中國角弓 傳統射箭 Chinese horn bow traditional archery thumb ring re

Kenneth shooting an old Chinese horn bow, over 150 years old, repaired by horn bow master Yuhua Jang. 55# in 33 inches.Traditional Thumb ring release

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[SamiulIslaam]

And chinese bows existed even before the mongol bows.

[sopmodm4]

When I say "Turkish" I probably should have said "Turkic" but the Ottomans didn't invent a new type of bow,A horn bow with static limbs is a horn bow with static limbs and what makes a Chinese bow "better" is materials,Bamboo(faster reflex)and dry sealing methods to prevent their horn and sinew from being degraded by moisture.The flight record you mention is an English flight record and was easily surpassed by ancient Turkish archers(monuments exist)and for that matter the Chinese and Mongol bow

[est2000]

everything was inveted by chinesee wooow so cool men! try to think

out of films

an old chinese source tells:turkish have very sharp swords and bow which they shot

very long distance

an another says:we could'nt win any war against to Turks until we

start to using their weapons

i don't know who invented the this bows but turkish people were using this bow

before chineese

[5tonyvvvv]

@SamiulIslaam We dont know fore sure who invented the bow or what continent! Who cares anyway, if it was the chinese or the mongols! Bows are cool.

[canadianfirzen]

@BananaEatingGorilla the arrow i heard is heavier so it has better penetration at closer range

[BananaEatingGorilla]

b) Manchurian bows are lacquered, which is a distinct characteristic. It is meant to prevent moisture from damaging the bow. Together with the increased wood component, it makes the bow more resistant to rain.

Overall, Mongolian-Turkish-Korean horn bows have stayed true to nomadic traditions. Manchurian bows have less range but increased resistance to moisture, which suggests that perhaps Manchurians changed their bows after conquering China as the wet climate could wreck havoc on horn bows.

[BananaEatingGorilla]

You know, this looks like a Manchurian bow, which is a bit different than Mongolian-Turkish-Korean horn bows (these three are closely related). The differences are:

a) The Manchurian bows use a lot more wood, the wood is thicker and there proportionally less of horn/sinew components. Unfortunately, this reduced the range quite a bit. The Manchurian bow compensates for it by being bigger, but the range still does not come nearly close to that of Mongolian-Turkish-Korean horn bows.

[TYKKETYKKE]

No, this is NOT a mongolian bow. The mongol and chinese designs are closely related, but not entirely the same.

[poomn2008]

This is a mongolian bow actually.

[portugesecracker]

skill

[garvonfamily]

If that bow is truly that old....you are very fortunate to be able to shoot it and experience it. It is a testament to the original bow builder that it has lasted this long.

[TYKKETYKKE]

Reading up on this old discussion, I would like to add one thing. It doesn't matter much who invented the composite bow. It matters though, who put it to the best use. Seeing as the Mongols (for example) were deadly accurate with their bows, even from horseback in full gallop, I'd say they are definetely candidates to being the best archers ever.