Mongol Horn Bow - Caagan Chad/Tsagaan Khad Bow
The making process of my very first horn bow, carried out under the instruction of my master- an experienced horn-bowyer who recently has just published his own manual on horn bow building, which can be acquired via:
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Imagine in old days building these bows without power tools or just modern stuff, true craftsman!
Hello from Montpellier/France. Congratulations for your beautiful video of the making of your 80 Lbs Mongolian bow I am a 77 year old artist, and I make small bows for my children and my grandchildren. for shooting on horseback Turks, but of weak powers. In my youth I competed and I was a good shooter. But with classic bows. Stabilizer, viewfinder etc. But for me, it's not real archery. I haven't shot an archery in 50 years. I lost all my muscles. Three years ago, I got back into the bow. But also made bows like you, Asians, Mongols and Turks, Etc. However, I am a good handyman and I have several trades in my hands. I did not think it was so complicated to make this kind of bows. I had started trying to make bows like yours, with sinew, buffalo horn and fish glue. But after two years, I gave up this kind of production. I have indeed broken 50 bows since July 2019 for several reasons. I continued with Bamboo, fiber and epoxy resin and very strong synthetic fiber pallet strapping rope. Since 2022, I've started to have good results with slightly different techniques than you. My arches are 0.95m, 1.10m and I start for 1.20/1.30m arches. The weight is 350gr/400-450gr. Power of 15/20/35 lbs. After three years of manufacturing, I will try to make a bow like you with the old ancient Asian techniques. But the only thing I keep from my experiences is the use of epoxy wood glues and also tendons. In France, it is impossible to have this kind of tenbon. It is prohibited for sale. It's stupid. Congratulations again for your work. Are you an artist. And a very good craftsman. Cheer. Patrick Dupré-opart. PS: Can you please tell what wood your bow is made of? If you are interested, I can send you seeds of "Osage des oranges", I have plenty of them 3 km from my village. It is a fast growing tree.
@nanashibow8091
Жыл бұрын
Thank you sir, It's my honor to hear your story and know about your work. I'm also started with self-taught about bow making. I'm succeed making fiberglass bow and wood-fiberglass laminated bow, broken alot of couse. I just got lucky that I meet a master about horn bow making and learned very much from him. I'm indeed not an artist or skillful craftsman, I'm just trying my best eachday. Thank you, sir, for noticed my work. If conviniece, i really love to got my hands on some osage orange seed. I have some usable native wood in my coutry, but I'm really curious about osage orange wood.
@user-um8qk7ho5w
24 күн бұрын
@@nanashibow8091 Здравствуте! А что за материал на 3мин. 45сек.?
OUTSTANDING WORK!good to see youngsters keeping old traditions going.I believe the Mongols had the best bows EVER!!
This work is absolutely beautiful. the time, effort and craftsmanship is enthralling - thank you for sharing!
I love the way you use traditional methods combined with modern tools and techniques. Melting hide glue in a pressure cooker. Great idea! I love how much time you spend with the finer details including laying out the sinew with such care. Then applying thin layers of birch like bark to the back of the bow. You're craftsmanship is top notch my friend!! Awesome work!!
@nanashibow8091
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your support. I'm still learning about horn bow making. The more bow I make, the more admire I have with ancient peoples. :D
@rickschneider3887
Жыл бұрын
Ancient culture and craftsman fascinate me too because they learned how to engineer and build things without modern technology. The bow has been used by every culture on earth and though they share many similar ideas they all have their own little unique ways to make them. I appreciate the people like yourself who try to keep the ancient skills alive so they are never forgotten and allows others to see how far we have advanced in our technology!
Fascinating! It boggles the mind to think of how much "cottage industry" it took to arm hundreds of thousands, if not millions of archers across Asia in ancient times! And that was without the benefit of electric tools! Amazing!
