Building a Black Locust Flat Bow
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- Опубликовано: 16 окт 2024
- I make the Classic American Flat Bow from a Black Locust Stave. Using minimal hand tools and traditional methods this good looking smooth shooting bow is ready for years of service.
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Love it. Could you explain how to measure whenever you're carving a bow that part always stumps me
This man is much better than I am at this craft.
Nice bow!
Thinning that with a splitter takes balls!!! I wouldn't even try that without sawing several cross sections. Just watching YOU do it had me on the edge of my seat. 😁
I was taught not to get attached to a stave when you're building a bow. You'll lose some from time to time.
It's been a while since I built my own bow from black palm, now i see
I must make one from black locust ASAP
Nice one bud 😊
Sweet looking bow! I like that black locust! Nice work on the handle wrap too!
Thanks
I forgot to add in my other comment, nice bow!
Well done! I love working with BL. To up the speed and snappiness of this wood fire harden the belly. BL has compression issues and the fire hardening will combat those issues. I’ve made some extremely fast BL bows using this method.
I am taking a fire hardening class at Shannon Outdoors in April. I can't wait to learn from the expert.
I have made black locust self bow , heat treated it. Its 62 inch long , recurved tips, pulls 50lb at 28 , I tried flight archery and with 690 grain arrow I have got 190 meters ( 207 yards)
Great looking bow... just finished a hickory flat bow. I will be working on a black locust stave I have been saving.
Nice job.
Came across some beautiful Locust trees today, and seriously considered hiking back out with a saw :)
Great colors and look
That bow turned out great, the stain really brought out the grain in the wood very well.
Thanks
Man if you would of decided on a bend through the handle bow you could of had two bows out of that stave. That was a beautiful stave. Turned into a beautiful bow! Very well done.
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Super nice work. I want to try it now. Thank you for sharing
My friend Gary built a really nice black locust bow that I thought shot softer (as far as handshock) than almost any self bow I have ever shot (and it seemed to shoot as fast as an equivalent weight, well made osage bow, maybe a touch faster actually) Gary is a true craftsman and hunter, he makes bows, arrows, flint tips, quivers, and everything is of extraordinary beauty, craftsmanship, and performance. He can flat shoot also and has killed deer and moose with his primitive builds.
Absolutely beautiful and definitely medium game poundage
Nice bow! I've heard black locust is a great bow wood, but is very sensitive to tillering errors yet responds very well to heat treating/fire-hardening. Yours seems to be on point though! Just a side note, a well designed self bow pulling 50lbs @ 28" shooting at least a ten pound per grain arrow is more than enough for all the big game in North America. Even Clay Hayes primarily shoots about a 50-55 lb bow. You could hunt elk, black bear, even moose as he does at that weight. A lighter bow also has the advantage of being more comfortable to shoot so your accuracy improves, which means your lethality as a hunter improves as well. If you're comfortable at 60lbs, then by all means, shoot that, but your 50lb BL bow there would not have any difficulty taking large game. I'd heat temper that belly though. Good luck!
Well Done! Very Quiet with Good Speed!
Muy bueno asi me gustan los Arcos sea las paletas anchas y el largo del Arco muy bueno saludo de Argentina
I spent all summer cutting locust. I saved a lot of standing dead poles. Definately not as big as the stave the host was using but wondering if they'd work for a bow. I'm here because a local bowyer bought some logs off me for bows. He was pretty happy. He messaged me later the same day he bought them and said got 10 good staves out of the 6 logs he got. I haven't gone through them yet but definately setting the seasoned , straight grain aside , lol. great video. Would like for "in depth" tho.
Thanks, you can make a 2 peice bow if your pieces are too short. Most people won't watch a long video. I always struggle with video length versus video detail.
@@BurningRiverBushcraft thanks for the reply. The poles aren't to short. They're smaller diameter poles. That's to bad people won't watch longer videos. Especially "how to" ones. That's the only reason I watch them. To learn. Not to be entertained.
Keep it up bro
Always
Don't you think properly spined arrows or heavier weight would put that bow right on par with Osage? I've had a .title experience with black locust and found it about as good as Osage except its easier to work and has fewer pin knots. I just make'em a tad longer and a tad wider.
I think a good bowmaker could make an equal bow with either wood. For me the Osage is easier to build with. I would like to try more Black Locust in the future.
@@BurningRiverBushcraft me too and those you built are good looking bows. Thanks for the video. Enjoyed it.
@@BurningRiverBushcraft Going to start a build on one, found this video, I hear a bonus to BL it glows under a black light. Seriously.
what color stain did you use for it. I'm about to make a black locust bow soon I love the color of the wood really great. i just made a osage bow. best wood to use.
I think this was Black Walnut
@@BurningRiverBushcraft awesome my favorite stain I use alot. lol very nice
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Hola ese ese modelo de Arco de madera q me gusta otros no no asi bien rustico y de esa forma el largo y el ancho sea de los lados eso me gusta el ancho de los lados muy buenisimo
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Wood bows are always so nice to shoot compared to a fiberglass (backed) bow. which feel jerky. Nicely done. I can hear your nock snapping when put arrow on string. I always cut and sand out nocks so it's loose- arrows will fly faster! Don't know about noodles, 😂
Great job. How many times have you made one and it wound up breaking? What woods have you tried that you definitely would not use?
Broken bows are part of learning. Usually it's a tiller or weighted issue that is the problem. It's still a usable bow but not prime. Red Oak and Maple are easiest to find. I also used bamboo and hickory and have Osage and IPE waiting to be started.
Awesome bow! Why did you remove the sap layer? Was that a necessary step?
This was treated like Osage stripped the sap wood and stayed in 1 ring.
I've read that English Long Bows specifically kept the sap wood because it has so much tensile strength. I'm wondering: why not keep the sap wood for Tension and the heart wood for Compression?
I believe English Longbows preferred Yew. Yew is a completely different type of wood.
@@BurningRiverBushcraft but sap wood and heart wood are basically the same in their construction and purpose, right?
@@nateypecks No, check out the Bowyer's Bible series. It's more technical than my interest level.
How did you do the Arrow resto?
Stacked leather
How was the arrow rest attached? Glue, or just the leather wrap?
The rest is held on with a wrap
@@BurningRiverBushcraft It was done off-camera. I wasn't sure. Thanks
@@John-gj1jr no problem I have to keep the video's reasonably short or no one will watch.
@@BurningRiverBushcraft And I appreciate that. I think some of these video posters just like to hear themselves talk.
What wood can I use?
Most any hard wood
@@BurningRiverBushcraft Thanks for your good reply, know that I live in hot areas. Do you know which is the best wood?
@@BurningRiverBushcraft Thanks for your good reply, know that I live in hot areas. Do you know which is the best wood?
Osage or Hickory would be my choice.
@@BurningRiverBushcraft You said any hard wood. Well, can I use the side tree? The side wood is red and very hard, but I do not know its flexibility. I ask you for help.
Is that Black Locust or Honey?
Black Locust
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We have a lot Blackjack Oak here, which is a part of the Red Oak family. Once it becomes seasoned, its like a piece of steel.
I would like to try to make a bow from that.
Looks very slow. Unfortunately, you didn't declare anything to be a tiller
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I've seen 100lb black locust bows.. and guys will say it's a terrible bow wood
Why do you all guys waste so much wood from the belly? You could very much get two bows from that stave.??
I would have to add a backing if I violate a ring.