Thanks a lot, mate! That means a lot to me! I will start my next adventure in a few weeks - and I hope to have you on board again! Thanks for your patience! All the best, my friend - and see you soon 😊
I felt great pleasure and happiness in watching this Ottoman publication, which you carefully and traditionally produced, through its production stages. Also, as a Turk, I felt very proud. I am grateful and thank you very much for keeping this tradition alive and giving us the opportunity to follow it step by step. I offer our love and respect from Turkey. The real Ottoman archer.
Thank you so much, my friend. That means a lot to me! It's a wonderful tradition and in my opinion the most effective and beautiful way of bowmaking. I'm glad I discovered it as a hobby/passion - and I'm happy to share all my knowledge, experience, success and failiure. If you ever have any questions justiert ask and I try to answer it. All the best, my friend
What a series! Beautiful, beautiful bow. It's been very enjoyable watching each video. Thank you again for typing up all of the captions as well! There aren't very many hornbow building videos from step 1 to completion out there, and even fewer at a legitimate "warbow" weight so this was an awesomely unique series. Interestingly enough, Adam Karpowicz (who's book I'm guessing you referenced on this build) did some performance testing of Ottoman hornbows and one of them was 75.5lbs at 28" - similar to your build right here. It was able to propel a 34g (522 grain) arrow 209fps and a 48g (739 grain) arrow 184fps. I'd be very interested to see how your bow compares. The full article on bow performance by design can be found if you search "Performance of Turkish Bows by Adam Karpowicz" published on ATARN if you are interested.
Wow, thank you so much! That's very kind and means a lot to me! And you are totally right. Adam K is absolutely amazing. His passion for hornbows is unrivaled. I use his book as a main source. As well as the traditional bowyers bible (the second one is not about compound bows but has great articles about sinew backing and wood types). I'm looking forward to test my warbow too - but it's somehow strange with me. I thought for a second that it would be pretty sad to test it with (cheap) bought arrows - now I want to (need to?) build some by myself for testing 😀. All the best, my friend. And thanks again for your kind words and the shared passion for bows 😊. Cheers my friend
@@m.bitious I will need to pick up the traditional bowyers bible, I haven't read that. Thank you for the recommendation. I don't think it would be a disappointment with any arrows, but there is a very good video by a gentleman named Stiliyan Stefanov who makes Ottoman arrows with super traditional equipment and they turn out looking like art pieces. Even if you don't end up making them, I recommend giving that a look. Cheers!
@@Couponuser16 it is a collection of articles regarding different topics of archery and bow building. Every article is written by a different specialist. Most of them are really great. But compared to Adam k its a little bit more "dry" to read, if you now what I mean. Focus mainly on facts and a little less entertaining. And its all about selfbows. But has useful parts about glue, sinew, wood and more. I really like it. Cheers my friend.
@@m.bitious Gonna be picking up a copy for myself here soon, and I'm a pretty big fan of sinew backed short self bows. I personally live pretty close to a major American Indian reservation and have a couple buddies apart of the tribe (Arapaho) that still do trad bow hunting. And we're talking Natives from the Great Plains, so ancestral Bison hunters who still take down big game. Those bows are some of the most fun to shoot as well. There's a pretty cool smaller channel VFC Archery who focuses more on these types of bows and man they are fun to watch. Honestly, if you combined all of your videos in this series into one video it would be ~80min long. Really not very dissimilar from his videos. If you are up for a serious challenge after your flight bow, he made an asymmetrical hornbow (Bulgarian) losely based on the Qum Darya "Niya" bow with a larger upper limb than lower limb. Thing is funky looking but also pretty cool lol.
