Hello All ,
For all I am fairly new to Archery and bows in general , I thought I would share my views on my new recent purchase , a wood Tri laminated Hungarian style Horse bow made in Hungary by a bowyer called Istvan Szimeiszter . Unfortunately I have no photos to add yet , but hope to upload some soon . My first and main interest in archery was actually trying my hand at making bows , so I started with a simple Flat bow made from Greenhart belly with a hickory back , I am now progressing onto making a one piece Elm recurve bow which will be my Winter project .
I have recently been doing a great deal of research into the history of the Euro-Asiatic Horse bow which I find fascinating , and so decided after looking at different suppliers and makers to send for a Hungarian / Magyar style all wood Tri-Lam bow from a bowyer and former competitive archer who lives in Hungary called Istvan Szimeiszter , whos bows can be viewed on his facebook page or via a website called "Hungary Craft" who I think act as his selling agent and are an absolute pleasure to do business with .
The bow arrived after being ordered and made within around two weeks and although I do not have a great deal of experience with bows I have had a lot of experience with weapons ( Army training) and also I used to make some decent quality scandanavian knives , so I have a good idea of what constitutes a well made piece of kit !
The bow itself has a really nice Black Walnut backing with another nice Cottonwood Root belly (He gives a choice of about six or seven different woods ) , the core wood which extends into the siyahs and swells at the handle is , I think Ash and the three woods really compliment each other . I have to say the workmanship looks practically flawless and the bow itself weighs in nice and light at 500gms and feels really good in the hand . The bow string is Dacron and I was cheeky enough to ask for a back up string which he included . It comes in a decent quality protective material pouch to finish off .
The bows dimensions are as follows :
Length unstrung = 57 1/4"
Length strung = 54 3/4"
N to N = 51 3/8"
Brace height = 8 1/2"
I had it made to match a 26" draw pull length to a 40 lb pull weight
I have begun my Archery lessons and will look forward to eventually matching some arrows and actually shooting this bow . If like me horse bows are your thing , I think it is worth having a look at Szimeiszter bows and see what you think .
Thanks
