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Title: natural material horse bow
Post by: Pat B on March 17, 2009, 09:33:00 AM

You guys should check out James Parker's natural material horse bow on POW WOW..."Bamboo Horse Bow".
  James is a new sponsor(huntworthyproductions.com) and a long time friend of mine. He is an incredible craftsman with natural material bows and glass lam bows, as well as one of the best knappers in the US.
The bow James posted has a raw boo backing, carbonized boo belly and a series of wood center lams, is 48" long and pulls 30". I have shot similar bows that James made and they are very fast and accurate.

Title: Re: natural material horse bow
Post by: broketooth on March 17, 2009, 09:51:00 AM

mr pat, i saw this bow you described. i think it looks great. ive been very interested in horsebows. when i have available funds , im looking foward to experimenting with shooting different style horsebows.ive seen people shoot these bows on other websites and they have really peaked my interest.

Title: Re: natural material horse bow
Post by: Pat B on March 17, 2009, 11:19:00 AM

Ruddy, James will be at the State Shoot near Hickory at the end of May. He should have a nice selection of all of the bows he makes. He will be at the Tenn. Classic the first part of May.

Title: Re: natural material horse bow
Post by: James Parker 2 on March 22, 2009, 01:28:00 PM

thanks pat,for all the great comments,,i will also be  teaching a bamoo bow building class at the classic,,i will have all necessary ,parts for building bow using the string ,wedge method.. the class will be free........james p