Making an American Flatbow: Hickory
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- Опубликовано: 12 дек 2020
- Today in the shop we are making another bow, but this time around it will be a Native American flatbow, from Hickory. I am really excited to bring you all along on this journey, as this is the style of bow that I made for my first bow, back in 2013. Hickory is a great beginner bow wood, because you only have to remove the bark, and you have the back of your bow ready to go. The rest of the process is cutting to general dimensions, and then tillering until your bow is bending evenly, and you are happy with the draw weight. Take your time, remove even amounts from the top and bottom limb, and don't over draw your bow too early, and you should come away with a really effective Native American Flatbow.
We want to give a huge THANK YOU to Cromwell Valley Park, and Baltimore County Department of Recreation and Parks, for donating the hickory staves for the bow. Also, thank you to Ranger Kirk for leading the class and all or your encouragement over the years.
Thanks also to our Uncle Jack Tuttle for the gift of the Shinto Rasp. This thing is amazing for bow making. I'm definitely a fan, and am surprised it took me this long to realize its potential.
To see the video where I made the new tillering tree, view our "Building a Tillering Tree” video here...
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My Great Uncle made a lot of Hickory Bows, he used pieces of Broken glass to smooth and shape his work. He lived in the mountains of West Virginia, and made all us kids bows.
That sounds very cool. Been wanting to learn to make different styles of bows. Sound very fun. Just curious if you still shoot it?
what an awesome memory!
A great memory! Cheers Gary.
@@jacksonjohnson6581 It was lost in a fire.
That's awesome
My first bow was given to me by my Grandma who allowed Chippewa people to camp on her farm on their way to Milwaukee Wisconsin to trade and get supplies.They gave her the bow and I picked it up and learned to use it.I now shoot in the NFAA as a pro shooter and materials have changed.We use a lot of aluminum and carbon fiber now.Imagine I could go back and show the Chippewa people the bows I have now❤️I don’t feel that old.
What an amazing experience. That’s for sharing. I’m glad I could help bring back good memories.
The bow was made out of Hickory❤️
Man, that is a neat story!
Thanks for the post, man. It's so good to watch a craftsman or woman do what they do - even 2 years afterwards. Big thanks.
Thank for watching.
I got "Bows & Arrows of the Native Americans" by Jim Hamm, from the library and began making semi-self bows back in the 90s. I made several from hickory, mulberry, and bodark (bois de arc) but my best sinew & snakeskin backed bows were from South American green heart. It's a dense, springy wood and is very forgiving. Not sure it's even available anymore but I still have a 25yr. old stave left over. Really enjoy your vids!
Thanks David. I'll look into it!
I bought that book too. A great read, and Jim is a funny guy. A wealth of info on those native American bows.
Crystal clear and honest. Very well done.
Thank you!
Great to watch how a real flatbow is made, I'm impressed by your skills with woodwork (and iron as well). Thanks for sharing.
I sure enjoyed the patience and craftmanship that went into that making your longbow. Thank you for sharing it with us!
A beautiful piece of craftsmanship, thank you for sharing!
As a bowman for all my life i can understand the pride in the finished product.
My mother and father started an achery club up at the end of the war that was one of the biggest in England at the time.
Because of being straight after the war there was no place to go and buy bows and such, but my father a master carpenter and joiner set too and made all the equipment, including all the arm guards arrows and strings.
My sister and i started shooting at about five years old and it was a practice i kept up till bone problems made me pack up but my sister still shoots.
My fatger was using a bow that was about 90 lbs draw weight and my mother drew a fifty pound bow , all longbows.
Its a good sport really because the compatition is against yourself and your last best score.
I moved countries and kept up the practice by joining the local club as a master bowman, but i look at all the modern equipment and how far it has come, to the point where i wonder just how much of the basic skill is left,
Most archers today know nothing about string walking, however if they enjoy the sport then they have lost nothing.
What a beautiful bow! Thanks so much for all the minutia specific to Hickory Bows, Awesome!!!
