Mongol Horn Bow - Caagan Chad/Tsagaan Khad Bow

The making process of my very first horn bow, carried out under the instruction of my master- an experienced horn-bowyer who recently has just published his own manual on horn bow building, which can be acquired via:
www.amazon.com/dp/B0BPDNFLXY
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If you're interested in our products, orders are available at:
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[@SilverforceX]

Imagine in old days building these bows without power tools or just modern stuff, true craftsman!

[@gustavosoto8644]

OUTSTANDING WORK!good to see youngsters keeping old traditions going.I believe the Mongols had the best bows EVER!!

[@artbraille]

Hello from Montpellier/France. Congratulations for your beautiful video of the making of your 80 Lbs Mongolian bow I am a 77 year old artist, and I make small bows for my children and my grandchildren. for shooting on horseback Turks, but of weak powers. In my youth I competed and I was a good shooter. But with classic bows. Stabilizer, viewfinder etc. But for me, it's not real archery. I haven't shot an archery in 50 years. I lost all my muscles. Three years ago, I got back into the bow. But also made bows like you, Asians, Mongols and Turks, Etc. However, I am a good handyman and I have several trades in my hands. I did not think it was so complicated to make this kind of bows. I had started trying to make bows like yours, with sinew, buffalo horn and fish glue. But after two years, I gave up this kind of production. I have indeed broken 50 bows since July 2019 for several reasons. I continued with Bamboo, fiber and epoxy resin and very strong synthetic fiber pallet strapping rope. Since 2022, I've started to have good results with slightly different techniques than you. My arches are 0.95m, 1.10m and I start for 1.20/1.30m arches. The weight is 350gr/400-450gr. Power of 15/20/35 lbs. After three years of manufacturing, I will try to make a bow like you with the old ancient Asian techniques. But the only thing I keep from my experiences is the use of epoxy wood glues and also tendons. In France, it is impossible to have this kind of tenbon. It is prohibited for sale. It's stupid. Congratulations again for your work. Are you an artist. And a very good craftsman. Cheer. Patrick Dupré-opart. PS: Can you please tell what wood your bow is made of? If you are interested, I can send you seeds of "Osage des oranges", I have plenty of them 3 km from my village. It is a fast growing tree.

[@nanashibow8091]

Thank you sir, It's my honor to hear your story and know about your work. I'm also started with self-taught about bow making. I'm succeed making fiberglass bow and wood-fiberglass laminated bow, broken alot of couse. I just got lucky that I meet a master about horn bow making and learned very much from him. I'm indeed not an artist or skillful craftsman, I'm just trying my best eachday. Thank you, sir, for noticed my work. If conviniece, i really love to got my hands on some osage orange seed. I have some usable native wood in my coutry, but I'm really curious about osage orange wood.

[@baycassidy51]

What a beautiful bow. Imagine how the old mongols made that without machinery. The young man's a Master craftsman.

[@user-wv3lv1tc2m]

Это не просто лук от мастера - это история народа. Молодец 👍!

[@nanashibow8091]

Thank you for your support, I always want to recreate if I saw a war bow. :D

[@innyroze]

где ты тут историю увидал?

[@user-wv3lv1tc2m]

@@innyroze , лук степных кочевников - это оружие войны, с которым они покоряли народы и добывали пищу на охоте . Никакие другие народы не изготавливали подобные луки - это часть материальной культуры азиатских кочевых народов.

[@innyroze]

@@user-wv3lv1tc2m ты дебил? такие луки пользовало полмира от австрии до японии. фишка монголов, как раз и была в том, что они его максимально упростили и удешевили. а тут не лук а бентли делает

[@user-wv3lv1tc2m]

@@innyroze , ты что, сука прыщавая, хочешь меня просветить на предмет что где и когда на белом свете делалось!?

[@michaeltosser7363]

This work is absolutely beautiful. the time, effort and craftsmanship is enthralling - thank you for sharing!

[@gibari1979]

Greetings from Mongolia. Such a hardworking guy. You almost made a ancient Mongolian war bow. Congrats 😁 Eternal blue sky will bless you. One day you can visit Mongolia and see the archery festival /Naadam festival Wrestling, Archery, Horse race/

[@s.p.q.roctavianvsavgvstvs900]

My friend, this is not just a bow. it's a masterpiece. I am heartily envious of the patience, craftsmanship and talent you put into it. Well done. As far as I know, horse tribes have had such bows - the Mongols, the Huns, the Bulgarians and the Hungarians. Then the Turks inherited the secret of making strong bows from the Tatar - Mongols. Which country are you from?

