The Bow and Arrow of Korea

This 19-minute film is part of the Korean Craftsmen series. It is narrated in English and was made, I believe, sometime in the 1980s. The emphasis is on a bow maker and the making of a bow in the traditional method. We also see the making of arrows and a quiver, all by traditional methods. There are some shots of actual archery, but not many. If you want to see more films like this, please subscribe to the Art of East and West channel.

[@UltimateTruthChannel]

That Korean horn bow archery master looks like a legit character straight out of a Bruce Lee movie. What a legend!

[@SuperHyee]

Thanks !

[@Hain72]

Mich würde interessieren wie genau eine bogensehne plus den dazu gehörigen Knoten macht.

[@armandobarajas2142]

Excelente Korea,nación de arqueros,saludos.

[@ThomasShue]

the arrow maker is very young looking in this video. there is a Korean arrow making video and this same man is much older 70s I would guess. I would love to own some arrows made by him

[@elistyle82]

Its good to experience making one by our self

[@UltimateTruthChannel]

Yea, it is the same dude. So it seems he inherited the mastery from his father as a family business. He only seems to be in his 20s in this video, now he is very old. He was officially registered as the number one human treasure of South Korea.

[@KingoftheJiangl]

3:19 Bamboo is cut to roughly 36 or 37cm in length.
That's barely over 1 ft. This seems like a mistranslation, because the bamboo is the part of the bow storing energy and bending which is clearly over a foot even bent.
Can someone translate the original Korean? This is just so wrong

[@beatbaker7420]

Seems like 1 half is 36-37 which gives 72/74 total bamboo length

[@beatbaker7420]

@@shephherd just the bamboo is 36 cm x2 = 72 cm
Then there are mullberry siyahs.
Total 127 cm, 125 cm NTN usually

[@beatbaker7420]

@@shephherd nice - yes I'm actually making Gakgung right now

[@beatbaker7420]

@@shephherd central Europe so I use hide glue - I have got sturgeon bladders as well - using that as a bit of addition
glueing is definitely the part you'd like to experiment first and understand the most - other stuff is simple in comparison to whole gluing process
for example even type/shape of grooves is important when sizing - pointy groves with very small space at the bottom of the groove are tough to be filled in without air bubbles

[@Hain72]

@@shephherd benutze dafür Hasenleim und knochenleim, diese beiden zu je 1 zu 1 mischen. Das ergibt ein sehr starken kleber oder benutze fischleim diese ist stark und flexibel.

[@sumanhazarika4005]

How can I get this quality bow please tell me in detail.

[@Hain72]

Was für genaue Maße hat dieser Bogen in cm. Also Läng, Breite und dicke?

[@alexsamury]

Were I can buy one bow like this from the internet?
Please tell me :D

[@caloycruz]

www.koreanbow.com/shop/index.php?id_product=187&controller=product&id_lang=1#/r_l-right_hand_use/bow_lengths-47/draw_weight_31-60_lbs

[@Rose-yi7kd]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🇮🇳

[@beatbaker7420]

Great video! Jesus Christ is coming soon!

[@Master...deBater]

I didn't know Jackie Chan was a bowyer!!!

[@jaganata223]

Racist

[@Master...deBater]

@@jaganata223 How was that racist???