Author Topic: I got a chinese style siyah bow, and a osage holmegard bow up for trade...  (Read 3656 times)

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Offline toomanyknots

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If anybody is interested, please send me a private message. Please let me know if there is anything else you wanna know about them, more pics or anything, etc, I am always online. THANKS

Osage bow:

 65# @ 28", 62 1/2" tip to tip, Sapwood backed, hair on hide arrow pass (on leftside), leather handle. Draws very smooth.











Siyah bow:

 60# @ 28". 56" long or so I believe from the beginning of one siyah to the beginning of the other siyah, siyahs themselves are like 6" long each. Wood is dense (home depot) red oak backed with linen. Siyahs are straight grain (for strength) red oak. Shoots nice and draws very smooth. This bow although sanded to 400 grit and ready for a finish, is unfinished as I had leather wrappings cross stitched over the limbs at first, but then I decided to remove them and never decided on a finish. I initially couldn't make up my mine as to what finish would be best to finish a bow that would be covered with leather all the time, as thats what I wanted to do at first? I couldn't make up my mind if I wanted to cover the limbs with cool looking oriental kinda fabric, or snake skin, or just leave them bare, and I didn't wanna use an oil finish if later I was going to glue some leather or fabric or snake skin (or fake snake skin like they have been selling lately), etc etc... So finish/sealer is up to you?  O:) LOL I have never figured out a way to brace this bow other than the way you brace a manchu horn bow.


















 
« Last Edit: July 01, 2012, 06:43:52 pm by toomanyknots »
"The way of heaven is like the bending of a bow-
 the upper part is pressed down,
 the lower part is raised up,
 the part that has too much is reduced,
 the part that has too little is increased."

- Tao Te Ching, 77, A new translation by Victor H. Mair

Offline toomanyknots

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Both these bows are still up for grabs, if anyone is interested.
"The way of heaven is like the bending of a bow-
 the upper part is pressed down,
 the lower part is raised up,
 the part that has too much is reduced,
 the part that has too little is increased."

- Tao Te Ching, 77, A new translation by Victor H. Mair

kurogane_84

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Both these bows are still up for grabs, if anyone is interested.

both of these bows are nice, what you looking for the osage?? pm me man :)

Offline toomanyknots

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Both these bows are still up for grabs, if anyone is interested.

both of these bows are nice, what you looking for the osage?? pm me man :)

PM sent sir,  ;D.
"The way of heaven is like the bending of a bow-
 the upper part is pressed down,
 the lower part is raised up,
 the part that has too much is reduced,
 the part that has too little is increased."

- Tao Te Ching, 77, A new translation by Victor H. Mair