Maak je eigen pezenmakers was / Bowyer's wax

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Het maken van pezenmakerswas: bowyer's wax

  • Voorafbeschouwing
    • Werk in een goed geventileerde ruimte!
    • De dampen die hierbij vrij komen zijn giftig en geven dagenlange irritatie!
  • Benodigdheden
    • 3 gewichtsdelen gezuiverde was
    • 1 gewichtsdeel hars
  • Procedure
    • De was smelten zoals hierboven aangegeven.
    • Wanneer de was gesmolten is, voeg je al roerend de hars er beetje bij beetje bij. Je zal merken dat hars en was erg moeilijk mengen en dat slechts een deel zal oplossen.
    • Blijf lang en regelmatig roeren, ook nadat het laatste beetje hars is toegevoegd. Minstens 45 minuten doorroeren waarbij je de was maximaal op 80°C houdt, niet hoger.
    • Het is normaal dat er zich onderaan een dikke stroperige massa in de pot vormt.
    • Giet na 45 minuten roeren de was in kleine potjes en dek af.

Enkele recepten uit historische bronnen

Period / Date Tradition / Source Bowstring treatment / wax Ratio Purpose / Notes Reference
c. 1500 Arabic archery Yellow beeswax + fox fat Not specified Winter treatment. The string is warmed and the melted mixture worked into it. The text explicitly states that this makes the string waterproof and suitable for use in rain. Anonymous Arabic archery manuscript, translated by Nabih Amin Faris & Robert Potter Elmer, Arab Archery (Princeton University Press, 1945)
c. 1500 Arabic archery Thick solution of gum arabic Not specified Summer treatment. Applied after polishing the string; intended to protect it against shrinking in dry heat and maintain its strength. Anonymous Arabic archery manuscript, translated by Nabih Amin Faris & Robert Potter Elmer, Arab Archery (1945)
Historical Turkish / Ottoman tradition; published 1947 Turkish archery Beeswax + rosin (colophony) + fish glue 5 : 10 : 20 by parts Used to saturate the raw silk strands from which the string loops (tundj) were made. Ratio simplifies to 1 : 2 : 4. Paul E. Klopsteg, Turkish Archery and the Composite Bow (1947)
1923 American traditional archery Beeswax + rosin (colophony) Beeswax + approximately 1/4 rosin Pope states that heating beeswax and adding approximately one-quarter rosin makes the wax more adhesive. He additionally recommends an alcoholic solution of shellac on the string in hot or wet weather. Saxton T. Pope, Hunting with the Bow and Arrow (1923)
Modern traditional archery English traditional archery Beeswax + resin 3 : 1 Bowyer's/string wax recipe associated with Hilary Greenland's traditional archery practice. [Exact wording/page should be checked against the printed edition before treating the ratio as a primary-source quotation.] Hilary Greenland, The Traditional Archer's Handbook: A Practical Guide, Sylvan Archery