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Hand-Crafted Primitive Bows and Wooden Arrows
Oldest Known Bow Recreated by Professional Bowyer
The Holmegaard bow is the oldest complete bow ever found; dating to roughly 7,000 BC (Mesolithic Period - Middle Stone Age). It was found alongside several other bows recovered from a bog in Denmark in 1963.
The Holmegaard bow is frequently mistaken for and/or used interchangeably with the Mollegabet artifact, but they're quite different. The Holmegaard is a fairly straightforward flatbow with a time-tested, pyramid-like limb profile. The Mollegabet, on the other hand, is kept wide for approximately 60% of its limbs before abruptly tapering to unusually narrow, rigid levers.
The design was trusted by the ancient hunter-gatherers; and remains in widespread use today. A well made Holmegaard i...
The Holmegaard bow is frequently mistaken for and/or used interchangeably with the Mollegabet artifact, but they're quite different. The Holmegaard is a fairly straightforward flatbow with a time-tested, pyramid-like limb profile. The Mollegabet, on the other hand, is kept wide for approximately 60% of its limbs before abruptly tapering to unusually narrow, rigid levers.
The design was trusted by the ancient hunter-gatherers; and remains in widespread use today. A well made Holmegaard i...
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Making English Longbows from Common Woods
Просмотров 26 тыс.6 месяцев назад
The question has been asked a million times - "Will wood make an English Longbow?" I'll refer to them instead as D-bows, because the design was quite widespread throughout history and is relied on by several of the remaining hunter-gatherer tribes to this day. Several different trees are used for traditional English longbows most famously Yew but also Ash and Elm which were referred to as the "...
Neolithic Ash Longbow Made w/ Modern Tools
Просмотров 17 тыс.8 месяцев назад
In this video I use modern tools to make an "archer-tall" ash longbow inspired by some of the ancient artifacts from the Neolithic period. Some prehistoric bows were at least as tall as the archer and made with rounded bellies, much like the renowned English longbow and warbow. Regardless of what you call it, it's a widespread design used by both hunters and warriors throughout human history. T...
How To Find & Prepare Bow Wood
Просмотров 7 тыс.8 месяцев назад
One of the most challenging parts of a new bowyer's journey is actually finding bow wood; and once you've found some, the work has only just begun! As with all things in woodworking, wood carving, and other lumber trades ~ quality wood must first be sourced, processed, and most importantly dried before it's stable enough to transform into functional and long-lasting products. The same rules app...
Make a Primitive Bow by Feel - No Special Tools
Просмотров 65 тыс.9 месяцев назад
Bow making technology has changed since the ancient times, but the process remains much the same. With no shortage of primitive archery how-tos showcasing the benefits of specialized tools, it's always good to be reminded that bows can be made with nothing more than one or two readily-available implements. If you're not confident in your wood carving skills with a hatchet, practice on scrap woo...
Sharpen a Card Scraper the Easy Way
Просмотров 6 тыс.10 месяцев назад
This Bowyer's Bench video covers a simple and effective way to sharpen both rectangular and gooseneck card scrapers, also known as cabinet scrapers or hand scrapers. If you build high-end cabinets or furniture, you might want to make your scrapers razor sharp by stepping down to finer grit sandpaper. For building and tillering wooden bows, 220 grit is plenty sharp. This method works well regard...
Make a Bison Hide Back Quiver
Просмотров 5 тыс.11 месяцев назад
In this video I show how to make a simple and effective back quiver from split bison hide. This is the proprietary style I've been making for Organic Archery customers for the several years. I use 4-5 oz split bison hide and a cowhide liner for improved broadhead protection. These quivers can only be used with 2-blade broadheads and are not safe for use with 3-blade. If the straps are made long...
How to Freehand Sharpen a Draw Knife
Просмотров 5 тыс.Год назад
This Bowyer's Bench video covers a quick and easy freehand sharpening method that works for all shapes and sizes of draw knives. What would you like to see covered in future Bowyer's Bench videos? Let me know in the comments! Instagram: @organic.archer Website: www.organicarchery.com
Making an Eastern Woodlands Bow
Просмотров 28 тыс.Год назад
In this video I make a replica of the Eastern Woodlands bow from the Catawba Tribe found on page 78 of the "Encyclopedia of Native American Bows, Arrows & Quivers - Northeast, Southeast, and Midwest" by Steve Allely and Jim Hamm. The Pre-Columbian Catawba territory consisted mainly of present day North and South Carolina, and they were later considered by early colonists to be one of the most p...
