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Main Discussion Area => Horn Bows => Topic started by: tibor on January 17, 2022, 05:50:49 pm

Title: Great Plains style horn bow
Post by: tibor on January 17, 2022, 05:50:49 pm

The bow is made of mouflon horns and elk sinew. It is 33 inches long and its strength is about 50lb / 20inch. The bow is decorated with rattle skin and horse hair

Title: Re: Great Plains style horn bow
Post by: tibor on January 17, 2022, 05:52:48 pm

foto

Title: Re: Great Plains style horn bow
Post by: tibor on January 17, 2022, 05:53:54 pm

foto

Title: Re: Great Plains style horn bow
Post by: Greg Hertel on January 18, 2022, 09:41:08 pm

Another beautiful horn bow!  I really like those sinew tips!

Title: Re: Great Plains style horn bow
Post by: Gimlis Ghost on January 18, 2022, 10:00:58 pm

Any velocity data on this sort of bow?
Deadly for sure and fast to get into action.

Title: Re: Great Plains style horn bow
Post by: Pat B on January 19, 2022, 11:25:33 pm

Incredible!!!  8)

Title: Re: Great Plains style horn bow
Post by: Gimlis Ghost on January 21, 2022, 12:09:27 am

I've read that a master bow maker of that era could expect to be paid two horses for a good sinew backed horse bow.
A horn bow of this quality would likely bring several times that.

Title: Re: Great Plains style horn bow
Post by: superdav95 on January 22, 2022, 06:00:15 pm

What a bow!  So nice.