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Thanks, sirs. I have another question. Just how FLAT do the surfaces of the horn and the bamboo have to be, to achieve a bond that can withstand the stress of the draw? For instance, I was practicing scraping with two small pieces of wood, which you can think of as being like bamboo and horn. I cannot see any light between the sides of this little "bow" but there is a little wiggle room. If I glued together bow pieces like that, could I expect them to delaminate?
Also, when practicing on two other pieces, I tried making the "horn" piece concave, and the "bamboo" piece convex; a "female to male" type thing. Still, the pieces can wobble a bit even though you can't see light through the side.
Hello,
I have never seen a Korean bowyer using a plane to flatten the surface of bamboo/horn. Not even the handles. Now do they get the components flat enough to glue together? Do they really need to be perfectly flat?
Thanks for your time.
I would like to know about the cross-sectional shape of the wooden cores of Korean bows. Is there any standardization among Korean bowyers, and can you tell me how or why the shape is attained? Some bows look to have sharply defined rectangular cross section but it is difficult tell when the sinew and the horn is attached. Others look to have much less sharply dedined cross sectional shapes with smoother and rounder edges. Which is most preferable for what type of bow? Sorry if my questions seem a little vague or overgeneralized.
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Does anyone here have information about whether privet was ever used for the wooden cores of Korean and other Asian bows? I understand Privet (Chinese Privet) is very common China, Russia and Korea. It seems like a very springy and lightweight wood to me but I am not sure of its compression strength. I would also like to know if Koreans ever toom advantage of Juniper trees for bow making. I believe there is at least one species of Juniper in Korea but I am unaware of its properties. In America, Juniper was, as everybody knows, a favorite wood for sinew backed bows among Aboriginal people. Thank you for your time.
Mule wrote:Blackrain wrote:What is the true traditional Korean method of smoothing off bumps from arrow shafts? I saw a video a man running an arrow shaft through what is presumably two blocks of wood. He would periodically submerge the two blocks of wood (?) in a bucket filled with lsome sort of liquid which I guess is abrasive? See the following video at the 05:06 mark.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK5INvoNTdk
That video has subtitles you know...
I can't see them. Could it be because I'm on a mobile device? Can you tell me what they said?
What is the true traditional Korean method of smoothing off bumps from arrow shafts? I saw a video a man running an arrow shaft through what is presumably two blocks of wood. He would periodically submerge the two blocks of wood (?) in a bucket filled with lsome sort of liquid which I guess is abrasive? See the following video at the 05:06 mark.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK5INvoNTdk
Pedro C wrote:Huh? I would expect copper to be too soft and not springy enough for that, it'd just deform and not return to the original shape... maybe some alloy of bronze could be more springy. interesting
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. Apparently they had bows that were made entirely from bronze 철궁 (which means iron bow).
http://www.arrow.or.kr/bbs/board.php?bo … p;wr_id=11
Has anyone here ever seen or used a bronze belly composite bow? I have heard that Korean bows sometimes had bronze, rather than horn, for their bellies. Also, any advice on whether or not a copper belly would work?
Have a nice day.
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