1 (edited by Blackrain 2016-01-12 17:28:28)

Topic: Bronze belly bow

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?

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Re: Bronze belly bow

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

Re: Bronze belly bow

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

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