Manchu Rattan Bow by Luk.Bow, Germany - Review

I never thought a rattan/manau bow could have the shape of a Manchu bow and still works pretty well!
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[@bambangismail5488]

Rattan is very good bow material. I have several rattan bow. But 1 thing with this bow. The poundage decrease after 50+ shots. But when you rest it for several hours it goes back to it original poundage And in indonesia the material is in abundance..

[@adriaanvandenberg5013]

Look like there's a new premium all natural horsebow on the market, I have a Rattan bow myself and it has the most insanely smooth draw experience there is. Looks like Lukas also knows how to make them look less like bamboo/grass and more like a premium piece of art too. You'd almost think this one was from a museum!

[@jareth7456]

When you do what you love it's no longer work and then you truly start living. Great job Luk !

[@alanbjornolsen7576]

One of the first bows I ever made was out of rattan,a simple recurve,but it was fun. This is a beautiful little bow,well made and as always a honest review. The problem I feel today is that far to many people go for carbon fiber, bamboo cores and the fastest speeds. This is a bow you can have fun with stump shooting on a summer's evening. What archery was ment to be. Fun

[@malachimatcho7583]

You showed the details on the bow!!! YES!!! That’s what I’m talking about!! Way to go sir! That’s perfect. 👍🏼. Sometimes I’ll try to decide between bows which have similar characteristics. In the cases where I can’t decide because the bows are alike, then I’ll choose based on the aesthetics and details like the ones you showed here. Thank you!

[@metaknight5850]

Wow one of the prettiest and best bows reviewed on channel, a pleasure to watch

[@qutaibahdarussalamarchery8318]

I have been waiting this since i saw it on instagram. Thank for nice riview

[@mandys1505]

@15:37 what a cinematic shot! The mourning dove is piping in, too~ what a great video...talk about truly enjoying something

[@ColetteNoir]

Impressive, most impressive. There is something so graceful about such a long draw. Of course I say that as one who studied Kyudo. Lovely bow!!!

[@Archerstidbits]

Impressive work, wow!

[@EddyB78]

Love to see more Manchu bows😃

[@miguelveratraditionalarche9374]

Hi Mr. Armin! Is a beautiful Manchu Bow wow the Draw is awesome how you shoot it. It's always a pleasure to see you shoot 36" arrows very elegantly As always an excellent review. Great day to all in Malta. Tomorrow archery fun day😃🎯

[@MarcRitzMD]

I remember when Rattan/Manau became a thing in Germany 15 years ago. It spread like crazy among the German bow building forum Fletcher's Corner. I think that explains why Rattan bows are so popular in Germany. You see it used a lot for LARP bows. It's understandable, too, because wood was and is hard to get in Germany. Board bows aren't a thing because hardware stores don't sell suitable lumber. People also didn't have access to trees usually because you can't just go to a forest and fell one. Then Rattan comes around, and everyone got could get Rattan shipped to their doorstep for like 10 Euros per stave (making two bows). One user experimented by putting a cherry laminate onto the belly and getting great performance out of his bows. In the 170 fps range. That was amazing back then.

[@LOFIGSD]

Looks like one of the PVC Bows the Americans make out of pipe! somebody please send Armin one of those !

[@Daylon91]

@@LOFIGSD armin has made lots of pvc bows

[@anthony99900]

What bow builders sell rattan horse bows. There isn’t much around

[@danielpanoias]

Grüss Gott, Armin! Thank you for this great review, always love your videos.

[@fire_lord862]

That's a beautiful one, I think I am in love

[@indianbull4390]

This bow and your video is very good

[@luqmanmohdnor7409]

Sooo pretty, so hard saving money for my first bow. My 20 years old passion hahah

[@-baz-4196]

I have a manau rattan bow, you can bend it to the other side and then string it upside down, and leave it like that for a night to return the shape to it's original form. Man, it woud be great to have a Manchu style manau bow :D

[@Marcfasel]

Young and very talented bow builder… 👏👏👏👍👍👍

[@ArminHirmer]

Yes he is

[@mrtaffspoon]

That's a very nice looking bow. I have a manau single stave english longbow. Not a speed monster, but it looks good & shoots nice :)

[@alexandergebharter1810]

Wow, that’s a nice one. Would love to see a comparison with the Yarha.

