Okay I have to ask. I do Viking age reenacting and don’t have a lot of time on my hands for doing this. Is there a way to get in contact to discuss having on made in this fashion?
Yes! I removed the custom order page from my website this year to invest more time in our bowmaking school, but still make custom bows for people who reach out with genuine interest. I specialize in historical replicas and can do most all-wood designs from most regions and time periods. Send me an email to discuss details and pricing. www.organicarchery.com/contact
I'm 48 and I started bow making when I was about 18. It warms my heart to see a younger generation like yourself continuing the tradition. I really enjoy your videos and I'm still learning new techniques. Keep it up!!
You are the best eastern woodland powathan bow maker! I love this type of bows!❤ i have make a 61 inches elm wood bow powathan style 60 lbs .Elm wood and osage is for me the best wood for this type of bows
I appreciate your video. I am a woodworker, but i never considered making a bow. 70 years ago when i was 10, we used black willow branches with baling twine. Once again i say, "great video". I just found your video.
I'm a big proponent of starting woodworking and carving with only a knife, a hatchet and a saw to really feel the material like our ancestors did, at its closest to our hands. And your video is an outstanding inspiration for that. Thanks a lot for your contribution, your high level of craftsmanship and for getting into RUclips. I'm so glad you decided to start this channel. Now I have to try and build a bow.
Such a simple, but naturally functional, design. Nothing wrong with going back to basics! This inspired me to work on my own "basic" bow instead of trying to be super creative.
this video was the one that made me get off youtube and actually go start making my first bow! so cool to see that you don't need a tonne of unique tools to get started, that was the main thing that held me back from jumping in. cheers brother!
That's awesome to hear! Glad you're giving it a go. I'll say that making a bow from start to finish with a hatchet and knife will make a fella really appreciate a wood rasp! Check out the Shinto Sawtooth Rasp. It's an invaluable tool that makes the tillering process easier to control, and can be added to your minimalist kit for under $30.
@@organicarchery epic dude thanks. I’m living in Vanuatu at the moment so all I’m using is a machete for the whole build haha (including felling the tree 😂) not much access to supplies although there is a basic hardware store on the next island which might have one. I’ll see how this build ends up and maybe think about grabbing one!
You just made the best bow build video I have ever seen for someone who wants to recapture the allure and method of a truly primitive approach. Masterful, to say the least !!!
I admire your skills! It is a work of art that shoots beautifully! Thanks for showing this! I shared this and your Otzi bow build with a younger friend who is just getting interested in making tradition archery bows and you are the perfect man to follow! Thank you.😊
Your bow building videos are amazing, informative, useful, and very enjoyable to watch. Im building a hawthorn holmgaard at the moment. Thankyou for all your hard work making these great videos!
Great tutorial. Everytime I see a bowyer making a bow with just a knife & a hatchet, I can only admire the patience, the craftsmanship and particularly...I just appreciate more my drawknives 😁. What a difference they make. Thanks for sharing
Absolutely love this build!! You said it best, our ancestors did not have fancy Tech and machinery, and they figured it out. Can’t wait for the next build!!
Great video, I know how much hard work goes into building a bow with just a knife and a hatchet. it really makes you appreciate all the modern tools we have! i'm not sure if you hunt or not I'm assuming you do, if you ever wanted to make a video hunting with one of your bows I would surely watch it! Thanks for your channel!
It certainly does make one appreciate a draw knife and rasp! I plan to film some hunting this year. I spend a lot of time in the woods between September and January, but started this channel at the end of hunting season in 2023.
Nice video - I have used this method for a few years now - mainly because I do not have access to the kind of staves you have to work on! It makes those constant measurements you sometimes have to take when removing work lines much easier and more expedient in the process, that means you can stay much more fluid and connected with the work, otherwise you’re constantly stopping to grab a square or ruler or whatever…a very useful technique to learn
I completely agree! There's just something special about a bow made with intuition and not calculated measurements. The measurements can sometimes dominate the process for new bowyers.
Black walnut, air dried in particular, is a dream to work with hand tools. The knots in your stave are the reason that it's one of the few domestic hardwoods with its own unique grading system.