@kevinmckinney166
10 ай бұрын
Weapon sales/manufacturing , is the second oldest professional
@antiqe4286
10 ай бұрын
@@kevinmckinney166I wonder what’s the first🤣🤣🤣
@brianmacc1934
10 ай бұрын
Farming
@robcrowley8546
9 ай бұрын
Hunter/gatherer
@jjw5165
9 ай бұрын
Profession is solder. Second is probably hoe. Farmer is probably third
Это не просто лук от мастера - это история народа. Молодец 👍!
@nanashibow8091
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your support, I always want to recreate if I saw a war bow. :D
@innyroze
Жыл бұрын
где ты тут историю увидал?
@user-wv3lv1tc2m
Жыл бұрын
@@innyroze , лук степных кочевников - это оружие войны, с которым они покоряли народы и добывали пищу на охоте . Никакие другие народы не изготавливали подобные луки - это часть материальной культуры азиатских кочевых народов.
@innyroze
Жыл бұрын
@@user-wv3lv1tc2m ты дебил? такие луки пользовало полмира от австрии до японии. фишка монголов, как раз и была в том, что они его максимально упростили и удешевили. а тут не лук а бентли делает
@user-wv3lv1tc2m
Жыл бұрын
@@innyroze , ты что, сука прыщавая, хочешь меня просветить на предмет что где и когда на белом свете делалось!?
My friend, this is not just a bow. it's a masterpiece. I am heartily envious of the patience, craftsmanship and talent you put into it. Well done. As far as I know, horse tribes have had such bows - the Mongols, the Huns, the Bulgarians and the Hungarians. Then the Turks inherited the secret of making strong bows from the Tatar - Mongols. Which country are you from?
@nanashibow8091
Жыл бұрын
Yes, this Mongol conquests bow is the first bow has V-splices wood join. After this bow, so many different types of bow design were born. I'm in Vietnam, I'm also practicing horseback archery. :D
@peaceleader7315
Жыл бұрын
The Mongol war innovation and the tactics of war deserves the highest honour in our capitalistic economic defence industries award.. hmmmm.. Glory to the one world ambitions through war and ambitions Glory to the great Ganghist Khan .!!!.. hmmmm.. Hmmmm I wonder who else would want to unite our human species with a one ambitions within the name of Peace ... hmmmm.. and who would be a first one world government president.. hmmmm..
@fjalics
Жыл бұрын
@nanashibow8091 The the bow is beautiful, but I am curious how much the arrows weighed, and how fast they flew. It would be fun to see you shoot them through a chronograph.
@peaceleader7315
Жыл бұрын
@@fjalics my point is war and wars innovation will never ever unite humanity and bringing them under a one roof.. as long as we hold dear to our culture, tribes, religions and sovereignty jurisdictions and patriotism flags... We need a new approach towards peace .. and that is a race against time... because human had learned to harvest the power of atoms and weaponising it to the full extent and if we don't change our way.. our human species civilisation it self will be finish when a new cycle of wars comes along..
@fjalics
Жыл бұрын
@peaceleader7315 That's nice. So your plan is to make sure nobody helps the victim, so the bully can prevail because they're scary? How about a lesson. One person should never be able to start a war, or control all information, like Putin.
Greetings from Mongolia. Such a hardworking guy. You almost made a ancient Mongolian war bow. Congrats 😁 Eternal blue sky will bless you. One day you can visit Mongolia and see the archery festival /Naadam festival Wrestling, Archery, Horse race/
What a beautiful bow. Imagine how the old mongols made that without machinery. The young man's a Master craftsman.
Örülök hogy van aki továbbviszi a régi mesterek tudását! Gratulálok!
Thanks for sharing this video. A absolutely beautiful bow! Deep respect for your great work.
Everyone here has complimented on your beautiful bow, as they should. So what I would like to compliment is your appreciation. People have given you things to help and you are thankful for it. You are a kind soul. Never lose that!
@nanashibow8091
10 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for spend your time for my video and my response. I'll keep every thing this way.
la perizia del dettaglio, la maestria adottata è altissima, le tecniche di costruzione finora lette solo sui manuali d’arcieria, in questo video prendono forma. Complimenti per il capolavoro svolto maestro.