Making Otzi the Iceman's Bow w/ Modern Tools
Просмотров 375 тыс.Год назад
In this video I build a nearly identical replica of the bow found alongside Otzi the Iceman. Modern steel hand tools were used, and the measurements differ from Otzi's bow by only fractions of an inch as the process unfolds. This happens naturally while working it down to the desired draw weight, which in this case was 65-70 pounds at 26 inches. It's important to remember that every piece of wo...
great you made a Bow from old Denmark
As an English Stone mason, I can appreciate the sheer craftsmanship and fully enjoying the results of years of hard work. Thank you Sir. From Britain.
Stunning craftsmanship 😮
That shows it's an art to build em,definitely not a lost one, that was an excellent shooter!!
A man can never have too many clamps.
Any Elms left in Holland?
That bow was epic great job what did u use for the finish
That bow was epic great job what did u use for the finish
I keep imagining this being done with stone tools.
May I ask what the dimensions of the form you clamped the bow on thanks a lot.
I'd give up on the card scraper unless you have a true burnishing tool or a tungsten screwdriver. Tired of damaging my current screwdrivers and achieving no burr
@@jacoblee5546 I agree, and recommend in the video that everyone purchase a proper burnishing rod.
Damn that's gorgeous.... shoots well too, wish we had more bow builders and teachers out here in the southeast. God bless bud from ole Carolina.
Excellent! Out of curiosity, how many hours went into this?
Next year, I will try to make a bow from Elmwood. It has been drying for almost one year.
I’m 9 min in and all his modern tools were available 500 years ago.
Correction, the number 2 pencil was only over 100 years
I bet in the future, war enthusiasts will be building AKs and Garands from scratch in their garages or maybe they will be hunting with the same bows.
Good work, however, would it not have been more authentic to have used tools and resources available to the people at the time of the original
Lots to do today. Oh look a master bowyer making a historical bow. Hey, its only 20 minutes.
This is a fine demonstration of just how mind boggling it is that shows the brilliance of the original bow makers thousand of years ago who made amazing bows like this without the aid of any modern tools!
Why a flemish string when she could use a scandinavian string ?
9000 years ago humans were crude uneducated cave dwelling heathen with no... kerrr thunk.. Those shots with the arrows whizzing by showed to me everything I need to know how advanced, innovative and deadly our ancestors were. Great illustration of history
Undeniably lethal against baled straw.
Beautiful bow!
Nice shooting. Are you a self taught archer or did you learn at an archery range?
Thanks for posting. There are lots of vids on youtube about sharpening a card scraper. Some of them are very elaborate and time consuming in the edge prep. The reality is that most of the methods on YT work, but in my experience, prepping the edge straightforwardly as in this vid works just fine. You need something harder than your card in order to burnish the edge, and I've found the shaft of a chrome vanadium screwdriver works. I also think the quality of the metal used for the scraper is important, as sometimes the burnished edge doesn't last. I'm not sure what 'quality' means as yet, perhaps it's the carbon content of the steel. :)
Great video. I am a sailor and do some carpentry with had-shaped pieces, but your skill and patience is just great. Amazing to realise that what you just made was, at the time, the highest of high tech, and that your craft is directly related to some guy 7000 years ago doing exactly the same thing.
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Imagine crafting such a bow with stone tools.
Nice process, but Proffessional boweyr dont keep quiver at back. Proffessional bowyer should know, that kind of quivers are from movies and storys for children. Not from history.
@@juhamenna1494 Howard Hill is the most accomplished competitive target archer and longbow hunter in recorded history… and he wore a back quiver.
I am 68. Can I do this?
Great archeology!
I'm from Maine and I'm an advid Longbow hunter. I have never made a bow like this and want to start making bows...Glad I found your channel ! Outstanding !
@@libertyrogueoutdoors7369 once you start making your own equipment, you’ll never look back! 🏹
That is fascinating! Well done You! 😁
Back in the day they also made this without modern tools or equipment. Great video.
Absolutely fantastic 🙏
Awesome video. A pleasure to watch you work. Thanks man. ❤
can't even begin to think how long it would take to make 1 bow without the modern equipment!
Try doing this with stone tools, no template, no rulers etc... then I'll be impressed
🙂❤❤❤greetings,beautifull,exellent
That thing is beautiful man great work!!
DUDE that group was bananas!!!!!!
I am looking at building a longbow from hickory this winter. I stumbled across your youtube videos. I will be referring to them as I build.
This is fascinating craft/skill….it seems so complete from start to finish, you have definitely found and refined your work, my hats off to you
How do I buy one just like this?
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I have returned to watch this video many times. Due to you and Otzi :-)
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Interesting to observe that the measurements he's referring to are metric, but he's using an Imperial tape measure.
@@simongee8928 even more interesting that you can Google “cm to in” and find a conversion tool.