Thank you so much for making this video Cory. I really worry that ill make a mistake with something and really screw up the bow. I now see there are areas where I can be a little off while im learning I'll be watching this video many times. Thank you
It's ok to break some of your early bows. It's part of the learning process. Don't get too attached to a piece of wood until it's a functional bow with several hundred arrows under its belt. If one breaks, take what you learned and apply it to the next.
I like it, I’ve never built a bow bout time I do . I have a sawmill in western Carolina so I have walnut but what might be better ,cherry red and white oak, ambrosia maple, hickory,poplar, white pine,locust, and is quarter sawn ,riff sawn, flat sawn, or maybe just watch more of your channel and figure it out. Great channel,I’m hooked.
Oak, hickory and locust are the best out of what's listed. White oak and hickory both being top-shelf bow woods. You can make a bow from quarter, rift and flat sawn boards, but grain orientation is very important. Watch some of the "board bow" builds on RUclips. You'll find some excellent info on the process.
i live in south africa and we dont have any of those woods .you are so lucky...i also build bows but really so hard to get decent wood.and if you do it is just so expensive.have a great day.
@@tobiefick5147 I’ve heard there is a species of hackberry in South Africa that is considered a weed and cut freely. If that’s also true for your area, hackberry is a great bow wood.
AWESOME! thank you for showing us. i especially like the fact that you showed us the time spent. i always assumed that it would take about 3-4 days at about ten hours a day.😎
cory,GREAT work.cant wait for the next video.maybe in the near future do something on your arrow build.I am also building bows but as you know you are never to old to learn new ways .thank you for the videos.
👍 les notions d'outillage minimum et d'utilisation des proportions du corps pour prendre des cotes et des repères et de là créer un objet sont très interessantes. Beau travail
Besides you make it look so easy, absolutely FANTASTIC workmanship. I know you have many years of experience, as it shows, i would really like to see you do an English longbow out of Osage that way. Keep up the awesome work.
Thank you very much! Osage makes a good longbow, but once you start getting to 70"+ long, its high density makes it prone to unpleasant hand shock. I've made several 72-74" bows out of it and they all needed to be shortened to be enjoyable.
Very inspiring video! You keep the information simple without leaving out important details. As you mentioned in the video, there are many RUclips videos on the subject regarding flemish twist bowstring. But I would love to see your take on how to make a bowstring in a more detailed video!
Okay! Looking forward to watching that video! I am picking up bow building this spring after a hiatus. So it's a big help refreshing some of the technical and theoretical aspects in the process of bow building. Thanks!
Thank You Cory... As a youth & into adulthood my favorite craft book was "The Archer's Craft" by Adrian Eliot Hodgkin. His use of an axe for ruffing out is exactly your technique & true to your title "Organic Archery". I enjoy watching you create (it fires me up to get out in my garage more often) and I look forward to your future shows. ... TM (Tuffy Marginez)
That bit about heat buildup and the risk of ruining the temper of the hatchet made me chuckle when it led to thinking of the stone scrapers used by early people to finish their bows. No temper to ruin there.
Thank you for sharing💯👍💯 I'm glad I found your channel. Btw, I love making wooden bows. And I have some rods of Norwegian yew, which I have dried/manufactured in different ways to see if there is any difference in the behavior. One has only been left to dry for half a year, one has been left to dry for 3 years and one I had left in seawater for a year.
@@organicarchery Exactly. I try to do things the Viking way. And it's fun to experiment for myself. "seasoning a stave " Those were the words I was looking for.👍 Thank you.
I'd be interested to see your take on a Medieval short bow. We always hear lots about longbows, but despite shortbows having been widespread and commonly used we rarely hear anything about them now.
I'll need to do more research! Unfortunately there isn't much information out there. Regardless, I'm almost certain the average hunting bow of the period would've been shorter and of more reasonable poundage than a 72+ inch long warbow. I believe "Shadiversity" did a RUclips deep dive into the Medieval shortbow/recurve if you're interested in the historical portion.
Another good build. I learn a bit from each video. Thanks. Oh, what was all that snow on the ground? I thought those were southern chickens in the yard?