Even though we live in India our forefathers told us we are migrated from Mongolia thousands of years ago. I am hoping one day I will visit to Mongolia where our forefathers belong. We are from Manipur, north east side of India.
@simonphoenix3789
3 ай бұрын
Indians migrated from around Iran, not mongolia. The later mughal empire was created by people who had mongolian heritage, but they were only a small part. Even the mongol empire by that point was largely made up of various other peoples, just led by genghis khan's family.
I've watched this video a few times now, & still admire your work. Beautiful craftsmanship.
Wow, that is beyond beautiful! A masterpiece of craftsmanship!
Man Your job is a real masterpiece.
The bow is Amazing and gorgeous. 💯💞 This video has two beautiful camera angle that allow you to see the arrow swim through the air as it's released. That in itself is Amazing! 💯💞🤙
what a beautiful bow and the craftmanship behind it. I would love to have one of these.
Great video - look forward to visiting your workshop soon Tan 👍🏻
Absolutely amazing craft and tradition.
Outstanding. I’ve been waiting for a video making this bow for a long time. Great job. You are a craftsman
Beautiful ! Temujin himself would be proud to wield such a bow !
Beautiful work... and a very beautiful bow. The curves of these recurve horse bows are just so perfectly elegant... like fine calligraphy.
Respect to the humungus Da Dao on your weapon rack. Your skills sooth the soul. Power to you🙏
@nanashibow8091
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for noticed my work and my stuff :D It's Vietnamese blade calls "Phác Đao" -btw, very heavy beast. :D
This is a fantastically good video! Very inspiring, and really makes me feel better about spending so much on my Saluki Mongol horn bow!! Thanks so much for documenting this whole process in such detail.
@nanashibow8091
Жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@username7274
Жыл бұрын
Would you disclose how much a bow like that cost ?
@danvo1918
Жыл бұрын
@@username7274 priceless
@lemagicbaguette1917
6 ай бұрын
@@username7274 last I checked, these hornbows start at around (USD)2 700.
From Holland: thank you for sharing this. Respect!
Beautiful job. You have some serious whittling skills, its on my bucket list to make one.
Beautifully done! You're a badass sir.
She is an absolute beauty of a bow, and my greatest respect for You as an artisan sir. Greetings from the Netherlands and keep on doing your thing
@nanashibow8091
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your support. Greetings from Viet Nam. ❤
From one craftsman to another, very well done. Subbed.
@nanashibow8091
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your support. :D
Well done! I see your master has taught you well in the art of bow making. Your workmanship is complimented in the way the bow performs and your shooting technique is a factor as well. Listen to me, trying to sound like I know what I'm talking about! LOL!
@nanashibow8091
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for noticed my work and my technique. :D
you are skillful and artist to acquire such knowledge, excellent work!
Thank you, a fantastic video, showing and sharing all your skills and knowledge with a really beautiful and very functional bow at end👏👏👏👍👍 Take care Sam
@nanashibow8091
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your support. ❤️
marvelous, great attention to detail and hard work shows through. Thank you for showing us. Fine Shooting!
I experienced great pleasure watching the work of this young master. I also love archery and enjoy watching videos with real masters.
Living history. Congratulations!
Beautiful work. Quite young man has learned a lot. Залуу хүн гэхэд их юм сурч, мэдэж.
Wow, that is beyond beautiful! A masterpiece of craftsmanship!. Bom trabalho.
Absolutely amazing how much effort you put into this project. Very beautiful bow,. Hope one day i will be able do build such a masterpiece on my own.
Wow !!! Beautiful craftsmanship.
@nanashibow8091
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for noticing my work. :D
Beautiful bow, well done!
Congrats for your work. Beautiful handcraft. But I have a doubt - How Mongols made hundred thousands, perhaps millions of a such bows one thousand years ago with much more primitive tools... a very deep mystery...
Thank you so much for sharing this information and being honest about your experience in bow making. And also giving us the chance to learn how to make a horn bow from both you and your master. 😊😊😊
@nanashibow8091
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your support.
what a lot of work and many hours , beautiful result
Very talented bowyer.
