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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: MikeO on April 26, 2013, 12:58:32 AM

Title: My new Hun style bows
Post by: MikeO on April 26, 2013, 12:58:32 AM
Hun style bows custom made by the hand of Attila himself! Really. Attila Keresztes in PA, USA.

Handle and siyahs are ash and canarywood, limbs are bamboo under clear glass w ostrich covers, siyahs have horn accents. Fast, smooth, and quiet. 54 inches tip to tip strung.

(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l256/mso357/Hun/h008_zpsac7032a2.jpg) (http://s98.photobucket.com/user/mso357/media/Hun/h008_zpsac7032a2.jpg.html)

(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l256/mso357/Hun/h007_zps4becf432.jpg) (http://s98.photobucket.com/user/mso357/media/Hun/h007_zps4becf432.jpg.html)

(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l256/mso357/Hun/h009_zpsae98c2ce.jpg) (http://s98.photobucket.com/user/mso357/media/Hun/h009_zpsae98c2ce.jpg.html)

(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l256/mso357/Hun/draw1_zpsadd94934.jpg) (http://s98.photobucket.com/user/mso357/media/Hun/draw1_zpsadd94934.jpg.html)
Title: Re: My new Hun style bows
Post by: alfsauve on April 26, 2013, 06:55:56 AM
Very cool.   I can really appreciate the style and I'm sure it's a very good performer, too.


My arms just don't seem to be built to handle a bow.  I have the strength, it's just that they bend inward and the string hits my forearm.   A few disastrous times I tried a forearm protector, the string got caught under it.   I have developed what might in the shooting world be called a "flinch" when it comes to bows.
Title: Re: My new Hun style bows
Post by: ellis4538 on April 26, 2013, 04:40:18 PM
KOOL!  What draw weight?

Richard
Title: Re: My new Hun style bows
Post by: MikeO on April 27, 2013, 12:38:49 AM
KOOL!  What draw weight?

Richard

30% of my bodyweight. ;)
Title: Re: My new Hun style bows
Post by: Tyler Durden on April 30, 2013, 08:57:53 PM
Cool!

Are you making your own arrows too?

I've seen videos of arrow making.  That's an art in itself.

Sooooo... Somewhere between 45 pounds and 60 pounds????

I was tempted to say something half jokingly like "where's the whisker biscuit?" or "which fiber optic pins do you like?"

There is something K.I.S.S.  that I like about traditional archery.