3:25 I'm working with a piece of maple, from. A tree that was cut down by our power company. The stave I'm working with. For my first attempt isn't a straight as yours in this video. I've been advised, that a bit of steam should be able to help me straighten that out after I get the general shape roughed out. That's the step I'm... Stumped on. How would you advise I rough out the bow, knowing that it doesn't stand perfectly straight. It bends a bit to the right, Its not twisted, Just trying to find, what should be a center line. To rough out measurements from. The grain is otherwise, pretty gorgeous maple grain... Long and straight. If I can figure out, the 'center line' despite the slight curve, i think I'll be fine...
Just follow the natural grain to find your centerline. It should follow the bend in the stave, which also usually follows the split. You should just be able to hold your fingers against the edge of the stave and use them as a depth gauge to run your centerline. I also show the steaming and straightening process in the video "Eastern Woodlands Bow" on my channel. It needed two steam corrections.
@@organicarchery thank you. I did watch, I think, all the videos you have posted. I saw the eastern woodlands bow build, as well. Thanks. So, I'll definitely give it a shot. I'm not as confident with Axe chunking... I'll probably stick to my knives, and my big ferriers rasp. For most of the shaping. And I have scraper, for gentler tillering. You did the steam really, simply with a pot.thats, neat.
A simple pot and towel works really well, but sometimes it's hard to bend wood over the knee if it's too thick. If you can find a tree with a V crook, you can stick the stave into it and pry. The added leverage makes bending much easier. @@jonathanbennison9220
@@organicarchery Great advice. Thank you. I'll let you know... How my efforts to find the bow blank inside this maple stave go. Worst case, it will. Make nice fire in our woodstove. But I'm gonna give it my best
I have an arrow making masterclass on the roster. It will cover making shafts from scratch, fletching, self nocks, and broad heads. It's a lot of work to film and will take time. Stay tuned!
Awesome video. Love the simplicity of your content where a new bee like me can understand and follow. Any arrow build making content in the works soon? Or at some point
I have an arrow making masterclass that’ll cover making the shafts, self nocks, fletching, and points on the roster. It’s a lot of work to film, so it takes time… but stay tuned!
Another great video. I’m 74 and would be interested in any special considerations when shooting (no pun intended) for a lower (let’s say 35 to 40#) draw weight.
The only things to note would be 1) making the bow perhaps a touch narrower, but that's not entirely necessary. 2) The limbs will become proportionately thinner through the natural tillering process. 3) The longer the bow, the easier it is to reach lower draw weights - so maybe make it "nose high" instead of "chin high".
When I mention the safety margin, it's mostly meant for the bow and not the archer. I'm referring to making the bow long enough to handle some minor imperfections in the wood and tillering errors and still survive the build. Many new bowyers make them too short for their desired draw length, and it's a recipe for broken bows. About the worst that could happen to the archer is a lump/cut on the head, but it's definitely unpleasant when they let go at full draw.
*- It took me a while, but I finally noticed that the hatchet head is bigger/heavier than most hatchets.* *- That heft, and moderating longish handle balancer, greatly helps the wrist chopping a lot.* *- I can see that when many viewers might not. I know and can see how it works for you from my hours of swinging a 1.5 lb Estwing long handle framing hammer with the handle leather wrapped so my long fingers had something to grip.* *- Brilliant, perfect choice of hatchet head for this work.* *- Is it actually an axe head you have adapted for this use?*
It is actually a Cold Steel Competition Throwing Axe that has been modified for carving! I reshaped the bevels and hung a new handle. Then shaped the handle to have a bulb near the lip for controlled work.
I'm in British Columbia and aside from Pacific yew (which I know is amazing) It's hard to find other woods to use native to BC. Any suggestions? Loved this tutorial! Thank you!
Damn dude, that's gorgeous! I'm making a 58" ntn D bow right now and you answered my question regarding handle width. So, as long as I keep the thickness I can slightly reduce the width for comfort? And beautiful work space too!
@@jeffluker1895 so long as it’s slightly thicker than the rest of the bow, it can be made slightly narrower for comfort! Don’t get carried away, because too much bend in the handle area will negatively affect shooting characteristics and durability.