You bet!
I played around with bow making around 5 years ago and then stopped for various reasons. Really loved it. I'm watching a lot of RUclips videos for inspiration to get back into it. Was awesome to see you tear down a piece of hickory. I made a few of those and they're a lot of fun to make. What made me lol, was when I was watching you use the Nicholson I was thinking to myself I wonder if he knows about the Shinto. You stopped reached over and grabbed the Shinto. I found the Shinto to make the whole process a whole pile easier. Thanks for the great video, it was very inspiring.
Cheers Mike! Shinto is great. If you make some new bows, send pics to theartofcraftsmanship@gmail.com
You make it seem like a meditation to make the bow. It is beautiful, great job!
I learned a little something when working with band saws and I'm gonna explain as clearly as possible. Instead of cutting curves with the band saw you should put kerfs into the excess material and then go through cutting straight lines with the band saw. After that you can use a file to shape the curve. This is so that your band saw doesn't get dull or break. Hope this helps.
That's exactly what I suggested to my husband (who is a dam good carpenter, no disrespect intended to him.) But he said nahhh....the saw came off the guides, and hasn't been fixed until 4 months went by. Love him, tho!
I have been making biws for three years really a stress relieve, 69 years old, shot a eight point buck year, now that is a good feeling when you make a kill with something made by hand, tell my buddies they are cheating using a rifle at 200 yards, dropped a monster nine point this year,,,bowers for ever!!!
you sir are an amazing craftsman, love the bend of a wood bow limb during tillering the bow turned out great thanks for the video
Thank you very much for keeping the audio at normal speed while speeding up the footage. I do not know why this isn't done more, it's far more enjoyable to listen to.
We like it a little more that way too. Cheers Gavin!
great job sir, looking forward to your next bowmaking video !!
Beautiful bow. Thank you so much for letting us into your shop and sharing your knowledge. God bless and have a blessed Christmas.
Thank you Mark. It’s our pleasure
I am very happy about no ads. thanks for the great educational video
Making & Designing the Tips, my Favorite Part!🥳👍
Great video! Thanks for sharing your experience and your enthusiasm shows through. Good job!👍🏼👍🏼
amazing work love this bow
Thank you! That was an extremely intriguing and enjoyable video.
Well done... love the craftsmanship.... Bravo !
Beautiful bow, awesome job. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks JJJ!
A perfectionist!!! I'm Loving it.... 😊
Best instructional video so far .. I will use it as a reference
This is splendid. The way you visualised how it would emerge from the 'wavey' hickory stave 😎. Thank you. 😊😊
Thanks for watching!
WOW.... I'm impressed and haven't anything else to say. A true craftsman!!!😁
Well said haha
Great looking and shooting bow. Thanks for sharing. I hope to make my first one.
I really like the way he did his tips, the leaf make it good ,good dezine
Thank you for your presentation good looking bow i’ll be following you sir!
I miss making long bows. Great video I loved shooting them a TBOF
Those are some of the nicest fades I’ve seen on a stick bow.
I admire your skills. You’ve put together a really nice work shop.
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Great bow, and great video! Making them with you back in the day was an absolute blast.
It really was. Thanks D-Rock!
12:26 lol funny kid. Very good video. Always impressed by your willingness to tackle anything.
That is a very well done video. Thank you very much
A very excellent instructional!! I have made a few bows, both hickory and Osage, and you are dead on with your detailed instructions. I will advise others wishing to get started making their own self bow to watch this video. Great job and thank you so very much!!
Thanks for watching Al!
Aahhh. I love the moment a bowyer discovers the Shinto rasp. ❤️
I have used my identical-to-yours 12" Craftsman bandsaw for almost 30 years, and it did most things I needed. In retirement, I upgraded to a Laguna 14/12. Oh my, it was pricey, but the difference is beyond belief. I now use my bandsaw as my table saw many times when ripping anything less than the throat width. Material just flows through the blade. It has become my go-to machine for numerous operations. I wish I had bit the bullet long ago and got a heavy duty bandsaw. I didn't know how versatile a really nice bandsaw could be.
