Here is an example of ignorance.I’ve made many longer horn bow with backward tradtional handles and was always able to if I wanted to pre brace for tiller before applying the sinew.Usually not though.
Here I made a dumb mistake and tried to bend over my knee this 3 piece forward handled bow.
It makes me realize the important role that sinew plays on these bows.
Thinking back I don’t know what behooved me to bend it over my knee.
It had a little deflex there but not that much.which makes me realize putting deflex into a turkish horn bow will put more strain yet on the inner limbs thus changing the configurations of thickness etc. too much.
Really pisses me off!! I have one more forward handled bow ready for sinew.You can bet I won’t bend that one over my knee…ha ha.
I know I did’nt have near the time into this one like many others have experienced making these bows but it still pisses me off…ha ha.
Yes…bending from the fade to the tip.Not from the center of the handle…ha ha.
Since I have a couple of back up cores ready for sinew I might get another core ready for horn…
Problem is I gotta get more horn.
No the core was a flat grained clean very thin ringed hickory which I find to be actually more tension strong than maple IMO.Denser also.
The break was right at the point of the stiff V splice.
I’m sure some may disagree,but I’m going with my findings.
No glueing adhesion problems are there either.
I believe it was just an impulsive misstep of myself.
I’ve made too many horn bows with good success using hickory to come to any other conclusion.
