Horsebow arrow spine

[fafnir]

I'm going to start shopping for wood/bamboo shafts for my Kassai mongol bow.  I've read on several sites that the ideal spine for a mongol style bow will be 10 lbs. less than that of a recurve bow of the same draw weight.  Although I've read it, I've never seen an explanation as to why...does anyone have an answer?

Thanks.

 (Spine fixed...)

[moebow]

fafnir,

Welcome to Trad Gang!  You will get better answers for this question on the Pow Wow.  This is a shooting FORM section.

That said, it is SPINE not SPLINE.

Arne

[Saluki55]

A horse bow usually does not have a shelf cut into it... so a lighter spine is needed for the arrow to go around the handle this is why a lighter spine is recommended.

[fafnir]

Sorry about the typo on spine.  I had just finished re-screening my florida room, and the material used to hold the screen in the aluminum frames is "spline"...

[Traditional-Archer]

fafnir, welcome. I believe moebow meant, go to the main forum and look for the shooters forum, you will get a lot better response there.

[Flying Dutchman]

Saluki nailed it

[William F. Adams]

I was just running the numbers for my Kaya KTB last night --- Carbon Express Predator 2 800 shafts seemed to be right, though I may re-try w/ the 1000s tonight.

Are there any other carbon shafts w/ ~.800 or ~1.000 spine?