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Dingo wrote:These things happen with bows, sometimes there are just unknown weaknesses in the material or something just doesn't come out right in the finished bow. Freddie is normally very good about replacing stuff. Anytime I've had anything break or get lost in the mail he's always sent a replacement. Just email him and you should get a new one promptly.
i realised that it just came as an shock when it broke but I I will get an replacement shortly
morton509 wrote:Are they going to replace it?
Yes
Pedro C wrote:60# one?? Could be almost 70# at 32"
55 pounds
morton509 wrote:Well thats disapointing. Where did you buy it from and at what cost? Whats you draw length?
Koreanbow. Com Cost 500 dollars draw lenght 32 inch
Pedro C wrote:sucks
hope they send a replacement..
I hopen so tough
hi ho guys i ordered the tageuk horn bow it arrived i shot it a for the first time it worked the first 3 arrows around the 4 arrow it broke 
so how do i do from here i contacted freddie archery and hope they answer soon
tried the horn bow today at the range and it broke
morton509 wrote:Welcome. What part of Sweden are you from? My wife and I are thinking of moving there and this is the first time anyone from Sweden and chimed in at this forum. Plenty of good places to shoot in the country side. I got into archery for the meditation aspect as well. After you get comfortable with your bow then you start to shoot allot with the mind. I Love that aspect of it.
thank you ^^
i live in the main capital stockholm ^^ right now its snow alot of it here 
but i can recommend sweden but visit first before moving here 
to see if u like the climate and the people `.
actualy gonna test the bow in next thouesday itr pretty nice to draw a little cracky tough
and yes the archery meditation is good it helps to relax ^^
got the bow today and i checked under the wraping and yep it has carbon instead of glassfiber or sinew but it feels better to draw than my nomad ktb bow
so the bow has
horn belly wood core and carbonic backing but well its gonna be fun to se how it shoots
But i spoke to One of the guys of the forum he also told Me that the bow is all natural material but with modern resin so something tells Me the that the bow Has sinew mixed with either fiberglas/carbon resin but as said im gonna take alook under the wraping when it arives
sinew backed bows are also laminated 
but even if it has wood horn and carbon ts the same performance as an normal horn bow
i heard the smg one is highly regarded by some
Pedro C wrote:Eh, a real sinewed Korean hornbow would have a much higher chance to break and/or twist and shed the string. Tough to tame... you most likely won't have any of those problems with that Taegeuk bow.
I guess it is similar to this one - http://www.smgung.co.kr/2010/english.htm "gae-ryahng-gak-gung"
Here I think the "gae-ryahng" is 개량 or "improvement" according to google translate The owner of the gungdo page also calls it improved horn bow. Now I'm not sure how different it is from the carbon bow in feel..
I am almost sure that it has no sinew and it isn't all natural. A bit weird that they said it was all natural? But it has horn, so it's a hornbow..
I still want a real Korean hornbow, but not any time soon. And not without personal guidance.
Anyway I'd love to see full draw 32" from the side!
Yup its technicaly similiar to the smg but im gonna check it when it arrives
i Will get u an picture when bow is full drawn when it arrives i Will also Do an unboxing video on youtube
Pedro C wrote:Oh, that one will be fine, cool. it's not sinew backed, but uses carbon or something instead, increasing stability. Still, horn belly..
So... I decided to be cheap for $40 (!!), and try to make my own tepeliks (equivalent of Korean dojigae). My excuse being that I thought I could tackle tepeliks for free and learn something about woodworking in the process. Oh boy.
Mine were/are bad and uneven. And also, I was doing the step-through method like the bowyer did on the video. That bow is too long and doesn't have the hooky tips to string it step-through like a Korean bow, so it has to be at an angle.. (rather than perpendicular to the legs). I find it too easy to twist bows by stringing step-through. Unless they're the Korean bows with synthetic materials, I guess.
I found it's better to string it sort of like a yumi, but it's too late. Until I fix the twist and that blemish in the back, anyway.
More here http://atarn.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2808
alright if u still have the twist my best bet would be heat the bow and twist it back
When I spoke to them they told me its all natural material the taegeuk gakung but when it arrives I will double check under the protective backing on the bow
But if it is carbon backed with wood horn carbon it's still an Hornbow. the one with sinew is usaly called an composite bow . but if my guess is right and what others told me it is horn wood sinew with modern glassfiber epoxy
thank you ^^
Ah the horn bow is the taegeuk (gakung) :-) it Will arrive about an Week
Will post pics when it arrives
Well i actualy jumped straight at 60 to get som extra exercise but for some wierd reason i dont think its that heavy but i feel it in my thumb if i dont use the right padding
How did you sucseed to twist ur hornbow ?
Hi my namne is gondoix im from Sweden i have been shooting korean archery since november 2015 and blackpowder shooting since 2013 . i stumbled upon the art of korean archery when i was looking for some type archery for just meditation and historical similarites. Well lets say i got hooked on korean archery and the techniques . What im shooting Now is an nomad ktb 60/31 . And just bought my first hornbow . But i hope to learn and share info on techniques on the art of korean archery .
best regards from Sweden
PS sorry for my half twisted typing
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