That's not a bad idea Tony. Thanks for watching!
I thoroughly enjoyed watching the process of making this bow, and the outcome is a first-rate piece of art and craftsmanship. There's a lot of soul and spirit in that simple bow. Thank you for sharing!
The clock shows 1:55 and i´m coming from my f... work.
I now my English is not the best, i am from Germany, but i love your Videos.
Great Job! Now i know, what i have to do soon.
Bow Building!
Thank you!
Tom
Thanks Tom! Good luck with the Bow.
I admire your talent I hope to be as gifted with tools one day as you are
Hey tip with tung oil. Rub it in with a rag until it's hot to your hand. It makes the oil penetrate better and it doesn't leave excess oil on the surface. A couple layers of doing that works great. Its what I was taught by my grandfather who made custom rifle stocks
Thanks! I’ll try that on the next one.
I’ve started building bows I’ve made 4 that are functional. I like the way you explain bow making. Learned some key things from your videos. Thanks. I liked watching.
Thanks, it was entertaining and I think I can have a go now. Much appreciated
Great ! Fantastic bow ang good artisan.
Wow. Made my first bow a couple of years ago. Holmegaard (ish) from hickory. Took me something like 50 hours. You did it in a couple of days. Now I have a better idea how much I don’t know. Super fun video to watch. Subscribed.
Excelente vídeo de confeção de um arco. Parabéns!!
This was fascinating to watch! How you took a piece of hickory and worked it down to a beautiful bow! I wouldn't have a clue on how to do this until watching you. There is so much to consider!
Beautiful work! It must be wonderful to shoot a fabulous bow that you made yourself!
I know, right? It's awesome! Have you done one yet? I even made an arrow!
FC from NJ. Loved your work and your style of in the making of an bow.
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You Sir, are awesome. Gonna binge on your videos now 🙏
GREAT VIDEO! Awesome seeing people working with there hands (not sad the band saw didn't work)
true craftsman are few and far between now days. I look forward to seeing more on your channel.
You work very well 👏👏👏
This entire process is fascinating. Thank you for bringing us along for the ride. Learned a lot as always. 💪🏻😁
Thank you Brother!
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Beautiful bow. Great build. Nice shooting. I am impressed 👍💪💯
I am also a creative enthusiast, but I admire you for being highly creative,👍
Man this was fun to watch. Keep it up!
Excellent workmanship!!
Thank you very much!
Most enjoyable! Thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching Tim!
That's awesome bro
Awesome!!!!!
Thank you for sharing with us without having to take off of work and money to get to class.
I know I don’t have the means right now to get to a class like this.
So thank you soooo much!!!!
Cheers Bigfoot!
Always enjoy watching the craftsmanship, bro.
Thanks Hawk!! I always appreciate the love from you!
That is a beautiful thing. Very cool
Wow I’m inspired! Thank you sir
أنت إنسان رائع ومحترم
شكراً لكم ولشرحكم للطريقة بشكل مُبَسَّط ووافي
I learned to make bows as a youngster. And I do mean youngster. I made my first bow when I was 7 yrs. old. It wasn't very pretty but it shot well. As I recall it was about 25lbs. @ 24".
Powerful enough to bag cottontails.
My stave was a scrap piece of hard rock maple.
My Dad was building a rustic rocking chair. It was a genuine learning experience.
I no longer "chase the grain" but rather use dimensional hardwood and back the bow with Sinew.
I still make very limited use of modern materials. I use hide glue because it doesn't creep. Waterproofing is home harvested Pine Oil mixed with Carnuba and Bees Wax mixed in. My favorite limb wrap is Sturgeon Skin. I started with Raw Hide and progressed through Snake Skin and on the Sturgeon Skin.
I also switched to Asian/Turkish style Horse Bows. Much faster cast and compact in the thick woods of the Catskills.
Thanks for the info David!
I'll bet those bows are something to behold.
