Lol you're becoming very good at this. So casually increasing the difficulty of this bow build by making it a 5 parter (handle + 2 bending limbs + 2 non-bending recurved tips) all connected with v joints like it is no big deal. The entire point of those protruding "V"s out of the handle and the tips to connect it to the bending limb is to act as wedges which makes the bending portion of the bending limb even shorter without lessening the draw length, therefore making the bow "faster" at snapping back to shape and accelerating an arrow forward compared to a longer bending limb with everything else the same. This is the type of stuff Sultans spent fortunes funding scholars & engineers to figure out and here you are putting it to practice centuries later. Exceptional job, yet again. Not surprising at all, but still great job. I hope if you are interested in selling these you look up the going rate for well-made hornbows. They can fetch a pretty penny.

@m.bitious

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much. Yes you are totally right. I try to do it a little different this time. I want to keep it challenging for me and entertaining for you. I'm thinking about a birch bark cover in the end for example. But I need to find a cut down birch first and that within spring 😀. Unfortunately I'm not selling these. I'm afraid I'd lose interest as soon as it turns from passion to profession. I'm just doing it out of curiousity, fun and to learn something new 😉. But I can see in your writing that we share the same passion and thats absolutely amazing. Thanks a lot for your kind words I'm looking forward to write to you in the future. Cheers my friend 🙃

@Couponuser16

Ай бұрын

@@m.bitious Mission accomplished if that is your goal, I have been very entertained by these series. And I do very much respect that outlook, it's very cool to commit to something for such a long duration for your own betterment rather than for money. I truly am blown away at how much attention to detail you are putting into these, and also documenting it with instructions as you go. You are certainly right you and I share this passion. I think it is very cool that your previous bow had more of the "boat" shape that Adam K mentions warbows having while this is clearly going for the more reflexed "Crescent" that indicates a flight bow. What is also pretty cool that this technique of 5 part construction is very similar to the Mughal Crab Bow and also the "Tsagaad Khad" bow found by archeologists in Mongolia dating to the time of Genghis Khan. I think the primary difference between that design and this one is that one was the Mongolian one was about 141cm along the belly rather than the ~120cm of Ottoman designs. Very similar to the "Crimean Tatar" design, quite frankly. Looking forward to the next video!

@m.bitious

Ай бұрын

@@Couponuser16 thanks a lot again 😊. That's funny, the shape of crab bows actually influenced me regarding the second bow. I'll definetly try to close it way more when applying the sinew. In my mind the tips will almost touch, but I'm not sure if I will achieve that. We'll see 😉. Cheers my friend

@Couponuser16

Ай бұрын

@@m.bitious I love that shape too. I think Korean Hornbows or "Guk-gung" were specifically manufactured in a way where their unstrung shape is a complete circle. I've also seen videos of people trying to open them up for stringing and they need a vice to get it started haha! Very much looking forward to see how this turns out. Also very interested to see how the preshapped horn impacts the construction / performance if at all! And birch bark is a personal favorite aesthetic of mine, I'd love to see it. I especially love the Tiger Stripe painted birch bark of the Manchu/Qing bows. I think the design is called Hua hua pi (畫樺皮).

@m.bitious

Ай бұрын

@@Couponuser16 I will definetly look that design up. Thanks a lot for that tip. Haha, yes, there's this asian youtuber zwe who opened up such a bow and if I remember correctly he needed the help of a friend. I guess it will be pretty challenging and a crutial moment with lots of potential for failure, because if you are to impatient it will snap on you. We'll see 😀 - I'll share my experience in success as well as in failure. Cheers

It's a problem with the algorithm used by KZread, too few likes compared to other videos of the same genre where there are no data regarding sizes. But we your fans are following you with greatness

@m.bitious

3 ай бұрын

Yeah, and besides that bow making is a very special hobby. And we are the chosen few 😀 - and I'm thankful for every single likeminded follower like you. As I write in every video: it is mates like you that keep me going! Thanks a lot for that, Otto ❤️ 😊

Nice work 😊Waiting for part #2

@m.bitious

3 ай бұрын

Thanks, mate! That's very kind ☺

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@m.bitious

2 ай бұрын

You're absolutely welcome, my friend. The second part will follow soon 🙂. May the peace be upon you, too.

@user-vm5ol7zn1c

Ай бұрын

Hello, can you tell me the size of the sticks?

@m.bitious

Ай бұрын

@@user-vm5ol7zn1c hey my friend, the handle-piece is 24cm (10cm handle + 2 x 7cm for the V-notch-tips), the limbs (sal + kasan) are at least 41cm ... better cut it 46cm and remove whats to much ... the 41cm divide in 7cm v-notch handle + 15cm sal + 12cm kasan + 7cm v-notch towards the handle at least 15,5cm (7cm v-notch-tip + 5,5cm until the string-groove + 3cm beyond) but here as well: give it some extra cm, because take away is much easier then being to short. In total everything should add up to 103cm from string-notch to string-notch - and 109cm in total (that leaves every limb from the exact middle with 51,5cm to the string-notch and 54,5cm to the very end). But I cannot stress it enough: make every piece a little longer (you lose length when bending) and cut it to exact dimension after steam-bending. Hope that helps, my friend. Cheers

Is this is a manchu bow?

@m.bitious

3 ай бұрын

Its a light (40 lbs) Ottoman, designed for practice and hunting. I will close it even more in the process to get this horseshoe shape. Cheers, my friend

@royalblue3214

3 ай бұрын

@@m.bitious waiting for next parts

@m.bitious

3 ай бұрын

@@royalblue3214 great to have you on board, my friend 😊

@ottobigu678

3 ай бұрын

I'm glad you're back with a new project, will you be using horn ?

@m.bitious

3 ай бұрын

@@ottobigu678 hey, yes I will - but I'll try a different technique this time. Don't want to spoil to much - next part we'll see if it worked out 😀