The overall shape is inspired by a larger shoulder bag pictured in this ming dynasty painting (see the upper left) but the construction is more like the magyar tarsoly. It ended up smaller than either though, about the size of an open hand.

Leather pouch made for @organoleptic.bsky.social :3

dressed up fancy for my great aunts memorial service

going airplane mode 🛫

Got to test it out properly at the range yesterday>:3 v2 needs a couple minor adjustments but overall it worked like a dream

lots of progress today! left to do: -stitching -bottom wooden block -finalize brass bottom band -rigging -belt -back pocket

getting back on my quiver project

the long tradition of disability thirst traps (its heart monitor time)

Today's project: learning leather braiding This is a 4 strand flat braid for the wristband section that turns into a round braid to go up to the ring. The braid ends with a Turk's head knot and is lashed to the ring with a Salomon bar.

One common route is to attach the breadboard to a base of some sort and attach jacks to that

ur girl is going airport mode

Starting to settle into a more comfortable shot cycle with the new bow :3

yeah

just helped pull an engine from a 1982 Subaru Brat ama

herrrrrr

NEW BOW DAY NEW BOW DAY NEW BOW DAY

I miss you old man

torba practice paying off

me, exporting a 16 page fundraising booklet at 1am to send to the printers that I had less than 2 days to do all the design and layout for due to a miscommunication about the scope of work but has to be ready by thursday for donor meetings

hmmm. oh dear...

me and who (i love you yard lizards)

new ring day~

My cleanest attempt at a one piece tied bowstring so far :) Love how the colors pop in the sunlight

you could also look at modern lever type compound bows like the oneida osprey. these have a static "riser" grip in the middle and smaller, hinged moving limbs attached to pulleys/cams

some folks have built wild modern versions with even more stacked bows

if you did want to have a harp like design but also have it be functional as a mundane bow, penobscot bows are a historical north american indigenous bow design that have one or more smaller bows lashed to the main bow connected via strings/cables

see here the difference in shape between the bow when drawn vs when it's just at brace (strung but not drawn)

So the hinge actually isnt that wild. bows hinged in the middle were a thing in the late Qing dynasty. pictured: modern qing bow, strung, historical folding qing bow unstrung, historical folding qing bow folded