Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: leehongyi on June 14, 2014, 02:12:42 pm
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As i mentioned in a earlier thread, this type of bows were commom in ancient china and holm and other place, so i prefer to call it chinese han style BBI bow. it was built from a not so perfect ipe stave: sapwood in an end and not thick evenly and worst not wide enough. that's why you see i cut it from a diagonal line to gain a 4cm wide and get rid of the most sapwood all by hand plane. i have to say the wood is so hard! after done, i gave it to a doctor who graduated from the research center where i am in as a present. he is going to do further experiments in US this month. maybe some of you guys would teach him archery in future. i am the fat guy in white and black and i am also going to begin my work for a doctor degree this sep.
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Nice job! It is interesting to see sapwood on ipe, I haven't ever seen any myself. Very cool!
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Wonderful World Cup！i have to watch the game in early morning in china.
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more pics
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in fact, i love thumb release more than three fingers release.
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Leehongyi, very nice boo backed ipe. nice full draw arc. I've never seen ipe sapwood either.
It looks like you have locked your elbow of your bow arm in the full draw pic. If you will bend it slightly, like in the braced pic, you will be less likely to slap your wrist. It will shorten your draw an inch or so by bending it.
I guess that ain't you in those first pics. :-[ ;D
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that guy in red and black is the doctor who is just a beginner.
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that's an awesome piece of work leehongyi! That style is common for what period in China? I have wondered if maybe the ancient mollegabet/holmgaard folks wandered east and carried the design back. really nice tiller and shaping work
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that's an awesome piece of work leehongyi! That style is common for what period in China? I have wondered if maybe the ancient mollegabet/holmgaard folks wandered east and carried the design back. really nice tiller and shaping work
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,46691.msg637021.html#msg637021
Here is my thread about wood bow in ancient china. More similar to han dynasty(roughly 200bc-200ad). Although there is 8000yrs bow found in china, it's not this type. The holm may be the oldest of this type.
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Nice bow Leehongyi, I've been enjoying your other posts on the ancient Chinese bows.