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So much information being given to us here. It is put plainly, but still in detail to help us layman's fully understand every bit of knowledge you have to share. Thank you! it is all much appreciated.
Thank you for your kind response. Thank you too for your patience on the completion of the bow project. Just finished splitting the ibex horn and will work this week on thinning that to apply to the belly of the bow. Will work on shaping the bow blank to enhance its reflex and next week will cut out siyahs (rigid limb tips), prepare the rawhide backing and, possibly, actually assemble the bow.
Thanks for your comment. Sorry to be so late getting back. Working on both the horn for the belly and the mulberry core, but it may still be a week or so before bow completion. We plan an upcoming video showing progress to date.
Mulberry is a beautiful wood to work a bow from and it is photoreactive like osage orange, so with more sun exposure the wood becomes very dark, almost purple.
You are spot on! Mulberry is, as you may know, in the same botanical family as osage orange. Now that we are in Kansas, we are surrounded with osage orange trees or "hedge" trees as they are called here. There are some mulberries in the hedge rows at the farm as well as black locust. Now that we are getting settled in at our new home, I've got to get some bow making projects on the schedule. Thanks for your comment. Please stay in touch.
Thanks a lot for your comment; very encouraging. Mulberry is a common tree here in the Southeast, but finding a suitable tree for bow making may require a bit of a search. Its related to osage orange. You might check local tree service in your area for salvage wood. Thanks again for your comment. Followup video being posted today.
Love your video... always looking for tricks to help make bows always just used what we could find on our small acreage place never thought mulberry would make a decent bow i am very interested to see the final video loved the you shaped and prepped the stave old school is the best school thank you and will be watching
Thanks for the kind comments. I try and use hand tools when I am making the bows or decoy carving. Don't know if I mentioned it in the video, but mulberry is in the same family as Osage orange and was a popular wood for Japanese bows. Thanks for your patience since this project has turned into a composite bow construction and is requiring a lot of work on prepping the gemsbok horn for the belly. Stay tuned for updates.
From the folks at Ox-Cart Farm to our new viewers checking out this video, please view the description for links to videos on further segments of this bow-making process.
I all lways live the sap wood , seems to hold more tension, modern bowers ( most remove sap wood ) the old english long bows all ways left the sap wood untouched .. but I never worked with milberry staves , got one sooking, will try to make a bow , cherry , elm and black locust . We planty of milberry . Will try to make one , but Im not planing to remove sap wood. Want to make a English type that resembles a native american something in between .. to make good flat bow the core of the tree is accentual?
Sorry to be so late getting back on your comment. We've been getting settled in our new home in Kansas. Thank you for your comment. I have left the sapwood on elm and pecan bows that I have made, but my reason for going all the way down to the heartwood on the mulberry had as much to do with the color of the wood as anything else. I had previously made a short mulberry bow that was mainly sapwood. Working on something in bamboo right now; so please stay in touch. Thanks again for your comment.
Thanks for your comment. Sorry I didn't respond right away. Some medical issues have diverted my attention. Here in Kansas we are surrounded by good bow woods. Not only mulberry, Osage and Ash; I found a hackberry growing in a cedar thicket. Did I mention black locust and honey locust, too.
Since this is a "first-of" and a very experimental and fluid build, I do not have a schematic at this time. Once the bow build is completed I will include dimensional drawings in the final video. Let's be sure at the end of the day this turns out to be a useable and durable bow. Thanks for your interest.
Making arrows is a great idea for a future video! Thank you. Rodney has made arrows from hazel and elaeagnus. He has an article published in Primitive Archer (March 2019 page 39) magazine on elaeagnus arrows.
Really appreciate your comments and I would like to extend a special invitation to those who hit the dislike button to leave a comment on what they disliked about the video. We invite CONSTRUCTIVE comments, not just positive comments. Your feedback is essential for improvement of the channel. Thanks for viewing, please subscribe and share.
