dont want a lot of arrows, my friend bought complete arrows from http://www.chinabambooarrow.com/en/f/Im … father.jpg and nodes are perfectly match.

Hello all I'm a new shooter to Traditional Korean Archery.  I need some help on my draw and anchor point.  I don't think I have any consistency at this point and I feel like the bow is stacking pretty fierce when I try to draw it back to my ear like I see in some photos of Korean Archers.

Welcome tweaks,
I hope you are not too disappointed, as Mattia has already said, they need to be very precise. Again, a leather ring is not only easy to make, it will also be much easier to use ( I only use leather ones)
I would advise you to try with a leather ring anyway, before giving a solid type a go.

http://www.koreanarchery.org/classic/model25.html

I don't see a section for new member introductions so I'll just start here...
I was actually a (quiet) member of the goongdo yahoogroups mailing list for some time, but never really participated in much... I don't even know if that group is still active, since I don't use the email address I had anymore.
I am currently in Colorado, but getting ready to move back to Alaska in a couple of weeks, and I am looking forward to having the time and opportunity to get myself back into archery, and to get my kids introduced to the sport.
I have been interested in Korean archery for a while, in asiatic archery in general, really, but the Hwarang bows have really been calling my name lately, for some reason.
I'm planning to pick up a couple of bows, probably Samick or Kaya, for practice and for the kids, and I'm also considering a Hwarang bow in a heavier draw weight for hunting. The area I'll be moving to is bow-only for big game... which in Alaska is mosquitos and up.
Anyways, I thought I'd join the form and introduce myself... I'll be picking brains and making a general pest of myself with questions for a while. It looks like there is a lot of great experience and information to be gleaned here.

Cheers!

Dan

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!

The only time I had a limb issue with the Hwarang bow was when the bowyer accidentally sent me a Korean-market bow, instead of an international-market bow (Korean-market bows are tillered a little to the arrow side of the bow, while the int'l-market bows are center-strung).  I wonder if your bow might not be a similar case...  Still, it is true that you, once in a while, get a defective bow.  However, in the case of the bows I sell, I check them out as much as possible before shipping.

The draw weight is suppose to happen at 28" draw but often it happens closer to 29".

Gukgung Disciple wrote:

bluelake wrote:

Hwarang bows rated @28" can be drawn to thumb ring draw length.  However, the draw weight will also increase.

In reading the material on the SMG site it isn't clear at what draw length the the bow's pull weight  is referring to....is it assumed to be the standard 33" draw?