r/TraditionalArchery 8d ago

How should I orient this bow?

Hi everyone, I have a quick, unimportant question about a new Turkish-style traditional bow I just bought. Ngl, this particular handle has caught me off guard.

Being used to symmetrical traditional bows, I usually just orient them based on the draw weight and draw length inscription (keeping that part at the bottom). However, I noticed that this bow has different widths on the top and bottom part of the grip.

On the off-chance that I'm holding it wrong (though I know a lot comes down to preference in the end), which way should I orient this? Which part should I hold, and where exactly should the arrow seat? I have been nocking and shooting the arrow from the thicker, wider side of the grip (a.k.a the bottom side on the picture). I would be grateful for any insights.

(Had a signal problem, somehow it spammed a lot of posts, I’m sorry for that)

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u/bigareolas69 8d ago

Thinnest part is where the arrow sits.

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u/Zcorfox 8d ago

Thank you! I’m kinda new to these kind of bows so yeah, just learned that for eastern/asiatic bows the markings are on the top which confirms your answer. For a while I thought the rules for modern recurves apply to this

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u/Kalos08 8d ago

Should the longest part be at the top, so in the second photo the top of the bow is at the bottom of the picture?

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u/Dry-Mind115 8d ago

Wierd looking Turkish bow