[@flightwithwings4427]

Good information for me

[@Kornmuehler]

That's a cool bow Lukas! Have you ever tried to reinforce manao with bamboo? this allows you to increase arrow speed.

[@safetyflipflop]

Or... you just build a bamboo bow, which will increase arrow speed even more 😉 jokes aside, if you want to build a composite bow, dont use manau.

[@jacobwhite8204]

Why not ?

[@Kornmuehler]

@@safetyflipflop Unwanted vibrations can quickly occur with bamboo bows. This is why the Japanese bows, for example, are asymmetrical so that the vibrations do not meet directly on the handle.

[@westbows]

Thank you for your channel and your excellent reviews. you mentioned a source for the rattan billets?

[@robsarchery9679]

nice video.

[@bulletsix]

Makes me wanting to start building again ^^ (or at least finsh the ones i begun ;) )

[@jareth7456]

I wouldn't be concerned about a little kick from such an awesome bow my rifle kicks too and ill put a neat hole through a quarter at 200 yards.

[@haryono.gurumu]

I just found out there is composite bow that is composite of rattan. Very interesting, if I can watch the making of that bow.

[@ilcignoeilgrifone]

hello, a composite bow with the rattan core? can you pass me the information or the site please i am curious, i have rattan in abundance and i am experimenting by combining more materials

[@jacobwhite8204]

I wonder if you could use ipe on the belly side Like I’ve seen done with bamboo for higher speed

[@germanictradlifewarriorarc6414]

Which bow is used for heavy arrow example like manch, keshig, duhang ann, assyrian, Mongolian bow, tatar ,hun. Han ,magyar, etc plz tell me if you are experience

[@gizmonomono]

I think the package should get an extra point for all the information provided 😁 It looks beautiful. Only question, what is "mana"? What do you mean "grass"?

[@gussie88bunny]

He's saying "manau", which is another word for rattan. It's a creeping very thick vine that grows in South East Asian jungles. It's technically a species of grass, but looks in the wild like a crazy long noodle of bamboo snaking up the side of the big jungle trees. It's solid all the way through like wood, but is very uniform like bamboo ..... It's a bit squishy too.

[@ArminHirmer]

Manau

[@gizmonomono]

@@gussie88bunny I thought I knew all kinds of materials for bows, but this one is new to me. Awesome, thanks for the info, bunny 😁

[@PakngahWantaro]

Hahhahaa I had issues with kitties on my shooting range too... (^ ^)

[@ivanmoser3367]

Long Draw looks complicated. Alibow's Bow Manchu, I mean Fiberglass is difficult to make a good shot?

[@ArminHirmer]

matter of practice - since I don't have a long draw one, it took me a while to get there again :)

[@viktorsubic2139]

Mr. Armin, i know this is a wrong place but i must ask, what happens if you shoot 35 lbs arrow out of 50 lbs bow? Is this safe? Should i be worried?

[@hipanny3792]

It must has a steep draw curve and large energy storage.

[@paradox_1729]

What are the pros and cons of a string bridge? Lets say the difference between the Genghis Khan and Qinghai bow? Both from Alibow.

[@ArminHirmer]

Depends on the overall design of the bow. In case of a Manchu bow it gives the arrow quite a kick at the end

[@paradox_1729]

@@ArminHirmer Thank you.

[@F.GerGez]

Hello, i have a mongol bow. what happens if the rope is not in the middle? That happens in my bow...

[@ArminHirmer]

then you need to bend the limbs back into shape, I did a video a while ago

[@F.GerGez]

@@ArminHirmer okey thanks for answering, I'll look for the video. Great vídeos! 😄👍🏽

[@amiller6489]

Nett,aber zu langsam!

[@davidsalman8362]

it's so Slow :|