Hello. I watched your Ottoman bow making series from start to finish with interest. You have made an incredible effort and prepared a wonderful content. I am writing to you from Ankara, the capital of Turkey. I found the details I was searching for a long time in your video. If you pin the products you use in the content, technical drawings and measurements, and online shopping links under each video, I will be inspired by you and want to make one too. Thanks for the excellent series.
thanks a lot, my friend, that's really kind! Greetings to Ankara (I hope you have way better weather than I do 😉). That's a very good idea - linking online shops I mean. I will do this in the future. Do you need any more information on the sources I used? Just write it to me and I will send you the links & answer your questions to my bet knowledge. All the best 🙃
@@BOZKIRLI18 All right ... you'll need to copy & paste the URLs ... and you have to use google translate because some of the shops don't offer english language as an option ... anyways, I puchased the oistrich sinew here (2 x 5 tendons - you'll need 10 so you have to purchase 2 packs of 5): www.bogensport-bogenbau.at/produkt/dictum-straussensehnen-5-stueck/ - I purchased the waterbuffalo horns here (you'll need two as well - there are different lengths available, just check out the shop and choose your needed length): www.rasur-online.de/artikeldetails-109-1441-wasserbueffelhorn_80_89cm_unpoliert.html - I purchased the fish bladder glue here (you'll need 100g so you have to purchase 2 x 50g or you choose 250g in case you plan on building more bows): bogenbautradition.de/shop/kleber/natuerliche-kleber/1109/stoerblasenleim - the bone plate and the buffalo hide glue I purchased from amazon (the particular offers are not available any more but if you search a little you'll find alternate offers). The wood itself I ordered from designholz.com - I used maple, but there are other hardwood options as well. I read that mulberry works as well. And the leather I purchased here (it has to be 0,5mm or less and ecologically treated): www.lederversand-berlin.de - For the leaf gold I used 100 sheets of 24k gold (3x3cm) from amazon. I hope that helps. All the best, my friend
Bir türk okçusu olarak ve onbeş yıldır okçuluk yapan biri olarak. Hala bir yapmaya cesaret edemedim. bunun zor ve çok emek harcamak anlamına geldigini biliyorum. nasıl çalıştıgını bilmiyorum ama görünüş olarak oldukça etkili. Gerçekten tebrik ediyorum. ben de bir kaç yay tezih ettirdim. boyanan yayların boyaları catlıyor. zaman ile dökülüyor. bunun olmaması için ne kullanıyorsunuz.
Hey, my friend, thanks a lot. Yeah, it's kind of challenging. Right now I have quite some trouble with my second bow. It delaminated twice. But regarding the paint job: I used shellac as a finish (3 layers). So far I don't have cracks. But it's only a year so I don't know how it developes in the future. And I keep the bow far away from any heat source and in a shady place. I guess that helps as well. All the best, my friend - and a happy new year!
@@m.bitious çok teşekkür ederim. hayranlıkla yapıtıklarını takip ediyorum. ayrıntılarını merak ediyorum. gerçekten tebrik ediyorum. belki bir gün senden bir yay alırım :)
Hello, I just watched your whole series absolutely brilliant. I have one question thoug. The wooden templates you use for bending the wood. Did you build those yourself and if so are there blueprints available?
@@Hamzas-it5yr thanks a lot, my friend. Yes, I built them myself. Unfortunately I don't have blueprints. I used pictures from Adam Karpowicz' book as a base and drew it freehand. Nevertheless I used a measure tape to get the bends exactly where I wanted them (see measurements of tip, kazan & sal in the first video). And I remember I used a dish plate to draw a perfect rounded shape 😉. Hope that helps a bit. Cheers
@@m.bitioussorry but I have one more question, the Shop you linked has two tyes of maple wood listed "Ahorn" and "Riegelahorn" . Which one did you use ?
@@Hamzas-it5yr I used the classic maple (kiln dried). If I remember correctly there were different quality types to choose from. I would invest in higher quality, because it means less knots and holes - and you want to avoid any knots because they are potential weak spots/breaking points. The slap I purchased makes approx. 3 bows, so once you have it it lasts a while. Cheers
О Хотел спросить Вы его делали почти год Вы стреляете из него или нет и хотел спросить Вы продаете свои Луки или Вы делаете их Для себя .И если продаете какя будет цена у такого Лука можно даже без обработки Кожей и Росписью хотелось просто узнать цену Вашей восхитительной работы и возможно ли купить такой Лук . Заранее спасибо за Ваш ответ. С уважением Сергей.
