Traditional Bow: Life In The Amazon Jungle
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- While in the Jungles of Colombia, we had the wild idea of making bows. Lucky for us, our guides have been making them since they were toddlers and knew the ins and outs... so we found a tree, chopped it down, and got to bow making.
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Heartbreaking. Spend all that time making a sweet bow and POOF!
A subscriber of both of us suggested I try FiberFix. That's today's project. Not exactly paleo, but at least I got something usable if it works.
what do you know?
Good bows in Amazon region are made of several types of hardwood like ipe and amapa.
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Bummer about the bow Andy, but what an experience making it. I'm really enjoying these Amazon videos.
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Fantastic!
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Making and breaking of the bow, I called it experience... Now you know the weaknesses and how to work with it. Nice series amigo. Gracias.
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Great vid Andy
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Awesome way they split the tree down to size.
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I watch a lot of UA-cam vids and I just have to tell you that you have the best UA-cam channel of any I have seen. Keep up the great work and thank you!
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So peaceful and interesting, almost like a whole different world...
Ian Duncan It is day and night from what I'm used to that's for sure
Great Video!!!
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It would be great if you have showed them how to make a bending jig then how to steam the limbs to make a powerful recurve bow , also how to thicken the riser with adding layers of wood by gluing them together for better grip !
I loved this post; thank you for sharing
If the environment would have allowed it, these people would have done it a long long time ago. The heat and humidity keeps you from gluing or steaming anything since fungus or moister will destroy all of your hard work. Keeping it simple in the Amazon is the way to go.
I love this post like I said so I did ad it to my favorites list
When you get back to the states id like to see a modern recurve bow video. Looks like an interesting hobby.
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Thanks for another outstanding video Andy! Can't wait to see more of the Amazon Adventures.
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Andy sorry to see that happen. I know you put a lot of hard work into it. But thanks for the information and showing us this heartbreaking moment. Takes a lot to show your failure as well as you successes.
William Phillips It's important to show failures so that no one else makes the same mistake. I take that above making myself look good.
He has a good voice.
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Great video as always Andy - looks like you had a blast there man! I like how the log splitting is a team effort. And glad to see TOPS using this to share their awesome blades!!! That Tahoma and Machete look extremely effective :)
MrLeonidas0001 Heck yes they kicked ass!
Likeing this series Andy.
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loving these videos
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Awesome video i cant wait for the next one!...
This was an excellent video!
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Great video as always InnerBark., what a great experience.
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Very interesting. Nice work with your Tahoma.
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Great Job
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Who knew Crocs were the preferred footwear for Joe Flowers and yourself? Maybe Crocs need to produce a bushcraft version.
bigben351427 Crocs are awesome. I don't care much for fashion. I'm a comfort kind of guy. The only bad time to wear crocs is in the mud because they get slippery on the inside and it makes walking up and down terrain a pain.
InnerBark Outdoors Im down. Pleasant surprise thats all. You guys all review killer top of the line gear. I expected to see some sort of $300 Sorell jungle show with kevlar and unicorn fur. But if 30 dollar Crocs can cut it why change. I guess for weight you could even carry a spare pair in a pack.
bigben351427 I'm not afraid to drop a few hundred dollars on a jacket because in my line of work the extra quality comes in and makes my life a lot better, but I'm also pretty stingy on things too because I don't make buku money, and I certainly don't spend any money on gimmicky equipment because I don't have space or time for that business.
InnerBark Outdoors right on
bigben351427 Even less than that. I got a pair of knock offs in Leticia for something like $6. Worked great, I still have them.
Really good quality video guys, well done.
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that was a nice bow, sorry it didn't survive longuer. awsome work.
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Would of been really interesting to have seen their arrows and how they make them and how they hold the nock.
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is cool!!!
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nice crocs =]
Yeah buddy - way to go
Fantastic video series. Thanks!
Too bad that broke. That must have been heartbreaking.
Btw, "simplistic" is a fault and an insult while the word "simple" is closer to the compliment I think you were trying to convey.
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I know this series is kinda old but your vids are very good and you know a lot. Could you post a video with your kit list what you brought to this expedition? Full load out so to say
Good idea! Ill keep in mind for future videos
Awesome video! Sorry about your bow though. I like this series!
Donny Pavolini Outdoors It's just an excuse to go back and do another. I'm not worried about it :)
hi, nice video...... i have tried to make it byself.........but i had some difficulty to find a good tree
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Absolutely amazing. Shame the bow broke though.