THE GUITAR IN THE BACK GOUD WAS VERY RELAXING, glad you could get this hickory, it's going to be a great bow, thanks for sharing you skills and hand tools. I was teaching wood working to high school students years ago and many of them became good construction workers and furniture makers. ✨🎡✨✌😊👍🐱🐉
Thanks for the kind words OHRDN!
@@TheArtofCraftsmanship 🏵️💫
Beautiful work bro!!
I’m not in bow crafting, but enjoyed every minute of it, thanks!!
Thank you for watching!
Great work! Have fun with it.
Thanks!
Great to see how this was done. Lot of work. My father had a bow like this that he made. Great to see how he did it.
Thanks for watching Tom.
Beautiful work
Thank you Sir, for showing the making of Hickory flatbow. Now I understood that I know how to build a flatbow. I myself from North East India, under the state of Meghalaya and in the Garo Hills, Tura. Village: Upper Babupara. Tribes_ Garo(A'chik). Thank You.
Good job dude plenty of detail and no bs
This is incredible craftmanship which is just lost on so many people nowadays. Watching this video really brought a little bit of peace to my chaotic and violent life for an hour 😊✌️❤️
@Fist Bump I love violence and chaos
@@barrybadman4624 are you 12 that sounds like gta lobbies
Amazing work ! Congratulations for your know-how !
Thank you.
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Thanks for the golf ball idea💡
I am in awe. This auto played from another video I was watching and I just could not turn away. I was completely sucked in thank you
Hafi sende geven zeyire sultanimm
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Great video
Thank you Ranger.
One neat short story.
My father in law grew up with a metal coffee can, on an open flame, to radiate heat.
He waas doing this, in our little camper trailer, and discovered, that not all coffee cans, are metal nowadays.
Lesson learned, be certain that you have a fully Metallic coffee can, and not one with cardboard or plastic sides.
Great video.
Excelente video man. I love your craftsmanship and presentation. Great job!
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I'm really liking this. I've always wanted to do a classic old school bow. Will definitely be saving this for the future!
Good luck. Bow building is so satisfying.
Can u use shellac and then polyurethane instead of tung oil
I like..your bows... whou can I get one?
Thank you so much for your perfekt video!
Watching this video was a great adventure for me!
Excellent video
Good craftsmanship. Lot of work and patience to make a bow without power tools.
I would like to mention that at 35:04 you said "put too much more pressure ..."; well you are pulling on a string (cable) and you cannot put pressure in/on a string. Strings can only take tension and pressure is what you put in your car tires. What you are doing is pulling on a string and you are pulling with a force of about 50 lb, but not pressure and defensively not compression.
Pressure is a measure that takes an area like pounds per square inch or newton per square meter. When you put air in your tires most cars take 30 psi (30 pounds per square inch).
Anyway, beautiful bow, thank you for sharing!
Bro, you’re a beast.
I use many small ‘fast’ pulls, when I use a drawknife, it is very efficient !
Thanks for sharing 🙏🏻
@Tyler Roberts I make the small ones first to ‘find’ the form. After that, I do use the long draws.
Great video
Beautiful, I love the asymmetry
Thank you! Cheers 88!
How satisfying it must be to finally shoot your own creation. You do amazing work!
Yeah, last week I shot my son. Felt amazing 🙌🙌
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Awesome job buddy watched this video by accident and will never regret it.
Hope you watch more, by accident. Cheers Brett!
This video is great!! I thought it might get boring watching someone make a bow for an hour, but it was captivating all the way! And the camerawork was spot on too!!
Thanks for that Laz. Glad you stuck with it!
this helped so much. i liked it. thank you!!!!!!
Great idea! Handle for a file. I use old golf balls for target at the range.
Lol ya i remembered the rain on the osage bow, this bow is beautiful also. Great job .
Lol. Killer. Thanks.
Awesome work brother!
Almost to 100k subs! Well deserved for such good content.
Thanks Dane!
very nice presentation!
Superb all around!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Awesome.