Hey my friend, I'm sorry but it is not for sale. It is my hobby only, because I would lose the fun in making it, if I turned it into a business. Yes, it almost took me a year, but there are several long waiting phases were you can do absolutely nothing on the bow. So the pure working time is way less. But I can only encourage you to build one on your own. I will help you with tips wherever I can. If I would have to guess the total ammount of money on materials I have spent my wild guess would be something around 300 Euro (325 USD) ... nevertheless there were a lot of material leftovers I am currently unsing for my flight bow build, so it might be even less. Strech this ammount on a whole year then it is kind of an affordable hobby. I hope that helped, my friend. And one last thing: to me the true beauty in this project is the calming nature of building something with my hands and the pride in overcoming all the struggles on the way. So the making itself was more of a reward to me than the finished bow 😊. All the best, mate
@@matthewmaxcy1574 I will do one, no worries. When I finished it it was in the middle of winter and the shooting range I planned to visit was closed. Then I came across an article about the differences between arrows of the ottoman empire and european archery - due to the different shooting style. Long story short - I had so much fun building the warbow that I started the flight bow instead of arrows 😉 ... but I will definetly shoot it. Just don't know when yet. Cheers mate
@@m.bitious awesome. Thanks for the quick response, I myself have fallen in love with these bows as well and I'm collecting moose sinew to do mine with ,I live here in Maine .. the only downfall I have found a out these bows is the fact that I didn't get into them much sooner.. Thanks for all the videos be well my friend.
Thanks a lot, my friend! I think I'm struggeling a little with the translation of your question. Did you really ask me to teach you how to draw? Because if so, I may have some tips for you. Ottoman patterns are very geometrical. There's a variety of shapes that are used repeatedly. Such as stars, circles, half circles, hexagons, octagons, etc. - for the pattern I came up with I mainly hat to inspiration sources. First the book about ottoman archery by Adam Karpowicz, and then google (yes, I actually googled "ottoman pattern"). from these two sources I derived my own very simple pattern. first I drew it on paper. I came up with about six or seven different patterns before I was happy. then I made tiny dots in the middle of the bow every 5 cm (that was my only reference to make sure I stayed geomitrically correct). if you try it that way you will come up with your own pattern that fits your expectations and you will paint it beautifully on your bow. I'm absolutely sure! And if google did a wrong translation of your question and I just answered something you never wanted to know - please try to verbalize your question differently to force google into a different translation. I hope I could help you. And if not, please write me any time - I'm always happy to help. All the best, my friend 🙃
I'm sorry, I cannot do this - I might get in legal trouble. But there are a lot of second hand versions available online. I hope that helps, my friend 😜 @@royalblue3214
Здравствуйте Ваш Лук словно Музейный Экспанат как стрелять с такого Золотого Лука не странно что Стрлы его Красоту испортят вышеркают Прекрассную Роспись на нем.
Thanks a lot, my friend - the shellac helps a lot to protect the color and so do the black leather stripes at the side of the limbs. Nevertheless I'm prepared to correct some damage in the future. But I didn't shoot it often enough yet to give you valid data on that. And I guess, the dryer the protective shellac coat gets the easier the arrows will damage it. But we'll see 😬. Cheers, my friend
NOT GOOD DETAILS . YOU NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO SMALL DETAILS . All those guys in this page who says “ great job” are not your tru friends . I GAVE YOU 5/10 that is all I can do . May be 4 out of ten . Anyway if it s your first ottoman bow then I can ignore those horrible details
I watched the first episode in This adventure, I have only words of praise and simply fabulous!
Thanks a lot, mate! That means a lot to me! I will start my next adventure in a few weeks - and I hope to have you on board again! Thanks for your patience! All the best, my friend - and see you soon 😊
I felt great pleasure and happiness in watching this Ottoman publication, which you carefully and traditionally produced, through its production stages. Also, as a Turk, I felt very proud. I am grateful and thank you very much for keeping this tradition alive and giving us the opportunity to follow it step by step. I offer our love and respect from Turkey. The real Ottoman archer.
Thank you so much, my friend. That means a lot to me! It's a wonderful tradition and in my opinion the most effective and beautiful way of bowmaking. I'm glad I discovered it as a hobby/passion - and I'm happy to share all my knowledge, experience, success and failiure. If you ever have any questions justiert ask and I try to answer it. All the best, my friend
Man, you don't f*ck around! Great job.