[@nanashibow8091]

Yes, this Mongol conquests bow is the first bow has V-splices wood join. After this bow, so many different types of bow design were born. I'm in Vietnam, I'm also practicing horseback archery. :D

[@peaceleader7315]

The Mongol war innovation and the tactics of war deserves the highest honour in our capitalistic economic defence industries award.. hmmmm.. Glory to the one world ambitions through war and ambitions Glory to the great Ganghist Khan .!!!.. hmmmm.. Hmmmm I wonder who else would want to unite our human species with a one ambitions within the name of Peace ... hmmmm.. and who would be a first one world government president.. hmmmm..

[@fjalics]

@nanashibow8091 The the bow is beautiful, but I am curious how much the arrows weighed, and how fast they flew. It would be fun to see you shoot them through a chronograph.

[@peaceleader7315]

@@fjalics my point is war and wars innovation will never ever unite humanity and bringing them under a one roof.. as long as we hold dear to our culture, tribes, religions and sovereignty jurisdictions and patriotism flags... We need a new approach towards peace .. and that is a race against time... because human had learned to harvest the power of atoms and weaponising it to the full extent and if we don't change our way.. our human species civilisation it self will be finish when a new cycle of wars comes along..

[@fjalics]

@peaceleader7315 That's nice. So your plan is to make sure nobody helps the victim, so the bully can prevail because they're scary? How about a lesson. One person should never be able to start a war, or control all information, like Putin.

[@IMBrute-ir7gz]

Fascinating! It boggles the mind to think of how much "cottage industry" it took to arm hundreds of thousands, if not millions of archers across Asia in ancient times! And that was without the benefit of electric tools! Amazing!

[@kevinmckinney166]

Weapon sales/manufacturing , is the second oldest professional

[@antiqe4286]

@@kevinmckinney166I wonder what’s the first🤣🤣🤣

[@brianmacc1934]

Farming

[@robcrowley8546]

Hunter/gatherer

[@jjw5165]

Profession is solder. Second is probably hoe. Farmer is probably third

[@rickschneider3887]

I love the way you use traditional methods combined with modern tools and techniques. Melting hide glue in a pressure cooker. Great idea! I love how much time you spend with the finer details including laying out the sinew with such care. Then applying thin layers of birch like bark to the back of the bow. You're craftsmanship is top notch my friend!! Awesome work!!

[@nanashibow8091]

Thank you for your support. I'm still learning about horn bow making. The more bow I make, the more admire I have with ancient peoples. :D

[@rickschneider3887]

Ancient culture and craftsman fascinate me too because they learned how to engineer and build things without modern technology. The bow has been used by every culture on earth and though they share many similar ideas they all have their own little unique ways to make them. I appreciate the people like yourself who try to keep the ancient skills alive so they are never forgotten and allows others to see how far we have advanced in our technology!

[@UlyssesFiles]

Great video - look forward to visiting your workshop soon Tan 👍🏻

[@LC78713]

la perizia del dettaglio, la maestria adottata è altissima, le tecniche di costruzione finora lette solo sui manuali d’arcieria, in questo video prendono forma. Complimenti per il capolavoro svolto maestro.

[@skmeitei5651]

Even though we live in India our forefathers told us we are migrated from Mongolia thousands of years ago. I am hoping one day I will visit to Mongolia where our forefathers belong. We are from Manipur, north east side of India.

[@simonphoenix3789]

Indians migrated from around Iran, not mongolia. The later mughal empire was created by people who had mongolian heritage, but they were only a small part. Even the mongol empire by that point was largely made up of various other peoples, just led by genghis khan's family.

[@petermeszaros5674]

Örülök hogy van aki továbbviszi a régi mesterek tudását! Gratulálok!

[@mattfleming86]

Everyone here has complimented on your beautiful bow, as they should. So what I would like to compliment is your appreciation. People have given you things to help and you are thankful for it. You are a kind soul. Never lose that!

