hey guys im intrested in going even more traditional and getting a turkidh recurve and was wondering if any of you can give me any information on turkish bows
thanks david

You may want to look up Saluki Bows. I have one of his Turk recurves, very sweet bow.

Are you interested in a traditional horn and wood composite or one of the modern reproductions with fibreglass?James Parker makes a good looking and preforming bamboo reproduction and Lukas Of Saluki makes both horn and modern reproductions,depends on what you have in mind.

thanks i would love more info and the turk saluki is awesome i want one but expensive i like the grozer junior turkish bow on hunarchery.com

i'd contact james parker at  www.huntworthyproductions.com   james is making traditional horn bows, glass horn bows, and the only bowyer making them out of wood and bamboo.  i've own a couple grozer's and have shot several saluki models, i'll only spend money on a parker from now on.  in fact, i own several and have four ordered.

thanks
any other info guys is all helpful ive really got an itch to get one turkish bow or two muh hahah

Nothing against the grozers but I would pass on it,Jamesmakes some excellent bows and am waiting to meet him and try his bows,One of the reasons why I started making my own was of the prices second the satisfaction of making my own crabbows.
Cheers

I think the original designs were meant to be shot with a thumb ring. So there could be some finger pinch issues with a three finger draw unless the bowyer stretches out the design a little.
A year or two ago there was post on paleo planet about some turk bows Adam karpowicz had done and tested on a shooting machine. One was a replica turk flight bow, shooting 126lbs@28. They shot a 250 grain arrow arrow off of it and were getting around 360 FPS. There was three bows in the test and one of them, shooting at 9 grains per pound was getting 205 FPS, both bows were shot with dacron and they weren't completely cured. It would be fun to make one of those with carbon foam limbs and carbon fiber siyas.

why pass? thats intresting and i love his turkish style bow buts its $300 and im lookin for a bow in the 150-180 dollar range but maybe i will just get his bow i love it

ttt

http://www.atarn.org/islamic/Performance/Performance_of_Turkish_bows.htm

I've seen and shot James' bows and they are exceptional. I watched James shoot one that pulled 50# and it pushed a carbon arrow(I don't know the weight)at 280fps and a hunting weight cane arrow(may have been Mechslasher's arrow) at 190fps with a thumb ring.
 Rambo, check out 3Rivers. They sell a couple of different "Turkish" style bows relatively inexpensive.

thanks pat everyone is saying james bows are great i just may go with his turkish bow

Contact James. He is a great guy and very knowledgeable about lots of stuff and very generous with info. I promise you won't be disappointed.

I found some videos on UTUBE showing how to shoot with a thumb ring in case you were interested.

Can anyone post some pics of the Turkish bows that James makes. His site's pictures aren't very detailed.

TTT I want james Turkish bow so freakin badly know  hope it won't be long before I get one I'm 16 and have 2 recurves know    

Check out this site.   www.siegeworkcreations.com.  They may have something you would be interested in.
Lynn Hunt

James is a class act.  I have talked to him a couple of times and if I were in the market for a bow he would get my business.

As far as Turkish bows go they are normally short and sensitive but more fun the a barrell of monkeys. I own a Grozer Crimean Tatar which is a Turkish bow without as much reflex 55# and shot with a thumb ring.  These bows seem to shoot better with this style vs. fingers.

As far as the thumb draw goes it is a very different experience from fingers.  The biggest difference is the sight picture(the arrow is on the draw hand side).  The reason the arrows is on that side is because when you perform the thumb draw you "lock" the arrow against the arrow pass.  Another difference is that you hold the bow verticle almost like a FITA style and your grip needs to be very soft.  Spine is also less of an issue (I spine my arrows around 15# over).  

The most overlooked aspect for a new thumb draw archer is the thumb ring.  It must fit properly otherwise you can really hurt yourself. I would recommend getting Kays Thumb Ring Book.  I also think you need to just shoot with the ring if you are going to master that draw style.  Once you start and practice you will find it is like an extension of yourself.  I find it easier and I am more accurate with the thumb then I ever was with fingers.

TTT