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Hornbows Vol.6- sinew- backing the prod

Last volume was dealing with the final shaping of the horn- lam. Now the horn- lam has to be backed with sinew- fibres. But before backing the prod has to be wrapped with bundles of sinew- fibres. pre… more →

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Hornbows Vol.6- sinew- backing the prod — 2 comments

redhawk55 wrote 1 year ago: Last volume was dealing with the final shaping of the horn- lam. Now the horn- lam has to be backed … more →

Tags: sinew-backed bow, hornbow, bow reconstructions, Crossbow, Armbrust, Hornbogen- Armbrust, composit bow, Kompositbogen, Hornbogen

Hornbows Vol.5- the crossbow- final shaping of the horn- lamination — 4 comments

redhawk55 wrote 1 year ago: Sorry, sorry again, for this time-delayed report about the making of the prod for the crossbow. The … more →

Tags: bow reconstructions, Crossbow, Armbrust, Hornbogen- Armbrust, hideglue, bogenbau-werkstatt, Black Forest, Archery, composit bow

Sinew- Backing Vol. 2- nothing new on the planet- applying a sinew backing

redhawk55 wrote 2 years ago: It is a  must to degrease the wood or the horn, don´t use some of these chemical killers, just use a … more →

Tags: sinew-backed bow, bogenrohling, bow reconstructions, Crossbow, Armbrust, hautleim, hideglue, bogenbau-werkstatt, Black Forest

sinew- backing Vol.1- nothing new on the planet-choosing and preparing the sinew — 6 comments

redhawk55 wrote 2 years ago: I hope I´ll be able to write an article after some weeks of posting nothing. Sorry, but this winter … more →

Tags: sinew-backed bow, scythian bow, bowmaking, bow reconstructions, hautleim, hideglue, bogenbau-werkstatt, Schwarzwald, Black Forest

Hornbows Vol.1- selecting, cutting, working the horn — 2 comments

redhawk55 wrote 2 years ago: the materials for 2 hornbows and a bow for a crossbow Here we´re: 2 pairs of waterbuffalo- horns cut … more →

Tags: Armbrust, bow reconstructions, bowmaking, Crossbow, Hornbogen- Armbrust, hornbow, Black Forest, bogenbau-werkstatt, bow- lam

Flightshooting- shortcut- look at this!!

redhawk55 wrote 2 years ago: Great to see that! Great bow, congrats David, Alan, David……………… … more →

Tags: flight shooting, flightbow, flugpfeil, flightarrows, flightshooting, Kompositbogen, primitive composite

Selfmade clamps for laminated bow- constructions — 1 comment

redhawk55 wrote 2 years ago: About 10 years ago I did my first hornbows with usual bow- woods as a core: ash, elm, black locust, … more →

Tags: jigs, jigs and tools, bowmaking, bogenbau-werkstatt, holzbogen, composit bow, bow- lamination, bow- lam, hornbow

The bow- finding of olon kurin gol- some additional experiences and thoughts — 1 comment

redhawk55 wrote 3 years ago: go to:  The bow- finding of olon kurin gol,  this is where you´ll find a  report about the first rec … more →

Tags: hornbow, reconstructions, bow reconstructions, bogenbau-werkstatt, composit bow, Kompositbogen, Hornbogen


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