[@nanashibow8091]

Thank you so much for spend your time for my video and my response. I'll keep every thing this way.

[@-Viper_]

The bow is Amazing and gorgeous. 💯💞 This video has two beautiful camera angle that allow you to see the arrow swim through the air as it's released. That in itself is Amazing! 💯💞🤙

[@geschmolzenekirschtomate7683]

Thanks for sharing this video. A absolutely beautiful bow! Deep respect for your great work.

[@matthawk9684]

what a beautiful bow and the craftmanship behind it. I would love to have one of these.

[@sampokemppainen3041]

Absolutely amazing craft and tradition.

[@discostu483]

Outstanding. I’ve been waiting for a video making this bow for a long time. Great job. You are a craftsman

[@fruiinparvarerum]

Wow, that is beyond beautiful! A masterpiece of craftsmanship!

[@osvaldocristo]

Congrats for your work. Beautiful handcraft. But I have a doubt - How Mongols made hundred thousands, perhaps millions of a such bows one thousand years ago with much more primitive tools... a very deep mystery...

[@eddybear771]

I've watched this video a few times now, & still admire your work. Beautiful craftsmanship.

[@egv5986]

From Holland: thank you for sharing this. Respect!

[@kaiserkuo]

This is a fantastically good video! Very inspiring, and really makes me feel better about spending so much on my Saluki Mongol horn bow!! Thanks so much for documenting this whole process in such detail.

[@nanashibow8091]

Thank you.

[@username7274]

Would you disclose how much a bow like that cost ?

[@danvo1918]

@@username7274 priceless

[@lemagicbaguette1917]

@@username7274 last I checked, these hornbows start at around (USD)2 700.

[@JesseP.Watson]

Beautiful work... and a very beautiful bow. The curves of these recurve horse bows are just so perfectly elegant... like fine calligraphy.

[@cristianpopescu78]

Mind blowing! Iconic !

[@matthewvassar9686]

Beautifully done! You're a badass sir.

[@oldsagerat]

Beautiful ! Temujin himself would be proud to wield such a bow !

[@Diogenes_43]

Beautiful bow, well done!

[@Timelesstere]

Beautiful job. You have some serious whittling skills, its on my bucket list to make one.

[@osuclassof88]

you are skillful and artist to acquire such knowledge, excellent work!

[@benjaminstevens6043]

marvelous, great attention to detail and hard work shows through. Thank you for showing us. Fine Shooting!

[@TheeAthis]

From one craftsman to another, very well done. Subbed.

[@nanashibow8091]

Thank you for your support. :D

[@csongorhajna5702]

Living history. Congratulations!

[@patrickpalacio2047]

Well done! I see your master has taught you well in the art of bow making. Your workmanship is complimented in the way the bow performs and your shooting technique is a factor as well. Listen to me, trying to sound like I know what I'm talking about! LOL!

[@nanashibow8091]

Thank you for noticed my work and my technique. :D

[@OreganoKat]

wow .. that is a beautiful bow you made thanks for showing us the making of that bow

[@nanashibow8091]

Thank you for noticing my work. :D

[@ericgrubert6723]

Great Video! Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@periklistelioridis7659]

Astonishing !

[@notownsavage2024]

Wow! Youre awesome, amazing job!

[@paulsalchow4333]

very well done, great video work also. always wanted to know how these were made.

[@keftonbrown1460]

Wow that looks great.

[@jorundr1907]

Man Your job is a real masterpiece.

[@garybrewster4988]

Wow !!! Beautiful craftsmanship.

[@nanashibow8091]

Thank you for noticing my work. :D

[@shlamimk4664]

Respect to the humungus Da Dao on your weapon rack. Your skills sooth the soul. Power to you🙏

[@nanashibow8091]

Thank you for noticed my work and my stuff :D It's Vietnamese blade calls "Phác Đao" -btw, very heavy beast. :D

[@vk45de54]

Beautiful bow!

[@Canadiancromagnon]

Tremendous video. You did very well in both videography and in the technical aspects of bow manufacture. It has inspired me to try and emulate it here in northern North America using bison horn and bison neck sinews.

[@nanashibow8091]

Great! At my place, nearly impossible to buy neck sinew, it's very long and easier to seprate ti fiber than leg sinew. Other types of horn I work with is cow horn - these horn softer and delaminated eassily, so I'm very curious about your bison horn.