@@filipracicky3961 thanks a lot, my friend! Appreciate it! Cheers
When you going to throw some arrows with this bow? Would love to see.
What a series! Beautiful, beautiful bow. It's been very enjoyable watching each video. Thank you again for typing up all of the captions as well!
There aren't very many hornbow building videos from step 1 to completion out there, and even fewer at a legitimate "warbow" weight so this was an awesomely unique series. Interestingly enough, Adam Karpowicz (who's book I'm guessing you referenced on this build) did some performance testing of Ottoman hornbows and one of them was 75.5lbs at 28" - similar to your build right here. It was able to propel a 34g (522 grain) arrow 209fps and a 48g (739 grain) arrow 184fps. I'd be very interested to see how your bow compares.
The full article on bow performance by design can be found if you search "Performance of Turkish Bows by Adam Karpowicz" published on ATARN if you are interested.
Wow, thank you so much! That's very kind and means a lot to me! And you are totally right. Adam K is absolutely amazing. His passion for hornbows is unrivaled. I use his book as a main source. As well as the traditional bowyers bible (the second one is not about compound bows but has great articles about sinew backing and wood types). I'm looking forward to test my warbow too - but it's somehow strange with me. I thought for a second that it would be pretty sad to test it with (cheap) bought arrows - now I want to (need to?) build some by myself for testing 😀. All the best, my friend. And thanks again for your kind words and the shared passion for bows 😊. Cheers my friend
@@m.bitious I will need to pick up the traditional bowyers bible, I haven't read that. Thank you for the recommendation.
I don't think it would be a disappointment with any arrows, but there is a very good video by a gentleman named Stiliyan Stefanov who makes Ottoman arrows with super traditional equipment and they turn out looking like art pieces. Even if you don't end up making them, I recommend giving that a look.
Cheers!
@@Couponuser16 it is a collection of articles regarding different topics of archery and bow building. Every article is written by a different specialist. Most of them are really great. But compared to Adam k its a little bit more "dry" to read, if you now what I mean. Focus mainly on facts and a little less entertaining. And its all about selfbows. But has useful parts about glue, sinew, wood and more. I really like it. Cheers my friend.
@@Couponuser16 yes I bookmarked him long ago. Great videos of ottomans. You always have the feeling he's building them within one hour 😀
@@m.bitious Gonna be picking up a copy for myself here soon, and I'm a pretty big fan of sinew backed short self bows. I personally live pretty close to a major American Indian reservation and have a couple buddies apart of the tribe (Arapaho) that still do trad bow hunting. And we're talking Natives from the Great Plains, so ancestral Bison hunters who still take down big game. Those bows are some of the most fun to shoot as well. There's a pretty cool smaller channel VFC Archery who focuses more on these types of bows and man they are fun to watch.
Honestly, if you combined all of your videos in this series into one video it would be ~80min long. Really not very dissimilar from his videos. If you are up for a serious challenge after your flight bow, he made an asymmetrical hornbow (Bulgarian) losely based on the Qum Darya "Niya" bow with a larger upper limb than lower limb. Thing is funky looking but also pretty cool lol.
Hello. I watched your Ottoman bow making series from start to finish with interest. You have made an incredible effort and prepared a wonderful content. I am writing to you from Ankara, the capital of Turkey. I found the details I was searching for a long time in your video. If you pin the products you use in the content, technical drawings and measurements, and online shopping links under each video, I will be inspired by you and want to make one too. Thanks for the excellent series.
thanks a lot, my friend, that's really kind! Greetings to Ankara (I hope you have way better weather than I do 😉). That's a very good idea - linking online shops I mean. I will do this in the future. Do you need any more information on the sources I used? Just write it to me and I will send you the links & answer your questions to my bet knowledge. All the best 🙃
Yes, I'm curious about the sources you used.