Mind blowing! Iconic !
Wow! Youre awesome, amazing job!
Beautiful bow
That rain is so relaxing
Wow! What a great detailed video, and bow! 😁 Time we'll spent watching you work 🤯
Gorgeous bow. You're very skilled
You got a great talent, keep doing that great work
Beautiful bow!
Wow that looks great.
That's one impressive piece of work. I think "impressive" is an understatement. I'm at a loss of words. I make one piece selfbows and get frustrated when they brake on me. Well, if that horn bow broke on me I would just go ballistic. It was a pleasure watching you make it sir. Just subscribed, btw.
@nanashibow8091
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your support. "Moment of the true"-alway said it to myself when I'm stringing a new bow. :D
@notapplicable531
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely the worst sound in archery is a hornbow breaking. And I've heard far too many break. Not just my own, but other archers' as well. In some ways, I feel worse when it's someone else's bow. as there is no way one can really comfort the archer in that situation. There is so much love and care that a bowyer puts into one. Then there is the archer's care and the bond developed between the archer and their bow as they string and tune the bow, learning the bows unique traits and personality. And in a fraction of a second, it's gone. With one exception, it's not going ballistic, but stunned silence and a bit of helplessness as there is nothing one can do, that I've observed.
@lemagicbaguette1917
5 ай бұрын
@@notapplicable531 that sounds bloody horrible :(
Excellent skills!
wow .. that is a beautiful bow you made thanks for showing us the making of that bow
@nanashibow8091
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for noticing my work. :D
Very nice bow. Respect from Mongolia.
Uma obra de arte.
Beautiful! I hope to visit your country one day.
Excellent work.
Amazing bro!!
Great Video! Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
C'est du grand art, félicitation !
Респект за такую работу👍
Looks great.
beautiful bow, amazing work and skill. wish I can have one
It's beautiful bow! Great job! Greetings from Brazil!
@nanashibow8091
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, just try my best in it, greeting from Vietnam:D
Srs , your are a artists , my respect....
I want one. Excellent craftsmanship 👍👍⚡⚡
Extraordinary 💎👈
Very nice work 👍👍👍
Great work bro
Amazing work
Awesome build. Love the decor on the back. 😍🤩👍👌
@nanashibow8091
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, I just follow the artifact, gorgeous, right? :D
Very nice ,great job.😊😊😊
work of art
Great job!!
Hola muy buen trabajo. Un saludo desde España 🇪🇦🖐
beautiful bow, high leve of craftsmanship
@nanashibow8091
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for noticing my work, I'm just trying to follow the artifact as close as I can. :D
И на какую же дальность стреляют ваши луки? Мне изначально показалось, что стрелы летят довольно медленно.
@nanashibow8091
Жыл бұрын
I'm not tested yet, but I shoot 50 meters and 70 meters with no problems, could be more. I used pretty heavy arrow - more than 700 grains and big feather so it's not fast but more powerful.
I am Romanian and after my final highschool exam, I want to start learning how to shoot with a bow. Sper că voi avea multe experiențe minunate când voi călători prin acele țări din care a apărut acest tip de arc, compozit. ❤
@tv-mb2om
4 ай бұрын
You have to visit south of Korea.
amazing engering very good the most great video about bow making
What a beautiful piece of craftsmanship
Astonishing !
Pretty damn impressive!!!!