So much information being given to us here. It is put plainly, but still in detail to help us layman's fully understand every bit of knowledge you have to share. Thank you! it is all much appreciated.
Thank you for your kind response. Thank you too for your patience on the completion of the bow project. Just finished splitting the ibex horn and will work this week on thinning that to apply to the belly of the bow. Will work on shaping the bow blank to enhance its reflex and next week will cut out siyahs (rigid limb tips), prepare the rawhide backing and, possibly, actually assemble the bow.
Hope to see segment 2 soon.Nice video
Thanks for your comment. Sorry to be so late getting back. Working on both the horn for the belly and the mulberry core, but it may still be a week or so before bow completion. We plan an upcoming video showing progress to date.
Mulberry is a beautiful wood to work a bow from and it is photoreactive like osage orange, so with more sun exposure the wood becomes very dark, almost purple.
You are spot on! Mulberry is, as you may know, in the same botanical family as osage orange. Now that we are in Kansas, we are surrounded with osage orange trees or "hedge" trees as they are called here. There are some mulberries in the hedge rows at the farm as well as black locust. Now that we are getting settled in at our new home, I've got to get some bow making projects on the schedule. Thanks for your comment. Please stay in touch.
Excellent video, Thanks. I would like to try with that tipe of wood and it is very helpful.
Let´s watch Segment 2.
Thanks a lot for your comment; very encouraging. Mulberry is a common tree here in the Southeast, but finding a suitable tree for bow making may require a bit of a search. Its related to osage orange. You might check local tree service in your area for salvage wood. Thanks again for your comment. Followup video being posted today.
Love your video... always looking for tricks to help make bows always just used what we could find on our small acreage place never thought mulberry would make a decent bow i am very interested to see the final video loved the you shaped and prepped the stave old school is the best school thank you and will be watching
Thanks for the kind comments. I try and use hand tools when I am making the bows or decoy carving. Don't know if I mentioned it in the video, but mulberry is in the same family as Osage orange and was a popular wood for Japanese bows. Thanks for your patience since this project has turned into a composite bow construction and is requiring a lot of work on prepping the gemsbok horn for the belly. Stay tuned for updates.
From the folks at Ox-Cart Farm to our new viewers checking out this video, please view the description for links to videos on further segments of this bow-making process.
I all lways live the sap wood , seems to hold more tension, modern bowers ( most remove sap wood ) the old english long bows all ways left the sap wood untouched .. but I never worked with milberry staves , got one sooking, will try to make a bow , cherry , elm and black locust . We planty of milberry . Will try to make one , but Im not planing to remove sap wood. Want to make a English type that resembles a native american something in between .. to make good flat bow the core of the tree is accentual?
Sorry to be so late getting back on your comment. We've been getting settled in our new home in Kansas. Thank you for your comment. I have left the sapwood on elm and pecan bows that I have made, but my reason for going all the way down to the heartwood on the mulberry had as much to do with the color of the wood as anything else. I had previously made a short mulberry bow that was mainly sapwood. Working on something in bamboo right now; so please stay in touch. Thanks again for your comment.
If no Ash or Osage, then Mulberry it!
Thanks for your comment. Sorry I didn't respond right away. Some medical issues have diverted my attention. Here in Kansas we are surrounded by good bow woods. Not only mulberry, Osage and Ash; I found a hackberry growing in a cedar thicket. Did I mention black locust and honey locust, too.
do u sell schematic drawings to develop this bow ? richard
Since this is a "first-of" and a very experimental and fluid build, I do not have a schematic at this time. Once the bow build is completed I will include dimensional drawings in the final video. Let's be sure at the end of the day this turns out to be a useable and durable bow. Thanks for your interest.
Very informative and comprehensive. A skill we may all value in the near future. Now, how do you make the arrows?
Making arrows is a great idea for a future video! Thank you. Rodney has made arrows from hazel and elaeagnus. He has an article published in Primitive Archer (March 2019 page 39) magazine on elaeagnus arrows.
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Thanks for your encouragement! Hope you stay tuned for the completion.