@@BOZKIRLI18 All right ... you'll need to copy & paste the URLs ... and you have to use google translate because some of the shops don't offer english language as an option ... anyways, I puchased the oistrich sinew here (2 x 5 tendons - you'll need 10 so you have to purchase 2 packs of 5): www.bogensport-bogenbau.at/produkt/dictum-straussensehnen-5-stueck/ - I purchased the waterbuffalo horns here (you'll need two as well - there are different lengths available, just check out the shop and choose your needed length): www.rasur-online.de/artikeldetails-109-1441-wasserbueffelhorn_80_89cm_unpoliert.html - I purchased the fish bladder glue here (you'll need 100g so you have to purchase 2 x 50g or you choose 250g in case you plan on building more bows): bogenbautradition.de/shop/kleber/natuerliche-kleber/1109/stoerblasenleim - the bone plate and the buffalo hide glue I purchased from amazon (the particular offers are not available any more but if you search a little you'll find alternate offers). The wood itself I ordered from designholz.com - I used maple, but there are other hardwood options as well. I read that mulberry works as well. And the leather I purchased here (it has to be 0,5mm or less and ecologically treated): www.lederversand-berlin.de - For the leaf gold I used 100 sheets of 24k gold (3x3cm) from amazon. I hope that helps. All the best, my friend
@@m.bitious thanks for the informations....
@@oplav you are very welcome. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask! Cheers, my friend
Bir türk okçusu olarak ve onbeş yıldır okçuluk yapan biri olarak. Hala bir yapmaya cesaret edemedim. bunun zor ve çok emek harcamak anlamına geldigini biliyorum. nasıl çalıştıgını bilmiyorum ama görünüş olarak oldukça etkili. Gerçekten tebrik ediyorum.
ben de bir kaç yay tezih ettirdim. boyanan yayların boyaları catlıyor. zaman ile dökülüyor. bunun olmaması için ne kullanıyorsunuz.
Hey, my friend, thanks a lot. Yeah, it's kind of challenging. Right now I have quite some trouble with my second bow. It delaminated twice. But regarding the paint job: I used shellac as a finish (3 layers). So far I don't have cracks. But it's only a year so I don't know how it developes in the future. And I keep the bow far away from any heat source and in a shady place. I guess that helps as well. All the best, my friend - and a happy new year!
@@m.bitious çok teşekkür ederim. hayranlıkla yapıtıklarını takip ediyorum. ayrıntılarını merak ediyorum. gerçekten tebrik ediyorum. belki bir gün senden bir yay alırım :)
Hello, I just watched your whole series absolutely brilliant. I have one question thoug. The wooden templates you use for bending the wood. Did you build those yourself and if so are there blueprints available?
@@Hamzas-it5yr thanks a lot, my friend. Yes, I built them myself. Unfortunately I don't have blueprints. I used pictures from Adam Karpowicz' book as a base and drew it freehand. Nevertheless I used a measure tape to get the bends exactly where I wanted them (see measurements of tip, kazan & sal in the first video). And I remember I used a dish plate to draw a perfect rounded shape 😉. Hope that helps a bit. Cheers
@@m.bitiousthank you for the quick answer. I will try to do the same then 😅
@@m.bitioussorry but I have one more question, the Shop you linked has two tyes of maple wood listed "Ahorn" and "Riegelahorn" . Which one did you use ?
@@Hamzas-it5yr I used the classic maple (kiln dried). If I remember correctly there were different quality types to choose from. I would invest in higher quality, because it means less knots and holes - and you want to avoid any knots because they are potential weak spots/breaking points. The slap I purchased makes approx. 3 bows, so once you have it it lasts a while. Cheers
ماشاء الله
Thanks a lot, my friend
krasse Reise! ich würde gerne dein Lehrling werden!
Hey, nice, ich steh dir immer gerne für Fragen rund ums Bogenbauen zur Verfügung. Was ich lerne, teile ich gerne 🙃. Alles gute, mein Freund
О Хотел спросить Вы его делали почти год Вы стреляете из него или нет и хотел спросить Вы продаете свои Луки или Вы делаете их Для себя .И если продаете какя будет цена у такого Лука можно даже без обработки Кожей и Росписью хотелось просто узнать цену Вашей восхитительной работы и возможно ли купить такой Лук . Заранее спасибо за Ваш ответ. С уважением Сергей.