[@leighjones5551]

what a lot of work and many hours , beautiful result

[@mrflytyerpinewood3708]

That's one impressive piece of work. I think "impressive" is an understatement. I'm at a loss of words. I make one piece selfbows and get frustrated when they brake on me. Well, if that horn bow broke on me I would just go ballistic. It was a pleasure watching you make it sir. Just subscribed, btw.

[@nanashibow8091]

Thank you for your support. "Moment of the true"-alway said it to myself when I'm stringing a new bow. :D

[@notapplicable531]

Absolutely the worst sound in archery is a hornbow breaking. And I've heard far too many break. Not just my own, but other archers' as well. In some ways, I feel worse when it's someone else's bow. as there is no way one can really comfort the archer in that situation. There is so much love and care that a bowyer puts into one. Then there is the archer's care and the bond developed between the archer and their bow as they string and tune the bow, learning the bows unique traits and personality. And in a fraction of a second, it's gone. With one exception, it's not going ballistic, but stunned silence and a bit of helplessness as there is nothing one can do, that I've observed.

[@lemagicbaguette1917]

@@notapplicable531 that sounds bloody horrible :(

[@darrenrsmith7119]

Wow! What a great detailed video, and bow! 😁 Time we'll spent watching you work 🤯

[@JC-rb1nc]

Beautiful bow

[@dobraydien7242]

You got a great talent, keep doing that great work

[@Rsama60]

Very talented bowyer.

[@daadankhuubatchuluun2661]

Beautiful work. Quite young man has learned a lot. Залуу хүн гэхэд их юм сурч, мэдэж.

[@kshitijgaikwad6588]

Great

[@schmiedezwerg]

Absolutely amazing how much effort you put into this project. Very beautiful bow,. Hope one day i will be able do build such a masterpiece on my own.

[@puzzlering1]

Thank you, a fantastic video, showing and sharing all your skills and knowledge with a really beautiful and very functional bow at end👏👏👏👍👍 Take care Sam

[@nanashibow8091]

Thank you for your support. ❤️

[@gregmason2208]

Excellent work.

[@iceblu4713]

I am Romanian and after my final highschool exam, I want to start learning how to shoot with a bow. Sper că voi avea multe experiențe minunate când voi călători prin acele țări din care a apărut acest tip de arc, compozit. ❤

[@tv-mb2om]

You have to visit south of Korea.

[@snitszel777]

Amazing work

[@joemurray8902]

Excellent skills!

[@jaguarholly7156]

Gorgeous bow. You're very skilled

[@artbraille]

Bonjour de Montpellier/France. Bravo pour votre belle vidéo de la fabrication de votre arc Mongol de 80 Lbs Je suis un artiste de 77 ans, et je fabrique pour mes enfants et mes petits enfants des petits arcs pour tir à cheval Turcs, mais de faible puissances. Dans ma jeunesse je faisais des compétitions et j’étais un bon tireur. Mais avec des arcs classiques. Stabilisateur, viseur etc. Mais pour moi, ce ‘est pas du vrais tir à l’arc. Je n’ai pas tiré à l’arc depuis 50 ans. J’ai perdu tous mes muscles. Depuis trois ans, je me suis remis à l’arc. Mais aussi à fabriqué des arcs comme vous, asiatiques, Mongols et Turcs, Etc. Pourtant, je suis un bon bricoleur et j’ai plusieurs métiers dans les mains. Je ne pensais pas que c’était aussi compliqué de fabriquer ce genre d’arcs. J’avais commencé à essayé de fabriquer des arcs comme le votre, avec tendon, corne de buffle et colle de poisson. Mais au bout de deux ans, j’ai abandonné ce genre de fabrication. J’ai bien cassé 50 arcs depuis juillet 2019 pour plusieurs raisons. J’ai continué avec du Bambou, fibre et résine époxy et corde de sangle de cerclage de palette en fibre synthétique tres solide. Depuis 2022, je commence à avoir des bons résultats avec des techniques un peu différentes que vous. Mes arcs sont de 0,95m, 1,10m et je commence pour des arcs de 1,20/1,30m. Le poids est de 350gr/400-450gr. Puissance de 15/20/35 Lbs. Apres trois ans de fabrication, je vais essayer de réaliser comme vous un arc avec les anciennes techniques antiques asiatiques. Mais la seule chose que je garde de mes expériences est l’utilisation des colles à bois époxies et aussi les tendons. En France,il est impossible d’avoir ce genre de tenbon. C’est interdit à la vente. C’est stupide. Encore félicitation pour votre travail. Vous etes un artiste. Et un tres bon artisan. Bravo. Patrick Dupré-opart Pouvez vous s'il vous plait de dire de quel bois est fabriqué votre arc ? Si cela vous interesse, je peu vous envoyer des graines de " Osage des oranges ", j'en aiplein à 3 km de mon village. C'est un arbre qui pousse vite.