It's awesome seeing building bows can get as simple or complicated as you want. Very beautiful bow, love your videos! Just out of curiosity, what kinds of quivers do you use for hunting? I have been trying to find something that I won't have to strap to my Toelke.
Glad you enjoyed it! I like a back quiver when hunting in the mountains where the underbrush isn't so thick. I'll use either a self-made one of bison hide (see my bison quiver tutorial) or the Backcountry Quiver from backcountryquiver.com. I really like the water bottle, folding saw, and zipper pouch on the Backcountry. When I'm in the thick timber here in the midwest, which is most of the time, I leave the quivers at home and carry 3-4 arrows in my bow hand.
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Okay I have to ask. I do Viking age reenacting and don’t have a lot of time on my hands for doing this. Is there a way to get in contact to discuss having on made in this fashion?
Yes! I removed the custom order page from my website this year to invest more time in our bowmaking school, but still make custom bows for people who reach out with genuine interest. I specialize in historical replicas and can do most all-wood designs from most regions and time periods. Send me an email to discuss details and pricing. www.organicarchery.com/contact
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Hello friend, how are you? I make a good bow. I want to learn how to make bows and arrows.
I'm 48 and I started bow making when I was about 18. It warms my heart to see a younger generation like yourself continuing the tradition. I really enjoy your videos and I'm still learning new techniques. Keep it up!!
That’s awesome! Glad to have you onboard 👊🏼
Iam 16 and start making bows year ago. really fun thing to do but I dont have good wood for bows so every single bow I have made crack :)
@@organicarchery what model casio watch is that? I'd like to find a made in Japan casio in that model
@@organicarcheryhow high and long are ur fletchings I love that sound .
You are the best eastern woodland powathan bow maker! I love this type of bows!❤ i have make a 61 inches elm wood bow powathan style 60 lbs .Elm wood and osage is for me the best wood for this type of bows
I appreciate your video. I am a woodworker, but i never considered making a bow. 70 years ago when i was 10, we used black willow branches with baling twine. Once again i say, "great video". I just found your video.
Between your channel and Dan Santana, i will make a bow again. Haven't done it in a long time, my love is rekindled !
Same!
Same here
Glad to hear it! Dan's videos are great!
@@organicarchery and so are yours !
I'm a big proponent of starting woodworking and carving with only a knife, a hatchet and a saw to really feel the material like our ancestors did, at its closest to our hands. And your video is an outstanding inspiration for that. Thanks a lot for your contribution, your high level of craftsmanship and for getting into RUclips. I'm so glad you decided to start this channel. Now I have to try and build a bow.
Agreed! Simple hand tools certainly add to the nostalgia of this craft!
Such a simple, but naturally functional, design. Nothing wrong with going back to basics! This inspired me to work on my own "basic" bow instead of trying to be super creative.
Fantastic bow & video! Like this type of bow a true self bow! You are truly a great tradesman and bowyer! Congrats Sir!👍🏹
as someone starting to do basic carving and woodworking (passed down from my dad), i'm so so glad i found your channel; you're so inspiring
Welcome aboard! Glad you’ve found some value in the channel!
I am always impressed when someone can work so finely with an axe without cutting too deeply into the wood. Great work.
The trick to hatchet carving is practicing until you can hit the same spot every time!
this video was the one that made me get off youtube and actually go start making my first bow!
so cool to see that you don't need a tonne of unique tools to get started, that was the main thing that held me back from jumping in. cheers brother!
That's awesome to hear! Glad you're giving it a go. I'll say that making a bow from start to finish with a hatchet and knife will make a fella really appreciate a wood rasp! Check out the Shinto Sawtooth Rasp. It's an invaluable tool that makes the tillering process easier to control, and can be added to your minimalist kit for under $30.
@@organicarchery epic dude thanks. I’m living in Vanuatu at the moment so all I’m using is a machete for the whole build haha (including felling the tree 😂)
not much access to supplies although there is a basic hardware store on the next island which might have one. I’ll see how this build ends up and maybe think about grabbing one!
You just made the best bow build video I have ever seen for someone who wants to recapture the allure and method of a truly primitive approach. Masterful, to say the least !!!
I really appreciate that! Thank you. More to come!
Один из лучших, среди многих, что есть на ютубе. Сильный лук.
