04-18-2009, 07:50 PM
I don't think the mass of a scythian style horsebow is anywhere near enough to cause any damage like that. String down became very common after the gorytos split into a separate quiver and bow case, from what I can gather, so it can't have been that damaging.
I think perhaps the curve at the bottom end of the Median gorytos from Persepolis was probably to fit nicely round the recurved end of the bow. The bow in the picture of the product I linked you to doesn't have recurved tips. If you have one edge straight, you can simply cut one piece of leather and sew it up on two edges, rather than cutting two pieces and sewing three edges if both edges were curved.
Are you deciding to go for a custom one? One leatherworker offered me $300 - $350 but couldn't complete it because of family reasons. The next one I've contacted is here in the UK and has said she'll do it for £400 - £450. I think mine was a little more pricy because I was having a sheepskin interior and 8 - 9 oz leather outer casing for protection. Plus heavy decoration. It was also the "eastern" style, with arrow tubes instead of one big compartment.
A simple, thinner leather, unlined one would probaby be a lot less, and significantly easier to make.
(I've decided to separate into a separate bow and arrow quiver though in case new bows don't fit. And am totally undecided as to which type of arrow quiver to go for!)
I think perhaps the curve at the bottom end of the Median gorytos from Persepolis was probably to fit nicely round the recurved end of the bow. The bow in the picture of the product I linked you to doesn't have recurved tips. If you have one edge straight, you can simply cut one piece of leather and sew it up on two edges, rather than cutting two pieces and sewing three edges if both edges were curved.
Are you deciding to go for a custom one? One leatherworker offered me $300 - $350 but couldn't complete it because of family reasons. The next one I've contacted is here in the UK and has said she'll do it for £400 - £450. I think mine was a little more pricy because I was having a sheepskin interior and 8 - 9 oz leather outer casing for protection. Plus heavy decoration. It was also the "eastern" style, with arrow tubes instead of one big compartment.
A simple, thinner leather, unlined one would probaby be a lot less, and significantly easier to make.
(I've decided to separate into a separate bow and arrow quiver though in case new bows don't fit. And am totally undecided as to which type of arrow quiver to go for!)
Nadeem Ahmad
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