[@loloettotor]

C'est du grand art, félicitation !

[@borumfishing]

Awesome build. Love the decor on the back. 😍🤩👍👌

[@nanashibow8091]

Thank you, I just follow the artifact, gorgeous, right? :D

[@jalalbusri7294]

beautiful bow, amazing work and skill. wish I can have one

[@Amad74g]

I experienced great pleasure watching the work of this young master. I also love archery and enjoy watching videos with real masters.

[@brittanyfell9005]

Wow, that is beyond beautiful! A masterpiece of craftsmanship!. Bom trabalho.

[@MarcCoF]

Amazing bro!!

[@Tancred2494]

work of art

[@chrissommers1512]

Thank you so much for sharing this information and being honest about your experience in bow making. And also giving us the chance to learn how to make a horn bow from both you and your master. 😊😊😊

[@nanashibow8091]

Thank you for your support.

[@hectordelorenzi785]

Srs , your are a artists , my respect....

[@alantheadventurer]

Looks great.

[@craigmoore7521]

Pretty damn impressive!!!!

[@ppaooh]

Great job!

[@devildogmarine6681]

Great job!!

[@bramvader8401]

She is an absolute beauty of a bow, and my greatest respect for You as an artisan sir. Greetings from the Netherlands and keep on doing your thing

[@nanashibow8091]

Thank you for your support. Greetings from Viet Nam. ❤

[@aaronbazan702]

I want one. Excellent craftsmanship 👍👍⚡⚡

[@tierrasdelnorte1405]

Hola muy buen trabajo. Un saludo desde España 🇪🇦🖐

[@thomasalbiez3428]

Very nice work 👍👍👍

[@periclesdias]

It's beautiful bow! Great job! Greetings from Brazil!

[@nanashibow8091]

Thank you, just try my best in it, greeting from Vietnam:D

[@nostromo4269]

Fascinating

[@manfredseidel1413]

Sehr schöne Arbeit und super Video vielen lieben Dank 👍

[@zoranpavlovic9540]

Extraordinary 💎👈

[@carmelopolizzi8079]

Great work

[@DogBrotherhood]

Beautiful! I hope to visit your country one day.

[@harrygsd7561]

Great work bro

[@ednaldoalves9502]

amazing engering very good the most great video about bow making

[@johnnylingo4686]

Outstanding.👍

[@kanato.archery]

You have made a work of art, I love it, I will be watching your work!!! And well made vídeo ;)

[@nanashibow8091]

Thank you for noticing my work, currently I'm working on Manchu war bow and Korean war bow, this year would be very interesting. :D

[@jjp7216]

Beautiful

[@donhoughton271]

Very nice ,great job.😊😊😊

[@martinhealy8525]

What a beautiful piece of craftsmanship

[@davidsims1329]

Great Job my friend

[@briancullen5183]

Nice work.

[@Mohamed-vu2kw]

Very good job

[@trekk-n-guidedieoutdoorpro3644]

Just great!!!

[@kingdarkem]

That rain is so relaxing

[@dukeofearl6256]

I love every thing about this. The design, the work, and the completion. My ONLY concern, is when you are sanding bone or horn, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE wear a mask.

[@nanashibow8091]

Thank you, sometimes I just got lazy, now I'm wearing mask all the time working with dusty job.

[@richardritter6025]

Very nice bow.. It’s shows the patience needed to make it.. It would really be nice to have one… Better to see you make it

[@nanashibow8091]

Thank you for your support, I'm really appreciate.