Sheepeater Bow

[Mad Max]

Sheepeater glass bow


I ran across this Sheepeater Horn bow on the internet and a light bulb popped into my head


So I made a insert for the form and made my riser




I sanded some lams and got the form ready for glue up.
I used some streaky clear glass for the first one


In the hot box

[Longcruise]

Slick form mod

[Flem]

Must be a big hot box, looks like your whole shop is in it.

[mmattockx]

Is this the same form you made the shorty bow from a few weeks ago?


Mark

[Mad Max]

Is this the same form you made the shorty bow from a few weeks ago?


Mark

Nope

This one

https://www.tradgang.com/tgsmf/index.php?topic=174851.0

[Mad Max]

Off the form and cleaned up the sides


Braced to high, need to make a string tomorrow and see how it bends when I draw it

[Mad Max]

Must be a big hot box, looks like your whole shop is in it.

[Pat B]

Looks good, Mark. Looking forward to seeing full draw and how it shoots.

[Roy from Pa]

Very nice, Mark.

[Mad Max]

Thanks Roy

[kennym]

Nice mod !! 

[Buemaker]

Will be interesting to see full draw picture.

[Mad Max]

 

[Mad Max]

All tillered, still need sanding and finish
clear glass with boo flooring and stabil-kore


33#@28"

[Arlo]

Whoa Dad!  Can you say finger pinch?      That one is going to be tough getting off the string at a 90 degree string angle..... Just saying....  But..... Don't those guys that shoot that horse bow design typically use a thumb ring?    I just thought of that.  I've seen Korean bows like that being drawn clear past their ear.......Arlo

[KenH]

Yes -- those of us who primarily shoot short wood-horn-sinew or wood-glass replicas of Asian traditional bows often use a thumb ring and the arrow is held on the thumb side of the bow.  Alternatively there is a Slavic grip/release.  Like that Sheepeater bow and other NativeAmerican bows there are invariably no arrow shelves.  We shoot "off the hand" or "off the thumb".

[Mad Max]

Yes shoot with the thumb
Arrow goes on the opposite side of the rise, so Right handed shoots off the right side of the bow