David Prokop It woulda lasted a long long time if I didn't get sassy with my draw length :(
Hey Andy,
This videos are making me feel sad man! hahahah what a good time in the amazon!
I am always waiting for your next video my friend!
Best wishes my friend and remember... if you ever need something from here, just let me know.
Pipe.
Pipe giraldo mejia Will do Pipe! I wanna make it out to the next trip :)
You did`t your job really good i subscribe!
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The arros are as long as the bow for a reason and they arent that simple they are 80lbs strong if done right
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I would be very very very sad if I broke a nice bow like that nice vid
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The Amazon in the Brazil is a bit harsher since the altitude is lower
kegannff We were on the boarder with Brazil, so it wasn't too high of altitude, but I would like to visit more regions of the rainforest there
If you Come to Brazil, definitely come to my state "Acre" i can tour you around the Serra do Divisor one of the most beautiful areas of the amazon, is near a branch of the Mountain, and my family is pretty close to the indigenous population so we can show you some tribes, and don't worry we all speak fluently English and other languages if you want to bring any friend from Europe or other areas
Very nice video! How long did you stay in the Amazon jungle? Also very nice craftsmanship making the bow!
SwedishOutdoor I stayed there 15 days. Rather short, but it was worth it :)
Thats horrible that it broke. Its important to note that they don't go far for distance, maybe 30 meters at the most, and fire huge arrows that look like atlatl darts. I'll try and get you a new stave next time we go down.
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they dont reinforce the handle area, just tick another piece of wood in the center
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hello thanks for the video, the videos of the course in Colombia of the blowgun and the bow where are they? What is the name of the company and how to contact them? thank you
How did your knife hold up after all of that though?
tyang10 Just fine. I'll do a video on knife maintenance jungle style soon.
Damn shame about the bow at the end there. Hopefully you made two of them?! I am really enjoying this series by the way.
Trevor Hollibaugh Thanks for keeping up with the channel!
Seeing as the wood is still green at the time of harvesting and not given a chance to dry (like it could in any reasonable amount of time there, haha), what is the expected service life of a bow like this? Do you have to take any precautions to prevent them from taking a set? What'd you fellas use for arrows? And what natural cordage would you use in the jungle to string it?
Great video once again.
***** The wood is strange. Very different from trees in North America. The black part of the wood is rather dense and didn't seem to "dry out". All of the moister the plant uses is transferred from the white pithy center. It's essentially a flat bow, so it would only be strung before a hunt and taken down shortly after. Natives use nockless arrows and balance the arrow on the string that's made out of bark off a certain tree. Since stones are few and far between, arrowheads are made of bamboo. As cool as those are, I just have carbon arrows...kind of boring.
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Hmm, walking palms sound interesting. Would be fun to experiment with. Looks like some added material, some kind of backer, around the 'riser' area could of helped prevent the breakage by pushing the stress outwards to the limb, though I guess it'd defeat the purpose of a simple jungle bow.
I got boring carbon arrows too... for now. I downed an ash over the summer, wanted to try and get a stave large enough for a self bow, but it didn't work out (got a nice slab that I'm planning on turning into a gunstock war club though). I'm still keeping an eye for a good piece of wood to get some bow staves out of. Might try locust, though it tends to be knotty.
***** I'm going to be experimenting with some local woods here, but it's hard to find good hardwoods in an evergreen state.
***** You could try a laminated backing to sure up whatever you get your hands on.
At least that's what I've heard. No firsthand experience yet.
I attempted a self bow a while back with black locust. Got many hours into working a stave down and it ended up twisting on me (guess I didn't let it dry enough), some guys in the know told me I could save it by shaving it down to true and then adding a laminate backing to add strength back in, but I'd already turned it into kindling out of frustration at that point...
How did you get along with the insects down there ?? ..joe in ny
J D Knifeworks joe dishaw The bugs and I have a love hate relationship. They love my blood, I hate their guts. I looked like I had a case of smallpox.
You did good !! More power to ya. They would have driven me crazy...joe in ny
All is not lost take the prices and make bolt on limbs for a homemade longbow riser. It would be sweet. But I would rawhide or sinew back the limbs.
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I can't believe yours broke, that is a bummer. I still haven't tried mine, kind of nervous to.
Urban Defense Institute Just don't be a derp like me and you should be fine. I was surprised how fast mine shot! A subscriber suggested I fix it with fiberfix, so today I'll try it out. Fingers crossed!
Hi dude
I like ur videos and ideas
What kind of tools u use for this jungle walk ?
+Cronic male Mainly just the Tahoma Field Knife, a MSR filter, and a nalgene bottle.