Hey my friend, I'm sorry but it is not for sale. It is my hobby only, because I would lose the fun in making it, if I turned it into a business. Yes, it almost took me a year, but there are several long waiting phases were you can do absolutely nothing on the bow. So the pure working time is way less. But I can only encourage you to build one on your own. I will help you with tips wherever I can. If I would have to guess the total ammount of money on materials I have spent my wild guess would be something around 300 Euro (325 USD) ... nevertheless there were a lot of material leftovers I am currently unsing for my flight bow build, so it might be even less. Strech this ammount on a whole year then it is kind of an affordable hobby. I hope that helped, my friend. And one last thing: to me the true beauty in this project is the calming nature of building something with my hands and the pride in overcoming all the struggles on the way. So the making itself was more of a reward to me than the finished bow 😊. All the best, mate
Why no video on shooting it?
@@matthewmaxcy1574 I will do one, no worries. When I finished it it was in the middle of winter and the shooting range I planned to visit was closed. Then I came across an article about the differences between arrows of the ottoman empire and european archery - due to the different shooting style. Long story short - I had so much fun building the warbow that I started the flight bow instead of arrows 😉 ... but I will definetly shoot it. Just don't know when yet. Cheers mate
@@m.bitious awesome. Thanks for the quick response, I myself have fallen in love with these bows as well and I'm collecting moose sinew to do mine with ,I live here in Maine .. the only downfall I have found a out these bows is the fact that I didn't get into them much sooner.. Thanks for all the videos be well my friend.
ਬਹੁਤ ਵਧੀਆ ਢੰਗ ਨਾਲ ਸਮਝਾਇਆ ਤੁਸੀਂ । ਕੀ ਤੁਸੀਂ ਮੈਨੂੰ ਬਣਾਉਣਾ ਸਿਖਾ ਸਕਦੇ ਹੋ?
Thanks a lot, my friend! I think I'm struggeling a little with the translation of your question. Did you really ask me to teach you how to draw? Because if so, I may have some tips for you. Ottoman patterns are very geometrical. There's a variety of shapes that are used repeatedly. Such as stars, circles, half circles, hexagons, octagons, etc. - for the pattern I came up with I mainly hat to inspiration sources. First the book about ottoman archery by Adam Karpowicz, and then google (yes, I actually googled "ottoman pattern"). from these two sources I derived my own very simple pattern. first I drew it on paper. I came up with about six or seven different patterns before I was happy. then I made tiny dots in the middle of the bow every 5 cm (that was my only reference to make sure I stayed geomitrically correct). if you try it that way you will come up with your own pattern that fits your expectations and you will paint it beautifully on your bow. I'm absolutely sure! And if google did a wrong translation of your question and I just answered something you never wanted to know - please try to verbalize your question differently to force google into a different translation. I hope I could help you. And if not, please write me any time - I'm always happy to help. All the best, my friend 🙃
@@m.bitious thanks a lot my dear friend
Can you send send me book pdf?
I'm sorry, I cannot do this - I might get in legal trouble. But there are a lot of second hand versions available online. I hope that helps, my friend 😜 @@royalblue3214
Здравствуйте Ваш Лук словно Музейный Экспанат как стрелять с такого Золотого Лука не странно что Стрлы его Красоту испортят вышеркают Прекрассную Роспись на нем.
Thanks a lot, my friend - the shellac helps a lot to protect the color and so do the black leather stripes at the side of the limbs. Nevertheless I'm prepared to correct some damage in the future. But I didn't shoot it often enough yet to give you valid data on that. And I guess, the dryer the protective shellac coat gets the easier the arrows will damage it. But we'll see 😬. Cheers, my friend
NOT GOOD DETAILS . YOU NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO SMALL DETAILS . All those guys in this page who says “ great job” are not your tru friends . I GAVE YOU 5/10 that is all I can do . May be 4 out of ten . Anyway if it s your first ottoman bow then I can ignore those horrible details
You should have named it, eater of bacon 🥓 and spelled that out in Arabic hehe 😈
@@etaunknown4024 oh noooo, I respect everyones religion, I would never do that, bro!