06-05-2009, 05:21 AM
I don't think Grozer makes an Old Persian, but visit his site and you can request it. My experience with his bows are the Extra #1s, which duplicate the look of original oldies. They are not fiberglass bows, but a composite, glass and wood. I have a leather-wrapped fiberglass bow by another maker, and it is a slow dog compared to Grozer's. Csaba is making his bows better and faster, and the new models have less hand-shock.
You don't have to spend 1500 pounds for one of his Extra #3s. They are made with sturgeon glue, actually the best. The components are original-- horn, wood center, and sinew; all covered with leather, snakeskin, or birch-bark. They sell for 750 euros and take about 10 to 12 months to produce, with all that drying. This sounds like a advertisement for his products, but nobody makes a fast durable bow that can compare to his. Steppe bows were used in Britain at one time or another, and I don't think the weather was any better a thousand years ago. :wink:
You don't have to spend 1500 pounds for one of his Extra #3s. They are made with sturgeon glue, actually the best. The components are original-- horn, wood center, and sinew; all covered with leather, snakeskin, or birch-bark. They sell for 750 euros and take about 10 to 12 months to produce, with all that drying. This sounds like a advertisement for his products, but nobody makes a fast durable bow that can compare to his. Steppe bows were used in Britain at one time or another, and I don't think the weather was any better a thousand years ago. :wink:
Alan J. Campbell
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Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
