Traditional Pecheneg recurve bow G/651
Very beautiful, double arched, not so big bow….
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Biocomposite Turkish recurve bow 41# G/537
Biocomposite technology.
Actually it combines the laminated, the TRH laminated, the TRH Extra II laminated This is a really short bow, as a result very dynamic. ..
Traditional Turkish hand painted recurve bow G/454
Preferred by Turkish archers worldwide, and especially in Turkey, the Grózer Turkish bow is a reliable composite. The shape of the bow comes from the 10th century and based on archaeological grave-findings. The Grózer Turkish bow has a full genuine leather coverage. They have a very special design (see pictures), and when the string is not on the bow they form a real “C”, which will be bent in the other direction, and this provides quite dynamic attributes for these bows
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Grozer Assyrian biocomposite recurve bow G/550
It has got a triangular shape at the handle when it is not bent. Towards the end of the limbs, it is gradually reflexed… Efficient and smooth as it can get.
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Traditional Hungarian recurve bow G/223
Quality bow at a budget price. It has a smooth and characteristically linear draw.
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Grozer Biocomposite Persian bow G/060
It combines the laminated, the TRH laminated, the TRH Extra II laminated bows.
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THE TECHNIQUE OF ARCHERY
MANY OF US HAVE CHILDHOOD MEMORIES OF WATCHING ARCHERY ON TELEVISION OR IN MOVIES. WE MIGHT EVEN HAVE HANDLED A BOW OURSELVES WHEN WE WERE YOUNG. FROM THIS WE KNOWTHAT, FOR A RIGHT HANDED ARCHER, THE RECURVE BOW IS HELD IN THE LEFT HAND, WHILST THE RIGHT HAND PLACES (“NOCKS”) THE ARROW ONTO THE STRING, AND DRAWS IT BACK, TOGETHER WITH THE ARROW, UNDER TENSION. THIS TENSION IS FINALLY RELEASED TO ENABLE THE ARROW TO FLY THROUGH THE AIR TO ITS TARGET. However, it’s certainly the case that fewer people…
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THE PHYSICS OF ARCHERY
THE ARROW IS RELEASED BY MEANS OF THE BOW RELYING ONLY ON HUMAN STRENGTH, WITHOUT ANY EXTERNAL SOURCE OF ENERGY. FIRSTLY ONE HAS TO DRAW THE BOW, WHICH MEANS BENDING IT WITH THE SUFFICIENT MUSCLE STRENGTH AND LOOPING THE STRING AROUND THE TWO ENDS OF THE BOW-STICK. THE ENERGY APPLIED FOR DRAWING STAYS RESTORED WITHIN THE BOW. THE SECOND STEP IS PLACING THE ARROW ONTO THE BOW, AND POWERFULLY STRETCHING THE STRING BY THE HELP OF THE ARM MUSCLES. THIS POWER ADDS UP, CURVES INTO THE FLEXIBILITY OF THE WOOD…
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THE EVOLUTION OF THE COMPOSITE RECURVE HORN-BOW
THE BOW AND ARROW WERE AMONGST THE FIRST WEAPONS USED BY HUMANITY. ONLY INFERENCES CAN BE MADE REGARDING THE EVOLUTION OF THE BOW AS ITS ORIGINS DATE SO FAR BACK IN HISTORY. A SURPRISINGLY DEVELOPED FORM OF THE BOW AND ARROW IS PERPETUATED IN THE LATE PALAEOLITHIC CAVE DRAWINGS OF SPAIN AND THE SOUTH OF FRANCE. THUS WE HAVE GOOD REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THIS FORM IS THE RESULT OF A LONG EVOLUTIONARY PROCEDURE WHICH TOOK PLACE DURING THE PALAEOLITHIC. Archaeologists and ethnologists presume that the bow was preceded by…
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