Love the roughness of it. Amazingly done with barely any tools. That I find exciting!! 12+ hours!
Great video Correy. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
I admire your skills! It is a work of art that shoots beautifully! Thanks for showing this! I shared this and your Otzi bow build with a younger friend who is just getting interested in making tradition archery bows and you are the perfect man to follow! Thank you.😊
23:18
I'm a big fan of Danish oil,
For other projects, so I'm glad to hear I can use it here.
Your bow building videos are amazing, informative, useful, and very enjoyable to watch. Im building a hawthorn holmgaard at the moment. Thankyou for all your hard work making these great videos!
Thanks for watching, and good luck with your bow build!
Great tutorial. Everytime I see a bowyer making a bow with just a knife & a hatchet, I can only admire the patience, the craftsmanship and particularly...I just appreciate more my drawknives 😁. What a difference they make. Thanks for sharing
This build certainly renewed my appreciation for a draw knife!
Thats cool, you make it so simple, easy, great skill.
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching!
Great job that bow looks terrific !
Congratulations. Really great craftsmanship.
Our Robin from d hood would be proud of this implement.
Much appreciated!
Absolutely love this build!! You said it best, our ancestors did not have fancy Tech and machinery, and they figured it out. Can’t wait for the next build!!
Building bows this way is very satisfying, but certainly renews one’s appreciation for the draw knife!
I imagine so lol. I haven’t built a bow myself, im hoping to attend your workshop for my first self made bow!
@@roberttaylor631 we will look forward to having you out for a build!
Like a pencil ?
Very good tutorial, thanks. Those arrows make a really nice hiss coming out of that bow
Woods that are lighter in physical weight like yew, hackberry, and black walnut can really rip an arrow!
Great video, I know how much hard work goes into building a bow with just a knife and a hatchet. it really makes you appreciate all the modern tools we have! i'm not sure if you hunt or not I'm assuming you do, if you ever wanted to make a video hunting with one of your bows I would surely watch it! Thanks for your channel!
It certainly does make one appreciate a draw knife and rasp! I plan to film some hunting this year. I spend a lot of time in the woods between September and January, but started this channel at the end of hunting season in 2023.
Awesome work as always! Your bow builds are always so satisfying to watch!
Thank you! Glad you like them!
This was a really cool process to watch. I'm glad the YT algorithm led me here.
Glad to have you! More to come. The channel is pretty new, but I’ve been working diligently to get it going!
Fastest hatchet I've ever seen! I like this guy, and I am going to try to do this.
Wishing you a successful bow build!
Congrats to Pat for winning that bow! So cool to get a bow with a story from the man himself. Thanks for awesome content
I know he'll put it to good use!
This sounds like an awesome project.
Very well done and explained. Really enjoy your videos.
I'm glad you found some value in it!
Nice video - I have used this method for a few years now - mainly because I do not have access to the kind of staves you have to work on! It makes those constant measurements you sometimes have to take when removing work lines much easier and more expedient in the process, that means you can stay much more fluid and connected with the work, otherwise you’re constantly stopping to grab a square or ruler or whatever…a very useful technique to learn
I completely agree! There's just something special about a bow made with intuition and not calculated measurements. The measurements can sometimes dominate the process for new bowyers.
LOVE IT. MOST INTERESTING, man tall long bow!
My latest video is dedicated to the man-tall English style longbow!
Thanks!
I really appreciate your generosity! Great to hear the videos have been helpful!
Black walnut, air dried in particular, is a dream to work with hand tools.
The knots in your stave are the reason that it's one of the few domestic hardwoods with its own unique grading system.
Agreed! Aside from the occasional tear out, it was a pleasure to work!
Bow me, brother! Great work!
Thank you so much for making this video Cory. I really worry that ill make a mistake with something and really screw up the bow. I now see there are areas where I can be a little off while im learning
I'll be watching this video many times.
Thank you
It's ok to break some of your early bows. It's part of the learning process. Don't get too attached to a piece of wood until it's a functional bow with several hundred arrows under its belt. If one breaks, take what you learned and apply it to the next.
