Mongolian Composite Horse Bow

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Mongolian or Hungarian Horse bow
These bows were featured in the movie "scorpion king". Yes, the same bowyer that made those bows, make these bows! These are the exact same bows that all of Memnons Guards shot from the castle Walls!

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The sport of Horse Archery and the art of Handcraft run deep in the Hungarian culture. These traditions have been passed down for thousands of years and stem from all over the globe. These bows are directly from overseas, handcrafted by a well known Hungarian Bow Maker. These bows have the speed of a compound bow, and no stack! I dont know why people even bother with longbows and compounds, these bows are sweet.

Both bows come in 3 classifications; Beginners class, Target Class, or Hunting Class. Specify in message box during checkout.
Beginner's class used for women, teens, or beggining archer.   25-35# @ 28"
Target class used for mainly target practice, sca, or small game hunting.   35-50# @ 28"
Hunters class can be used for Hunting, competition, sca, and much more. 50-60# @ 28"

Mongolian Bow specs-
The ancient Mongols developed this style with its distinctive bridge on which the string rests. The purpose of this design is to give the string a little extra “pop” when the string snaps against it. This gives this bow the advantage of higher arrow velocity. The Mongolian measures 54 Ľ“ unstrung and 53 ˝“ strung with a nylon string. This his bow has ash or cherry syhas with fine horn lamination and an arrow guard carved from fine wood.

The entire bow is wrapped in high quality leather to protect it from the elements. Max draw length is 31" Plenty of power and speed to take down a deer. The heavy model shoots around 200fps.

Hungarian Bow specs-
This style used by the Hun and Magyar tribes has the power of a long bow with an incredibly smooth release. Measuring 56” unstrung and 51 ˝” strung with a 49“ nylon string this bow is preferred for hunting because it is so quite. The syhas are made of either ash or cherry laminated with fine woods or horn for increased strength, while the handle is decorated with an arrow guard carved from fine wood or bone.

The entire bow is wrapped in high quality leather to protect it from the elements. Max draw length is 31" Plenty of power and speed to take down a deer. The heavy model shoots around 200fps.

FAQ'S
What are the bows made from?
Ash panels and fibre glass together in order to get the best possible quality. The two parts which contain the channel for the bowstring are fixed on the body of the bow and they are decorated and strengthen with horn.

Why are the bows covered with leather?
Leather covering partly protects the body of bows partly makes them more attractive. Our ancestors also covered their bows with leather or bark of birch-trees.

History and Info on the Mongolian bow-
Composite bows are different from the Western European simple bows (so called longbows) in a way that in all cases several pieces of horn, wood were stack together in layers, with bone stiffening. The form and structure of these were extremely diverse, but it is typical of all of them that in an un-drawn condition they become bent strongly backwards, and this negative bending remains also in a drawn condition in a length of 1-2 hand span at both ends of the bow. Turkish-Tartar composite bows, which represent the top of reflex bows, ensured a relatively high initial speed (200 ft/s). Composite bows were made of several layers of woods (birch, ash, maple). Wood used for bows was selected by the bow maker craftsman himself, when the tree was alive. The tree was cut down only if the growing direction of the tree and its grain line were found suitable by the craftsman, as the natural curve of the tree was taken advantage of as well. The wood cut into slats was rested for a longer time by turns, and later it was steeped and dried several times. These methods were to increase the wood's flexibility, durability and ability to stick.

A bunch of animal sinews were strongly pressed to the inner part of the wood bent into C-form. When drying, sinew fibres got stack to the wood and could not be separated any more. To the outer part of the wood horn layers were glued, which were cut from animal horns. (Today it is of course substituted by modern materials, such as glass fibre or carbon.) The bow prepared this way was covered with a thin coat - the aim of which was to provide protection against wet weather -, and the coat was often ornamented with patterns. The preparation of a mature bow - whatever unbelievable it may sound - lasted for at least 5 years or more. Bows made this way surpassed in all respect the Western European bows of a simpler structure. The stiffer twigs at both ends of the bow and the flexible negative curve at shooting gave an extra speed to the arrow at the last moment. You are able to shoot with our bows 200-300 m (depending on the strength of the bow).

In the first part of the V. century the number of Huns arriving to Europe was only 20-30.000. The life of these nomads roaming with huge studs was determined by looting. They achieved their exceptional military success divided into orderly, mobile troops of some hundreds. Their quick horsemen turning up unexpectedly made a huge destruction among the terrified enemy. They reached the peak of their power during the reign of Attila, he was able to hold the tribes together, and with his death (453) the empire in the Carpathian basin fell apart.

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