Bonjour de Montpellier/France. Bravo pour votre belle vidéo de la fabrication de votre arc Mongol de 80 Lbs Je suis un artiste de 77 ans, et je fabrique pour mes enfants et mes petits enfants des petits arcs pour tir à cheval Turcs, mais de faible puissances. Dans ma jeunesse je faisais des compétitions et j’étais un bon tireur. Mais avec des arcs classiques. Stabilisateur, viseur etc. Mais pour moi, ce ‘est pas du vrais tir à l’arc. Je n’ai pas tiré à l’arc depuis 50 ans. J’ai perdu tous mes muscles. Depuis trois ans, je me suis remis à l’arc. Mais aussi à fabriqué des arcs comme vous, asiatiques, Mongols et Turcs, Etc. Pourtant, je suis un bon bricoleur et j’ai plusieurs métiers dans les mains. Je ne pensais pas que c’était aussi compliqué de fabriquer ce genre d’arcs. J’avais commencé à essayé de fabriquer des arcs comme le votre, avec tendon, corne de buffle et colle de poisson. Mais au bout de deux ans, j’ai abandonné ce genre de fabrication. J’ai bien cassé 50 arcs depuis juillet 2019 pour plusieurs raisons. J’ai continué avec du Bambou, fibre et résine époxy et corde de sangle de cerclage de palette en fibre synthétique tres solide. Depuis 2022, je commence à avoir des bons résultats avec des techniques un peu différentes que vous. Mes arcs sont de 0,95m, 1,10m et je commence pour des arcs de 1,20/1,30m. Le poids est de 350gr/400-450gr. Puissance de 15/20/35 Lbs. Apres trois ans de fabrication, je vais essayer de réaliser comme vous un arc avec les anciennes techniques antiques asiatiques. Mais la seule chose que je garde de mes expériences est l’utilisation des colles à bois époxies et aussi les tendons. En France,il est impossible d’avoir ce genre de tenbon. C’est interdit à la vente. C’est stupide. Encore félicitation pour votre travail. Vous etes un artiste. Et un tres bon artisan. Bravo. Patrick Dupré-opart Pouvez vous s'il vous plait de dire de quel bois est fabriqué votre arc ? Si cela vous interesse, je peu vous envoyer des graines de " Osage des oranges ", j'en aiplein à 3 km de mon village. C'est un arbre qui pousse vite.
Fascinating
very well done, great video work also. always wanted to know how these were made.
Beautiful
Sehr schöne Arbeit und super Video vielen lieben Dank 👍
Actually very impressive work, and a'Very Very nice Now,good job Man, 🤠
Sei speciale grande arco antico 😽🤛
As someone more familiar with more western-style self bows, it's interesting to see how little of what I would call tillering is used to make this bow, and is instead mostly specific shaping pre-stringing. The end result is marvellous
@nanashibow8091
Жыл бұрын
This Mongol bow has stable design, so it's pretty easy to tiller. I tried to make English long bow before, I used wrong wood so it broke, btw. The tillering process of long bow make way bigger mess than horn bow. :D
@borisv.6503
Жыл бұрын
@@nanashibow8091 I make bows too, ELB is pretty hard design on some woods as it works the best on yew, I make flatbows almost 99% of the time but someday I want to try making hornbow too. Regards.
@picatchouartbraille3379
Жыл бұрын
@@borisv.6503 Hello from France, What wood do you use to make your bows? Have you ever used orange osage wood for the manufacture of a Turkish and Asian type bow of 1.10m along. I too for a year I have been making composite bows of 1m and 1.10-1.20m long maximum. 350 gr / 400 gr maximum weight. I broke 50 bows in two years, before I could make any correctly. But my bows that I make are only for me and mafinne and my 3 grandchildren. They have low powers. 20 and 35 LBS only. I use bamboo and carbon. and epoxy fiber rods. Best wishes. Patrick Dupre
Great job!
Wow, getting to work for an actual master bowyer is a real blessing! So many mistkes I could've avoided, and I'm still not as good as you (from what can be seen in the video at least), had I access to a proper craftsman PS Do you process the birch bark yourself or is it possible to order cleaned strips in Vietnam? I find this to be absolutely the most frustrating part of the job in the world...
@nanashibow8091
Жыл бұрын
I'm just very new to this art, still need to learn more about bow making. For the birch bark, luckily I can buy cleaned strips from China. I have tried to make from raw bark, but very slow and hard to make big picece, so I decied to buy it. :D
Cet Homme a des mains en or !!!!!👍👍👍👍👍👍
@ptepuiamizo4525
Жыл бұрын
V da wanna fuckerz an tling a ding a sing a ping a tling a ling a ting a thring a* ok...aha yo yo a ha check it out the thring 3...
Great Job my friend