Superb! I'm in class! Step by step tutorial! YES!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Absolutely awesome video. I love the simplistic approach. Well done!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I like it, I’ve never built a bow bout time I do . I have a sawmill in western Carolina so I have walnut but what might be better ,cherry red and white oak, ambrosia maple, hickory,poplar, white pine,locust, and is quarter sawn ,riff sawn, flat sawn, or maybe just watch more of your channel and figure it out. Great channel,I’m hooked.
Oak, hickory and locust are the best out of what's listed. White oak and hickory both being top-shelf bow woods. You can make a bow from quarter, rift and flat sawn boards, but grain orientation is very important. Watch some of the "board bow" builds on RUclips. You'll find some excellent info on the process.
i live in south africa and we dont have any of those woods .you are so lucky...i also build bows but really so hard to get decent wood.and if you do it is just so expensive.have a great day.
@@tobiefick5147 I’ve heard there is a species of hackberry in South Africa that is considered a weed and cut freely. If that’s also true for your area, hackberry is a great bow wood.
i feel like a child looking into a school window when I watch your superior knowledge/skill in making these awesome bows.
Glad to hear you enjoy the videos!
Real enjoyed watching you dig the bow out . Great work.
Many thanks!
That's a work of art! What an incredibly useful video, thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Awesome bow 👍🏻
AWESOME! thank you for showing us. i especially like the fact that you showed us the time spent. i always assumed that it would take about 3-4 days at about ten hours a day.😎
It might take that long if it's your first bow build!
cory,GREAT work.cant wait for the next video.maybe in the near future do something on your arrow build.I am also building bows but as you know you are never to old to learn new ways .thank you for the videos.
I have an arrow making masterclass on the roster but it’s a lot of work to film all the steps! Just takes time. Stay tuned.
👍 les notions d'outillage minimum et d'utilisation des proportions du corps pour prendre des cotes et des repères et de là créer un objet sont très interessantes. Beau travail
That walnut is insanely beautiful.
Agreed!
Just found you today. Great content. Great artistry to bring what was in the wood, out.
This content is great!
Much appreciated, my friend!
amazing work❤❤❤❤❤
Besides you make it look so easy, absolutely FANTASTIC workmanship. I know you have many years of experience, as it shows, i would really like to see you do an English longbow out of Osage that way. Keep up the awesome work.
Thank you very much! Osage makes a good longbow, but once you start getting to 70"+ long, its high density makes it prone to unpleasant hand shock. I've made several 72-74" bows out of it and they all needed to be shortened to be enjoyable.
Very inspiring video! You keep the information simple without leaving out important details.
As you mentioned in the video, there are many RUclips videos on the subject regarding flemish twist bowstring. But I would love to see your take on how to make a bowstring in a more detailed video!
I’ll do a Flemish tutorial soon!
Okay! Looking forward to watching that video!
I am picking up bow building this spring after a hiatus. So it's a big help refreshing some of the technical and theoretical aspects in the process of bow building. Thanks!
I recognize that knife...job well done and keep up the good work Correy.
Told you it would appear in some future videos! I appreciate you! 👊🏼😁
Keep up the good work Correy and Godspeed...enjoy your new son.@@organicarchery
Thank You Cory... As a youth & into adulthood my favorite craft book was "The Archer's Craft" by Adrian Eliot Hodgkin. His use of an axe for ruffing out is exactly your technique & true to your title "Organic Archery". I enjoy watching you create (it fires me up to get out in my garage more often) and I look forward to your future shows. ... TM (Tuffy Marginez)
That's awesome. I've never read The Archer's Craft, but sounds like I should!
Mighty pretty bow you have there.
Absolutely beautiful
Maybe my favourite video to date.
Glad you enjoyed it! 👊🏼
Just found your channel, excellent build with such basic tools 🏹
Thank you and welcome aboard!
Excellent video again!!!
Thats a lovely bow.
That bit about heat buildup and the risk of ruining the temper of the hatchet made me chuckle when it led to thinking of the stone scrapers used by early people to finish their bows. No temper to ruin there.
I often wonder if they had it all figured out better than we do… 😅🏹
cool video here. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks, Jeff. I really enjoy watching your videos. You do good work!
