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Almost any fiber may be used in emergency. Natural fibers would be very unusual on a modern recurve bow or compound bow, but are still effective and still used on traditional wooden or composite bows. Sinew and hide strings may be seriously affected by water. [4] The author of Arab Archery suggests the hide of a young, emaciated camel. [5]
The binary cam is a design for the pulley system of a compound bow. Craig Yehle, director of research and development at Bowtech Archery, received a patent [1] for the design on December 11, 2007. Bowtech started equipping its bows with the new cam design in the 2005 model year. [2] [3]
In modern archery, a compound bow is a bow that uses a levering system, usually of cables and pulleys, to bend the limbs. [1] The compound bow was first developed in 1966 by Holless Wilbur Allen in North Kansas City, Missouri, and a US patent was granted in 1969. Compound bows are widely used in target practice and hunting.
By the early 1950s, Ben Pearson Inc. was known for its affordable archery equipment. To make more people aware of the higher end custom bows and arrows, Pearson was still crafting to special order; the 1958 Catalog introduced higher-end bows with names rather than just model numbers. [1]
Large string bridges are characteristic of Manchu (Qing dynasty, 1644–1911) bows and late Mongolian bows, while small string bridges are characteristic of Korean, Crimean Tatar, and some Ming dynasty (1368–1644) bows. [36] [37] [38] String bridges are not present in artwork in the time of Genghis Khan or before.
The Yelatáj chos woley consists of two bows of tusca wood. [1] [2] [3] The performer holds the end of one of the bows between his teeth and rubs that bowstring with the other. [1] [3] The musician's mouth acts as a resonator. [1] Originally the bowstrings were made from peccary hair, vegetable fibers or other hair. [3]
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