Hi everyone, I’d like to share my process of building a Mamluk bow.
It’s based on findings from the Citadel of al-Rahba. I don’t know the exact dimensions of these historical bows, but Taybugha’s description of the Damascene bow is something close in proportions: 6-inch siyah, 16-inch limbs, and a 5-inch grip — 49.5 inches in total length.
I’m planning to make mine 48 inches nock-to-nock and about 60 pounds.
100% natural materials.
I know he is just shooting the bow in at the moment but…
For me watch the lower limb while being drawn.It does not draw as far as the top limb IMO.Could be the way he’s holding the bow but I think not.
I would of liked to have seen the arrows fly to a target and speed recorded also,but what the heck it’s only a video.
Welcome back! Its a cool project. I like the mamluk tip shape. There is one really cool mamluk bow in istanbul military museum that i’ve seen many times.
One thing i dislike is the tip angle… Turkish bows are so good in every sense and i always compare the shapes to turks! Bad habit.
But yeah, mamluk bow will stack earlier than turkish. Just make a longer bow then?