Really cool work man! Loved the video 👏👍
Excellent. More to come!
Thank you for sharing💯👍💯 I'm glad I found your channel.
Btw, I love making wooden bows. And I have some rods of Norwegian yew, which I have dried/manufactured in different ways to see if there is any difference in the behavior. One has only been left to dry for half a year, one has been left to dry for 3 years and one I had left in seawater for a year.
Interesting! I’ve always wanted to try seasoning a stave in water. It was a practice used in prehistoric America as well.
@@organicarchery Exactly. I try to do things the Viking way. And it's fun to experiment for myself.
"seasoning a stave " Those were the words I was looking for.👍 Thank you.
very beautifull bow!
Great video!
That is a beautiful bow sir
Superb how-to ...
what a beautiful piece. n it realy builds up the arm great job. Godspeed man
Thank you very much!
Looks like it shoots nicely
Another great video. Thank you very much for the inspiration!
My pleasure!
Looking at taking one of your bow making classes 🤙🏽🤙🏽
We'd love to have you out for a build!
Very nice build and tutorial!
Wow I ❤this artist, I want to make one, 53lbs that is amazing 🌞
Hey, as always nice video. In that build I like especially the nocks. Thank you for sharing your methods and thoughts. :)
Thanks for watching!
My pleasure. ;)
Great build! Simple
Consistent
Thank you! More to come...
@@organicarchery looking forward to it. Enjoy the craft as well as you sharing the knowledge
Enjoyed great job
Great video brother. Learned a lot.
Glad it was helpful!
Nice work my dude! Love it!!
Thanks, Cubby! Just noticed you've been posting videos here too. Looking forward too seeing what you come up with!
I'd be interested to see your take on a Medieval short bow. We always hear lots about longbows, but despite shortbows having been widespread and commonly used we rarely hear anything about them now.
I'll need to do more research! Unfortunately there isn't much information out there. Regardless, I'm almost certain the average hunting bow of the period would've been shorter and of more reasonable poundage than a 72+ inch long warbow. I believe "Shadiversity" did a RUclips deep dive into the Medieval shortbow/recurve if you're interested in the historical portion.
So sick! Love it 🙏🏼
Much appreciated 🙏🏼
Very impressive!
Another good build. I learn a bit from each video. Thanks. Oh, what was all that snow on the ground? I thought those were southern chickens in the yard?
Arctic chickens!
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I'm working with a piece of maple, from. A tree that was cut down by our power company.
The stave I'm working with. For my first attempt isn't a straight as yours in this video.
I've been advised, that a bit of steam should be able to help me straighten that out after I get the general shape roughed out.
That's the step I'm... Stumped on.
How would you advise I rough out the bow, knowing that it doesn't stand perfectly straight. It bends a bit to the right,
Its not twisted,
Just trying to find, what should be a center line. To rough out measurements from.
The grain is otherwise, pretty gorgeous maple grain... Long and straight.
If I can figure out, the 'center line' despite the slight curve, i think I'll be fine...
Just follow the natural grain to find your centerline. It should follow the bend in the stave, which also usually follows the split. You should just be able to hold your fingers against the edge of the stave and use them as a depth gauge to run your centerline. I also show the steaming and straightening process in the video "Eastern Woodlands Bow" on my channel. It needed two steam corrections.
@@organicarchery thank you.
I did watch, I think, all the videos you have posted.
I saw the eastern woodlands bow build, as well.
Thanks.
So, I'll definitely give it a shot. I'm not as confident with Axe chunking... I'll probably stick to my knives, and my big ferriers rasp. For most of the shaping.
And I have scraper, for gentler tillering.
You did the steam really, simply with a pot.thats, neat.
A simple pot and towel works really well, but sometimes it's hard to bend wood over the knee if it's too thick. If you can find a tree with a V crook, you can stick the stave into it and pry. The added leverage makes bending much easier. @@jonathanbennison9220
@@organicarchery
Great advice.
Thank you.
I'll let you know... How my efforts to find the bow blank inside this maple stave go.
Worst case, it will. Make nice fire in our woodstove.
But I'm gonna give it my best
Well done...!
Do you have a tutorial on making those 2 fletch arrows?
Thanks for the video....