+InnerBark Outdoors thank you boss
Mostly I need some more ideas and tips bcoz in my country I travel a lot in wildlife so getting to know about more in live in jungle 😄
Pretty sure it broke because you tillered it improperly. Looks like you a narrowed the handle and had it bending there as well. Those two don't go well together unless you leave the handle slightly thicker or have the handle be the widest part of the bow and taper down to the tips. Too much stress at the handle= breakage. If you look at some of the pics of Amazonian tribesman using their bows, you'll find that many of them draw the bow very far back, to their ear even.
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Same initial TFK that you have started with or have you used a few different units?
Same, t-003 :)
SO how many fish did you catch?
Me personally? Not many (0) since I'm a bowfisher. But the whole team probably caught around 60 in total.
That was with the traps. must be having a lot of fun.
Did you encounter any people who hunt with blowguns if so is there going to be a video??
Michael Mixson Both of our indigenous guides hunt with blowguns. Both Joshua and I built blowguns in the traditional fashion using a special type of palm, bark from a certain vine, and glue made out of the latex tree. Video to come.
That's awesome cant wait I've been shooting a CS big bore blowgun for a few years and it is a lot of fun looking forward to your video!!!
Michael Mixson These might not work quite as well as a factory made CS blowgun, but they do the job well enough for a family to be fed :)
these people have been hunting with these since before Columbus WAAAAAAAAAYYYYYY!!!!!! before so if it came down to a shoot out they got my bet!!!!! even if I'm shooting against them LOL!!!!!
Native americans used sinew backings to help their bows bend farther. Could that work on these
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5:07 One guy in the Background is speaking german he says knapp daneben ist auch vorbei what means close miss is still missed
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Cool video!! Too bad it broke.
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look out,face! here comes half a bow!
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Is there a German in the background at 5:09? I hear his voice.
widekolo Yes haha! He's now a Colombian. He's a huge part of Bushcraft Global.
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Oh wow thats wonderful. Very best regards to him, I'm also from Germany. ;D
Wait, was that joe flowers on the plane?
Arctic Gator In spirit
+InnerBark Outdoors They pull their bows all the way back just like we do in North America. Yanoamami tribe pulls all the way to their ears! The wood will dry out if taken out of the moist amazon. That's what I think happened.
Ouch 🤕 but still I learned something from this . it just sucks because the only way to make another is to go back. Amazon trees are unique
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Don't you have to leave the stave to dry first?
This type of wood is filled with oils. Typically you need to season wood, but not this kind.
it is also easier to shape the wood roughly before seasoning other wise u are just making more work for urself as the wood will harden and get stronger with drying
What knife was the guy with the tattoos using?
+Andrew Lichliter tahoma field knife. You can find it at www.inner-bark.com
Looks like it dried out too much when you took it home, the Amazon jungle is very humid, and the bows are designed for that environment.
A normal wood, yes, but this has so much oil in it which doesn't evaporate, it wasn't something I was concerned about
what machete was that guy using
TOPS Knives Machete
Awe man, sorry about the bow breaking. When I seen it snap I was like "WHAT?"
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So, what about that Bowstring?
What about it :) ?
Why do you wear two watches?
That's what i was wondering too but realised that it was a compass
one watch, one compass
I wonder why they use a palm species... there has to be better wood there with all those trees...
I think it has to do with how easy they are to make. The rainforest down there has a thousand species of exotic woods, but some of them are difficult to work without a bunch of tools
Should of made it more traditional then modern it maybe it would last longer
Made it the way I was taught by the people. First time making it so it wasn't perfect.
@@innerbarkoutdoors in the video u said broke because u pulled it back to far but ive pictures of Amazon people pulling it back to there ear
What's "widow-maker"? A heart attack? My search didn't turn up anything O.o
+ShellPie A widow maker is a term that lumberjacks and arbors use to describe a tree that is hung up on another tree. They are unpredictable and dangerous, hence the name widow-maker.
wow, interesting. I don't think I've heard a specific term for that before, thanks =)
opps, just make another one lol
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6:39 HAHAHAHAHAHA!
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AH! what a bummer that the bow broke.
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Ug! Sorry about your bow.
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Bummer. I would be pissed if my bow busted.
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Bummer on the bow......
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SPOILER. It sucks that your bow broke
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Shoes in the jungle are over rated. Homie's feet must be tough as nails. My guess is he has never worn shoes.
When traveling longer distances, muck boots are used by just about everybody since trees often drop a carpet of thorns and barbs.
epic fail😂
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