I have an arrow making masterclass on the roster. It will cover making shafts from scratch, fletching, self nocks, and broad heads. It's a lot of work to film and will take time. Stay tuned!
Awesome video. Love the simplicity of your content where a new bee like me can understand and follow.
Any arrow build making content in the works soon? Or at some point
I have an arrow making masterclass that’ll cover making the shafts, self nocks, fletching, and points on the roster. It’s a lot of work to film, so it takes time… but stay tuned!
I will keep my eyes peeled 😁
Enjoying all the content so far, definitely looking forward to seeing more. 🙌🏻💯👏🏻
Great build Video.
Glad to hear it!
Really nice!
Of all the woods available, I am curious as to why you chose walnut?
Walnut makes a fine bow. It’s under appreciated. Light in mass, snappy, and resistant to moisture. I haven’t done one in years and was in the mood!
Thankx!
Great video! Thanks!
Could you show us what kind of angle your hatchet is ground to for this type of work please.
I’ll make sure to show the hatchet in detail in a future video.
Excellent thanks. I am looking forward to it.@@organicarchery
Good 👍
Another great video. I’m 74 and would be interested in any special considerations when shooting (no pun intended) for a lower (let’s say 35 to 40#) draw weight.
The only things to note would be 1) making the bow perhaps a touch narrower, but that's not entirely necessary. 2) The limbs will become proportionately thinner through the natural tillering process. 3) The longer the bow, the easier it is to reach lower draw weights - so maybe make it "nose high" instead of "chin high".
@@organicarchery Thanks for your help.
You mentioned safety margin twice when discussing stave length. Safety from what? Excellent video and finished product.
When I mention the safety margin, it's mostly meant for the bow and not the archer. I'm referring to making the bow long enough to handle some minor imperfections in the wood and tillering errors and still survive the build. Many new bowyers make them too short for their desired draw length, and it's a recipe for broken bows. About the worst that could happen to the archer is a lump/cut on the head, but it's definitely unpleasant when they let go at full draw.
nice one
*- It took me a while, but I finally noticed that the hatchet head is bigger/heavier than most hatchets.*
*- That heft, and moderating longish handle balancer, greatly helps the wrist chopping a lot.*
*- I can see that when many viewers might not. I know and can see how it works for you from my hours of swinging a 1.5 lb Estwing long handle framing hammer with the handle leather wrapped so my long fingers had something to grip.*
*- Brilliant, perfect choice of hatchet head for this work.*
*- Is it actually an axe head you have adapted for this use?*
It is actually a Cold Steel Competition Throwing Axe that has been modified for carving! I reshaped the bevels and hung a new handle. Then shaped the handle to have a bulb near the lip for controlled work.
*- Head weight: 21 oz. Total weight: 30 oz. (1lb 14oz.) $38.99*@@organicarchery
I'm in British Columbia and aside from Pacific yew (which I know is amazing) It's hard to find other woods to use native to BC. Any suggestions?
Loved this tutorial! Thank you!
If you have access to Ocean Spray or Hazel, both make a nice bow. If you want a challenge, Vine Maple too!
great vid!
Damn dude, that's gorgeous! I'm making a 58" ntn D bow right now and you answered my question regarding handle width. So, as long as I keep the thickness I can slightly reduce the width for comfort? And beautiful work space too!
@@jeffluker1895 so long as it’s slightly thicker than the rest of the bow, it can be made slightly narrower for comfort! Don’t get carried away, because too much bend in the handle area will negatively affect shooting characteristics and durability.
It's awesome seeing building bows can get as simple or complicated as you want. Very beautiful bow, love your videos! Just out of curiosity, what kinds of quivers do you use for hunting? I have been trying to find something that I won't have to strap to my Toelke.
Glad you enjoyed it! I like a back quiver when hunting in the mountains where the underbrush isn't so thick. I'll use either a self-made one of bison hide (see my bison quiver tutorial) or the Backcountry Quiver from backcountryquiver.com. I really like the water bottle, folding saw, and zipper pouch on the Backcountry. When I'm in the thick timber here in the midwest, which is most of the time, I leave the quivers at home and carry 3-4 arrows in my bow hand.